4850 512mb or 1024mb?

[Wise Bat]

I am thinking of upgrading to one of these two cards:

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £131

Asus ATI Radeon HD 4850 1024MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £152

Which is better/worth it? I want to to last a while with new games.

I currently have a 1950 pro 512mb which fits perfect in my PC case at mow, so does anyone know the dimensions of the above cards?

Was also looking at the 4870 cards but are they really worth the extra. (would need to do some case measuring before hand if went with one of these)

Thanks

 

[manic111]

What res. do you play at?

 

[goujon945]

Go for either the 512mb 4850 or the 4870. 1gb is not really needed for less than huge resolutions. If you can afford the 4870 i would go for it as for dimensions go-

4870 - 220x100x33 mm

 

[Wise Bat]

Oh off the top of my head its something like 1440 x 990 (hope that res is correct) on a 19" wide screen monitor.

 

[SS-89]

4850 512mb would be perfect for that for a bit more longevity the 4870.

 

[goujon945]

If your'e gonna keep your monitor for a while the 4850 would probs be a better buy. Wont see much difference between 4850/70 at that res

 

[ACESHIGH]

Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail - £131

Grab that one.

 

[ninjabib]

I currently have a 1950 pro 512mb which fits perfect in my PC case at mow, so does anyone know the dimensions of the above cards?

just gone from 1950 to 4850pro myself, exact same fit