-
Competitor rules
Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
£100-150 GFX
- Thread starter gasdoctor
- Start date
for the performance of the new 48 series,you wont get better performance for your money 
Associate
- Joined
- 17 Jun 2008
- Posts
- 216
O.M.G. ATI 48XX series. Where have you been under a rock? Only jocking... lol.. 
Associate
- Joined
- 3 Jul 2008
- Posts
- 378
Again, 4850 is the card to go for in that range.
If your really determined to stick with nVidia
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Get one of those and find a copy of the 177.39 or newer beta drivers...
You'd be much better off forking out the extra for a GTX260 tho if your going to stick with nVidia imo.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp... GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Get one of those and find a copy of the 177.39 or newer beta drivers...
You'd be much better off forking out the extra for a GTX260 tho if your going to stick with nVidia imo.
Man of Honour
- Joined
- 17 Feb 2003
- Posts
- 29,640
- Location
- Chelmsford
Except come the 16th July (or earlier) they are going to £117 so mad to buy one today for that price.
The 9800GTX+ will be the price of the current 9800GTX so if wanting Nvidia either of those will be a valid choice IMO.
im caught in this price bracket too for a new gfx card upgrade. planning on getting the 9800gtx, although its slower than the 48 series the nvidia card has working simple to use game specific profiles. and for that feature alone i dont mind paying the premium in price for a 9800gtx over a 4850.
now just need to wait for the price drop on them, and if the gtx+ comes in at under 150 then thats the card i will go for.
unless by some miracle ati manage to sort out a method like nvidias for game specific profiles then it will sway me over to the 4850.
now just need to wait for the price drop on them, and if the gtx+ comes in at under 150 then thats the card i will go for.
unless by some miracle ati manage to sort out a method like nvidias for game specific profiles then it will sway me over to the 4850.
not too faffed with performance, both cards cant run crysis properly so not missing out much between the 2.
but the main feature i need is the custom profiles, since the card will be going into the media pc and all kids and family use that pc so when they play games i dont want them to be faffing with driver settings (not that they know how to) to get the game to look better.
cant live without custom profiles so next card has to be nvidia for me.
I think that at the new prices, the 9800GTX and 9800GTX+ are competitive.
9800GTX for £117 which is the same as the 4850 and is on a par with it
And the 9800GTX+ for £137 which will be faster than a 4850 but slower than the £175 4870 gives consumers real choice in the mid range graphics arena.
And the 9800GTX+ might be a great overclocker especially under water looking at what me 8800GTS G92 got to.
9800GTX for £117 which is the same as the 4850 and is on a par with it
And the 9800GTX+ for £137 which will be faster than a 4850 but slower than the £175 4870 gives consumers real choice in the mid range graphics arena.
And the 9800GTX+ might be a great overclocker especially under water looking at what me 8800GTS G92 got to.
Yep, looks like it's best to wait for the 9800GTX+ to hit the market.
If you can't wait 4850 is the card to get.