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I'm planning on making an i7 build in a month or so. I currently have a VisionTek 4850 512mb OC'ed to 700/1000. I play games at 1920x1200 and usually have AA off or at 2x. Will I notice a substantial improvement by upgrading to a GTX 260 Core 216?

I have an HR-03 GT installed on my video card and that cooler is not compatible with the GTX 260 series, so I will have to spend another $50-60 for a new cooler and 120mm fan.

All in all, do you think the upgrade is worth it? Thanks for the opinions.
 
PC_User said:
I currently have a VisionTek 4850 512mb OC'ed to 700/1000. I play games at 1920x1200 and usually have AA off or at 2x. Will I notice a substantial improvement by upgrading to a GTX 260 Core 216?

I have an HR-03 GT installed on my video card and that cooler is not compatible with the GTX 260 series, so I will have to spend another $50-60 for a new cooler and 120mm fan.

All in all, do you think the upgrade is worth it? Thanks for the opinions.
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depends on what games you play
 
With that mobo, you'd have to buy a completely new card.
For optimum performance at that resolution, you'd need a GTX 260 or a 4870 1GB which are both around $200+. Now, I'm conservatively guessing you could sell your 4850 for $50 or so. That'd would mean $150+ cose to you for a new card.

I don't think it would be worth the cost. Save any money you'd spend on a new card, and wait for the next gen to come out. Then sell your current card, and buy a decent next gen card.
 
Master Bob said:
With that mobo, you'd have to buy a completely new card.
For optimum performance at that resolution, you'd need a GTX 260 or a 4870 1GB which are both around $200+. Now, I'm conservatively guessing you could sell your 4850 for $50 or so. That'd would mean $150+ cose to you for a new card.
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I'm not planning to keep the mobo. Will be upgrading to an i7 in about a month or so.
 
You could then drop in another say 4850 and go for SLI. I am given to believe that SLI is good for large AA/AF performance. I still think you should hold out and wait for the next gen cards.

Though, ATI has just lowered prices on their cards, so =-/ Also keep in mind what Udgnim said.
 
dumb question but if your going to an i7 why not just drop another 4850 in there? crossfire 4850 is still a very good solution and very affordable

Unless Nvidia matches the price drops I am not going to be able to recommend the GTX260 any time soon.
 
I second the choice to throw another 4850 in, I had a second 4850 for a bit and the performance with the setup in my sig was more that adequate.
 
I have always questioned the "drop another one in later" advice. It just seems to me it is a bit silly to another card to go SLI/Crossfire when the next generation comes out when often you can just sell your current card and upgrade to the next gen tech and have about the same performance as last gen's two card set up.

Plus on top of that you arent investing in older tech which is harder on resale values.

I've always felt if you are going to go dual cards you should do it from the get go to maximize your value. Maybe this just comes from someone who resells their cards quite a bit.
 
Jor-El said:
I have always questioned the "drop another one in later" advice. It just seems to me it is a bit silly to another card to go SLI/Crossfire when the next generation comes out when often you can just sell your current card and upgrade to the next gen tech and have about the same performance as last gen's two card set up.

Plus on top of that you arent investing in older tech which is harder on resale values.

I've always felt if you are going to go dual cards you should do it from the get go to maximize your value. Maybe this just comes from someone who resells their cards quite a bit.
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there is some truth to that but the 4850 crossfire is still quite viable. now if you were talking about a pair of 3870 I would agree
 
Not sure if I'm too keen on running two 4850s in CF...I've never done that before. I'd much rather have just one card if possible.

When is the next generation coming out? Maybe I'll just hold off on the video card until then.
 
PC_User said:
Not sure if I'm too keen on running two 4850s in CF...I've never done that before. I'd much rather have just one card if possible.

When is the next generation coming out? Maybe I'll just hold off on the video card until then.
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next month, or at least the 4890 should be out along with some of ATI 40nm products. I would not be afraid of crossfire though. it really isn't a bad options at all. really the only thing you would miss is high levels of AA (512mb frame buffer)
 
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