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8800gts or 4850
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Which GTS do you have? 320/640/512mb? If it's either of the first two then the 4850 would be quite a decent upgrade.
50 in a week or 2? so about 30 for an 8800GT? Is there massive ATi price drops and new cards or something?
Nope but a 9800GTX is about to become £120, therefore a GTS new can't be £150-£160 anymore and has to drop below £100 and a new GT will then have to drop below £80.
That's why your 2nd hand GTS won't be worth more than £50
Hell, most on MM in last couple of days have gone for £85 delivered.
Only another £35 to go
If you are gaming @ 1920 x 1200 you will see a decent improvement over a 8800GTS, whose performance seems to drop off when going above 1680 x 1050....
If you are selling an 8800GTS in the MM (at present time) you can expect to get £90 or less for it I would imagine
If you are selling an 8800GTS in the MM (at present time) you can expect to get £90 or less for it I would imagine
You certainly would in COH and Devil May Cry 4
See here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17891695&page=3
A 4850 at 790/1100 gets at 1680 x 1050 8 x aa
111.52 fps
81.05 fps
133.79 fps
81.42 fps
My vastly overclocked G92 GTS got the following:
90.25 fps
67.05 fps
98.52 fps
67.93 fps
Therefore the gains with the oc 4850 was as follows:
23%
20%
36%
20%
So with 8xaa even my 9800GTX+ speed GTS can't keep up with an overclocked 4850.
I have been having the same dilemma as the poster hence the thread I started based on overclocked GTS vs OC 4850.
I am trying to gauge whether it's worth swapping while my GTS is still worth £90 - £100.
Looking at the benchmarks I would suspect that at worse in some games it would be a sideways move and in others especially with lots of AA it would be a 20-30% gain.
STill tempted to throw the extra £60 and get a 4870 just to make sure it is an upgrade though and give my new card more longevity.
Oh and to the OP, the 4 series cards owns COD4
What are you on? I sold a 7950GX2 on fleabay for £90 a couple of weeks ago.
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"What are you on? I sold a 7950GX2 on fleabay for £90 a couple of weeks ago."
Things are only worth the amount that people are willing to pay.
Things are only worth the amount that people are willing to pay.
consider yourself lucky!
"What are you on? I sold a 7950GX2 on fleabay for £90 a couple of weeks ago."
Things are only worth the amount that people are willing to pay.
Lucky you. The point is already people on fleabay won't pay more than £90-£95 for a 8800GTS G92 if you look at the last ones sold.
And a couple of weeks is a long time and before 4850 launch. Back then a 8800GTS G92 would have got you £120+
So prices falling already both on MM and the fleabay so your point is irrelevant IMO.