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ATI 4850 benchmarked
wunderbar
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Engadget pointed me to this site which has some benchmarks for ATI's Radeon HD 4850. Now, the 4850 is the low end card in the series, and according to these benches gets similar performance to the 8800GT. I'm gonna take these benches with a grain of salt until I see another set confirming the scores/results, but if these are real, I'm imprsessed. The only thing that they were a little but worried about was that apparently the GPU gets really hot while gaming. While all GPU's do get hot, I'm not sure if this indicates that the 48x0 series will be hotter running than previous generations.
All in all, still interesting, and I can't wait to upgrade my 7800GT
All in all, still interesting, and I can't wait to upgrade my 7800GT
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http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/1471/1/page_1_introduction/index.html
from what i saw, no to the GTX and maybe to the G2X
of course you can get a G2X for ~450 and 2 4850s will run you at least 400
i dont know that im too impressed really...
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http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4850-review-force-3d--powercolor/
In the real world, few people care about absolute performance. The 4850 costs two hundred dollars; of course it's not going to outperform the six hundred dollar GTX280.
How well would two do, crossfired?
This is important information... for... people.
That's weird, I'm seeing $270 for the 9800GTX on Newegg, and the 4850 is a good $70 cheaper than that.
I'm with you. the 4850 has a huge advantage in price.
Hell, even if the 4870 is too much for my blood, I'd still strongly consider the 4850 over the 8800GT, just because of newer technology.
Nvidia just dropped MSRP on the 65nm 9800GTX to $200 US, and releasing the 55nm 9800GTX+ at $230.
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9702/nvidia_surprise_with_9800_gtx_graphics_card/index.html
This morning Newegg's sister site ZipZoomFly had the 9800GTX for $165 after rebate and the 8800GT 512MB for $100 after rebate.
And considering the 9600GT MSRPs for less than the 8800GT, I don't think there'll be deals around $75 before summer ends.
Hmm. Midrange gaming PC, or EEE901? Decisions, decisions.
Nvidia will be doing major price cuts in answer to the ATI 4750 and 4780. There also releasing the 9800gtx+, which by the looks of the benchmarks looks pretty cool. But I'm gonna wait untill some of the sites I normally visit do there stuff
Find a way to buy from the US. I mean, there's no excuse, the Aussie dollar is worth 95 cents American. Between shipping and exchange fees you'd still come out way ahead.
ASUS HD4850 at Newegg $200
use code VGA62320 for $20 off*
$30 rebate
Total cost: $150
Sapphire HD4850 at Newegg $195
use code VGA62320 for $20 off*
$20 rebate
Total cost: $155
* coupon is good today (6/25/08) only, so don't sleep on it if you're interested
i changed my mind obviously.
im just hoping that the 4870 can crossfire with the 4870X2 and ill be set.