8800GTS upgrade

[Tabasco]

Hi all i want to upgrade my graphics card is it worth going with one of the ATI HD 4850 Series cards would it make a big diffrence to what i have at the moment.

Thermaltake VB1000BWS Soprano SuperMidi Tower - Black
OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 PSU
Asus M2N-SLi Deluxe
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+ 3.20GHz
OCZ 8GB (4x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series
Zotac GeForce 8800 GTS (AMP!) Edition 512MB GDDR3
DGM L2231WD 22" Widescreen LCD Monitor - Glossy Black
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit

Would be most greatful for your comments.

Regards
Tab.

 

[benjo]

What GTS is it you have at the moment? Is it the 512mb G92? Although the 4850 is faster, it doesnt seem fast enough to make it a worthwhile upgrade in my opinion.

 

[Tabasco]

This one >> Zotac GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB GDDR3 / PCI-E / SLI / 2xDVI / TV-OUT

Graphics Technology
- Nvidia Geforce 8800GTS at 678 MHz engine clock
- 400 MHz RamDAC Technology Max. Resolution at 2560 x 1600
- True 128-bit floating point high dynamic-range (HDR) lighting with 16x full-screen anti-aliasing

Memory
- Onboard 512MB GDDR3
- 1940MHz memory clock
- 256-bit memory bus width

Bus Support
- PCI Express x 16 2.0 or below

3D Acceleration
- Unified Shader Model 4.0
- Microsoft DX10 support

External Connectors
- Dual DVI-I Connector
- TV-Out (S-video) Connector

Others
- HDTV Ready
- Vista Ready
- SLI Ready
- HDCP Ready
- Dual Link Dual DVI
- RoHS Compliant

 

[Lightnix]

I doubt it's really worth it, that card's basically a 9800 GTX (memory speed aside) which is almost as fast as the 4850 as it is (given the 4850 is about as fast as the 9800 GTX+). Unless you're a heavy user of antialiasing (i.e. 8x or above) then it's probably not worth the hassle. You'd probably want at least a 4870 or GTX260 to make it a half decent upgrade.

 

[Tabasco]

Ok thanks guys