4850 vs 9800gt

BruceOTB

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hi guys, im planning buy a vc. either a 4850 or 9800gt. i know the 4850 is faster but how much faster is it given these specs? i think both cards would be bottlenecked, but i still expect to see a few performance gain. am i right?

e4600
intel dg31pr
4gb ddr2 800
250gb 7.2k rpm seagate.
 

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They made a 4600?

You shouldn't be bottlenecked to much. You might want to overclock that CPU a bit if you can, probably be pretty hard with an actual Intel board. The 4850 is ~ to the 9800GTX. The 9800 is ~ to the 4830. I would get the cheapest of the those three cards, four if you can find the 8800GT. Assuming we are talking about running at 16x10 or smaller.