4850 with Current PSU?. Hi guys, been searching for a while on this one, but i cant satisfy myself with anything iv found so far. Can my current 500W PSU with 22A on the +12v rail power a 4850? Or, for that matter, a 8800GT? I think im probably going to...

the forums suggests the 4850 is actually superior but I don't understand how. Yet this pretty much top model 9800 is on par with a basic 4850 or so it seems so am I actually better off getting the 4850? Here is what I am currently looking at... Any...

than adding a 4850 . The 6000 series is a good 12+ months away and i wouldn't waste a dollar on the 4000 series. Well, if you xfire the 4850 with your current card, you will get the performance of 2x4850 512mb, as Xfire downclocks and inhibits the faster card...

a number of problems with your computer configuration. Your motherboard might not work properly with the 4850 with your current bios. Your CPU could bottleneck your 4850 it might even bottleneck the geforce 8800... You could have a defective card. I have...

last for the next 2.5 years. current system is: E4600 + 2GB DDR2 PC8500 + 650W PSU. I have to admit ATI is doing great delivering great performace card at affortable price, especially 4850. But my current problem is to choose which card to buy....

work fine for you. Crossfire sucks with the current drivers. Expect 10 fps more. It would make more sense to have purchased a 4870 in the first place Well the 4850 I am currently using was given to me so essentially I am only buying this one. A 4870 is actually...

4870/4850 "official" benchies....they're here..... .....but from AMD...and with no details..... the 4850...

few frames more. The size of your display is a concern. Check the VGA Charts here at Tom's for great comparisons. I am running a 4850 on my current 19" LCD and have no problems whatsoever. At some point more expensive/powerful video cards only pay off at...

to assist when your removing drivers, also give drive sweeper a go. I don't know how to do the safemode. I just did a drive sweep and tried to install my chipset, my 4850 is current off. it's still giving the same problem. Yep sounds like the drivers didnt...