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Clear me up on this.

J.D said:
http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14967

The 4850 is pushing up very close to the GTX 260 at times with the same amount of AA. For half the price I have to say I'm mightily impressed.

Last time round I never expected ATI to fail with R600 as much as they did and now I didn't expect them to bring out a low cost monster like this :eek:.

Two 4850s in crossfire are the same price as the GTX 260 btw and will be faster. Even above the GTX 280 at times, sometimes below but the point is that it's priced the same as the GTX 260. This is also the weaker card as the 4870 is still due. For big resolution gamers using G92 GT (maybe even G92 GTS) then this would be a good card for them (4850). 1680x1050 and below using the GT/GTS should not bother unless the amount of AA they use or the games they play need a boost.

I'm quite eager to see the GDDR5 version of the 4870 because of the speeds I've seen (3.6Ghz) and what this will do to big resolution gaming as well as affect the card in general in comparison to the 4850 on GDDR3.
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Possibly. Seem to be a lot of conflicting benchmarks. Some reviews show it at similar ranks to the 8800's/9800's where is that one you have shown shows it to be better.

Its hard to judge, But its no doubt a very good card for its money! If i didnt have anything less than a 8800 GTx i would probably snap one up!

However i may just wait until the next generation for now, especially as i am only gaming on a 22inch screen
 
Jono8 said:
Possibly. Seem to be a lot of conflicting benchmarks. Some reviews show it at similar ranks to the 8800's/9800's where is that one you have shown shows it to be better.

Its hard to judge, But its no doubt a very good card for its money! If i didnt have anything less than a 8800 GTx i would probably snap one up!

However i may just wait until the next generation for now, especially as i am only gaming on a 22inch screen
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You got a gtx i would wait for the 4870 or even the x2 and see what they do even wait for the 280 in 55nm(could be a long time ) as your card is still a very good card
 
Not really no only games I can think of are farcry 2 and battlefield 3 which are a long way off.
Maybe Dawn Of War II
 
I doubt any of those games will push a card harder than crysis. Especially seen as they are all multiplatfrom releases for 360 and ps3.

I mean Far cry 2 looks good when you just glance at it, but some of the details and models are seriously lacking.
 
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