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same price as I paid 2 days prior to launch
hmm $250 for a 4870 don't sound that bad. That'd be $275 here in Alabama though(Tax FTW!
Its pretty damn tempting. I really want to hold out till Black Friday but damn.
I thought my 7.5% was bad.yeah tax is ridiculous here in Birmingham so what part of Alabama are you in???hmm $250 for a 4870 don't sound that bad. That'd be $275 here in Alabama though(Tax FTW!
Its pretty damn tempting. I really want to hold out till Black Friday but damn.
hmm $250 for a 4870 don't sound that bad. That'd be $275 here in Alabama though(Tax FTW!
Its pretty damn tempting. I really want to hold out till Black Friday but damn.
(The GTX+ might...)come on now those comparisons are all over the web. 5 seconds on google will net you two dozen reviews.
I'm not worried about the case it's a midtower atx case so it'll fit but the board on the other hand...there are sata ports blocking the way, it's an ECS 7050vt-m or whatever the model # is. I'm not looking to OC and not looking to CF and I need a single slot solution due to space constraints from the PCI cards I have installed. Thanks for the informative review, I've just been with nVidia since forever and have had no problems with their drivers or anything so I'm a little nervous to jump ship.Case measurements?
4850 is smaller than the GTX, also has single slot cooling, so unless you put aftermarket cooling on it you won't be able to overclock it to the level of the 9800GTX.
As far as stock performance they are incredibly similar. I've seen several reviews that give the edge to the 4850. In crossfire the 4850's usually beat the 9800GTX's in SLI. The new GTX+ is a better matchup for the 4850. For one hundred fifty freaking bucks and for a visiontek this is more than a worthy and economical upgrade to your 7600GT. The 4850 also includes the HDMI adapter with audio for you HDTV. I don't know about the GTX plus but the 4850 has a built in hardware decoder for 8 channel audio.
The 4850 supports DX10.1 ... for whatever that's worth (not much, really.)
If you could snag a 9800GTX for $150 without rebates or other crap that would be a good deal too, and the cooling is better on the 9800. Up to you. I like my 4850, but the thing gets hot when I overclock it!
2gb ram yes, E6600 at stock and a Corsair vx550 so I think I should be fine and besides I don't game at high resolutions.come on now those comparisons are all over the web. 5 seconds on google will net you two dozen reviews.
the 4850 is not a very big card. I hope you have a decent cpu and 2 gigs of ram or most of the performance will go to waste. also you need a good power supply of course.
sounds like you are good to go. just make sure you look at the tutorial in the ATI sub forums on how to adjust the fan speeds to make it run cooler .
your cpu will definitely be holding you backI'm gonna pick one of these up and put my components into my new Antec Three Hundred (arriving tomorrow, I hope) case and finally get my game on. I hope my old 3800 X2 is up to the task.
If you have an 8800GTS it would be a waist of $ to get a 4850 no matter how much you overclock it. You can get a 260 for less than $250 (as low as $210 AR) which is what I plan to do if I get the new job I just interviewed for last week. I currently have a 8800GTS 320 and run at 1920 by 1200 which is really pushing it on that card even on the main game that I play, which is 3 years old.
