Can this PC of mine use a ATI HD 4850 512MB?

dvdbunny · 6 Jan 2009 at 14:33

I am thinking of buying the 4850 512MB and wondered if it would be suitable for my computer. I have been using it currently with a 8800GT 512MB no problems. Here are my specs:

Intel Pentium D 820 Dual Core Processor by ADVENT the model number is Advent T9107

2.8GHz Dual Core 800MHz FSB, 2 x 1MB Cache
Windows vista Home premium + SP1
2056MB DDR RAM (2x1GB sticks)
500GB Hard Disk Drive/ 2 Partitions
DVD Drive
512MB Nvidia 8800 GT
6-in-1 Media Card Reader
4 USB 2.0 Connections

Many thanks in advance

willthepirate · 6 Jan 2009 at 14:39

yes, going from an 8800 with the rest of the spec what it is i dont think you would gain much though

J.B · 6 Jan 2009 at 14:57

Im sure you'll get Crysis running on ultra graphics, its got 2GB of RAM!

Did you get the DVD drive out of it then?

dvdbunny · 6 Jan 2009 at 15:10

willthepirate said:
yes, going from an 8800 with the rest of the spec what it is i dont think you would gain much though

I thought it would gain a lot? So is it better to have a 4870? Wouldn't that be a bit over top for my system specs?

liquidex · 6 Jan 2009 at 15:28

What size monitor are you playing on? Think at low res the only difference will be the amount of aa levels you can put on.

J.B · 6 Jan 2009 at 15:29

The system will bottleneck at the CPU and RAM.

Loque · 6 Jan 2009 at 16:36

you need a better CPU otherwise you're wasting money upgrading graphics cards. What you'll find is that your 8800GT will be bottlenecked by your CPU. So if you want to upgrade your system. forget the graphics card for now, and concentrate on your CPU and RAM

dvdbunny · 6 Jan 2009 at 17:49

liquidex said:
What size monitor are you playing on? Think at low res the only difference will be the amount of aa levels you can put on.

On a LCD projector with a native resolution of 1280x720p