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Is it just me? Best bang for buck not 4850?
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Well as far as i read, The 4850's clock like a monkey on speed climbing a tree
So would still end up as best bang for your buck
So would still end up as best bang for your buck
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Well, so would I, but you have to admit the GT is still well worth considering at that price.
Makes me wish I had an SLI board, or that I had kept my P5N-E way back when.
Though I would rather have an X48 board with 2 x 4850's, and would if money were no issue
Makes me wish I had an SLI board, or that I had kept my P5N-E way back when.
Though I would rather have an X48 board with 2 x 4850's, and would if money were no issue
Bear in mind that 8800GT-SLI is surprisingly competitive and performs around the same level as 4850-CF on average: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=20
At £50 cheaper, it certainly represents a good option for people with SLI boards, and is easily the quickest <£200 solution on the market.
Once the 9800GTX+ comes out and the 9800GTX prices drop, I think ATI could start to feel the pinch unless the cut the 4850 price a tad.
At £50 cheaper, it certainly represents a good option for people with SLI boards, and is easily the quickest <£200 solution on the market.
Once the 9800GTX+ comes out and the 9800GTX prices drop, I think ATI could start to feel the pinch unless the cut the 4850 price a tad.
Well, so would I, but you have to admit the GT is still well worth considering at that price.
Makes me wish I had an SLI board, or that I had kept my P5N-E way back when.
Though I would rather have an X48 board with 2 x 4850's, and would if money were no issue
Worth considering for sub £100 option yes. I'd still tell anyone to save the extra to get the 4850 though but would tell them the 8800GT is still a good buy.
ATI's new cards give amazing performances for the money involved so cards like the 8800GT will get skipped time and time again.
Yes, for SLi motherboard owners it's a great option. I agree.
yeah at 1680x1050 with 4xAA in CoD4 the 4850CF is 22% faster than 8800GT sli.
At 1920x1200 they are 28% faster
At 2560x1600 30% faster
of course that's just 1 game, the 8800GT setup does better in a few other games, but CoD4 is what matters the most to me personally
At 1920x1200 they are 28% faster
At 2560x1600 30% faster
of course that's just 1 game, the 8800GT setup does better in a few other games, but CoD4 is what matters the most to me personally
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Obviously if someone came up to me in the street and said, you can have a free 8800GT, or a free 4850 then I'd go for the latter. But in terms of bang-for-buck, with the 4850 costing 30% more the 8800GT is certainly competitive. There comes a point though where you need to set BFB to one side however, otherwise value conscious consumers would all have been running <£50 budget setups like 7300GT / 8600GT in recent years - good "fps per quid" but not so good on the "enjoyment" front!
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4850 get my vote. allthough its ver close. how ever im pretty sure in about a month you will see the 4850 heading twards the £100 mark. then will deff be bang for buck value.