4850 or 4770

[ard-tullaich]

Which would you buy for £50 HD4850 512 ram or 4770 with 512 ram.
Got to make my mind up want to order in the morning .
Its for the wifes new build and she wants to play settlers rise of an empire at full tilt .
Need your advice

 

[nitram100]

I think the 4770 uses less power but only loses a few frames to the 4850. I would go for the 4770.

 

[Th3D0n]

HD4850

 

[Yrkoon]

4850 is a sweet card.

 

[bhavv]

4770 as they can OC to 1 Ghz.

 

[Kharbyne]

4850 ofc...

 

[ard-tullaich]

Well ended up getting her a 8 month old xfi 4870 1gb for £70 and its all complete in box like new. Just hope her Fsp blue storm 530 will run it. Bargain i think.

Unless it costs me a power supply

 

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

The HD4770 has low peak power consumption as it is made on a 40NM process. Idle power consumption is higher AFAIK when compared to the HD4850 as the HD4770 uses an older version of GDDR5 RAM.