New Video Card!

Chrisman · 12-28-2008, 11:52 AM

Just yesterday I bought a Radeon HD 4850 to replace my Nvidia 8800 GTS and was wondering what you guys think about those two cards in terms of performance. My friend said that the ATI card gives just 3 more FPS then my old Nvidia one! I replaced the 8800 because it was giving me problems in certain games and just couldn't deal with it anymore, tried everything to fix it so I upgraded to the Radeon.

So what do you guys think about the card? My friend told me I could pay an extra $100 and get a 9800 GTX which would shoot the performance out of the water on my Radeon.. :d

It's decent however, but I still don't know if I should have tried to solve the problems with my 8800 because it is still a good card for it's time.

Mcninjaguy · 12-28-2008, 09:28 PM

a 4850 is better than the 9800GTX its closet to the GTX 260 than any other video card

look at these comparison and have a good read
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14967/4

look through this too
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/731/5/

sometimes it depends on the games you play and what version of directx your using

don't waste your money on your friends idea to get a 9800GTX

Chrisman · 12-29-2008, 02:08 AM

Thank you very much, I learned a couple things reading those articles :D

12-28-2008, 11:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Chrisman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 58 OS: XP My System	New Video Card! Just yesterday I bought a Radeon HD 4850 to replace my Nvidia 8800 GTS and was wondering what you guys think about those two cards in terms of performance. My friend said that the ATI card gives just 3 more FPS then my old Nvidia one! I replaced the 8800 because it was giving me problems in certain games and just couldn't deal with it anymore, tried everything to fix it so I upgraded to the Radeon. So what do you guys think about the card? My friend told me I could pay an extra $100 and get a 9800 GTX which would shoot the performance out of the water on my Radeon.. :d It's decent however, but I still don't know if I should have tried to solve the problems with my 8800 because it is still a good card for it's time.

12-28-2008, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mcninjaguy Temporarily Banned Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 10,422 OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit My System Blog Entries: 1	Re: New Video Card! a 4850 is better than the 9800GTX its closet to the GTX 260 than any other video card look at these comparison and have a good read http://techreport.com/articles.x/14967/4 look through this too http://www.legitreviews.com/article/731/5/ sometimes it depends on the games you play and what version of directx your using don't waste your money on your friends idea to get a 9800GTX

12-29-2008, 02:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
Chrisman Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 58 OS: XP My System	Re: New Video Card! Thank you very much, I learned a couple things reading those articles :D