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So - is the 4850 faster than an 8800gts?

Gigabyte mobos are far from rubbish especially the P45 and P35 variety

I would go for the x38 or x 48 if wanting to run Xfire imo.
 
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You know....
When I first read that nvidia are releasing the 9800+ in respone to ATI's first break in years, I literally felt physically sick.
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Their competition were releasing a new card so they released one too? Why shouldn't they?
 
Shaolin Chicken said:
You've used a gigabyte p45 then I take it.
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I have used countless P35 mobo's and as the P45 is a tweaked version of the P35 with added features they would hardly not improve a chipset.


Gigabyte mobos include X38 DQ6,P35 DS3

Also reviews have the P45 being more overclockable and cooler than the P35 mobo's.

So I would have a think before you start saying that gigabyte P45 mobos are rubbish!

lol
 
Lol, so glad i purchased a new 4850 :D I'm running an x1600xt, in cod4 with everything set to low i get about 20-30 avg fps!!! I don't think i will have ever been so happy to see a citylink van come to my house :p
 
Think I'll be "upgrading" to a 4850 from my 512MB GTS. Probably not a good upgrade or but I should get about £100 for my card, so £25 extra for the bonus in performance especially with AA is I think worth it.

FrostedNipple said:
Lol, so glad i purchased a new 4850 :D I'm running an x1600xt, in cod4 with everything set to low i get about 20-30 avg fps!!! I don't think i will have ever been so happy to see a citylink van come to my house :p
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Citylink delivered something first time without carding? What is the world coming too :P
 
Shaolin Chicken said:
You've used a gigabyte p45 then I take it.
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i've got a Gigabyte P35 board that works FLAWLESSLY

FrostedNipple said:
Lol, so glad i purchased a new 4850 :D I'm running an x1600xt, in cod4 with everything set to low i get about 20-30 avg fps!!! I don't think i will have ever been so happy to see a citylink van come to my house :p
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you mean it arrived today?
 
Where are the benchmarks for the gigabyte p45 boards because i havn't seen any and i have been waiting for the ds5 to come out. I can't find anyone that can give me a time for having giga boards in stock much less being able to buy one. I don't mean that dq6 review either because i have seen that and i think the board is dodgy as well.
 
Aod said:
i've got a Gigabyte P35 board that works FLAWLESSLY



you mean it arrived today?
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ooops, replace "have ever been" with "ever be" god damn grammar :p

wait reading over it, its not even the wrong time period, its just awful grammar lol "I don't think I will" that's me talking about the future "have ever been so happy...." that's what I will be doing, so yeah, pretty bad grammar lol
 
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easyrider said:
4850's in crossfire just rock for the performance you get for the outlay.
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Remember if you're prepared to plump for second hand, GX2's can be picked up fairly cheap now. I got one the other day for 235. Cheapest pair of 4850s is around £280 also GX2 has a good lead over the 4850s.

I only did this though as I didn't want a change of motherboard for the 4850's in Crossfire.

I have a P5B Deluxe which doesn't like crossfire.
 
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Tom|Nbk said:
Remember if you're prepared to plump for second hand, GX2's can be picked up fairly cheap now. I got one the other day for 235. Cheapest pair of 4850s is around £280 on here, also GX2 has a good lead over the 4850s.

I only did this though as I didn't want a change of motherboard for the 4850's in Crossfire.

I have a P5B Deluxe which doesn't like crossfire.
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Fixed.:p
 
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