Time to upgrade my 4850?

[chuck990]

My rig at the moment hasn't recieved much care and attention recently... no upgrades for ages! As a gaming machine the obvious upgrade at the moment is the graphics card. Thing is, im a stingy one me... i dont really fancy paying £400 for a 5870. So question is, for about £150 (say for example, a 5830) would i see much improvement over my current rig? Or a second 4850 for only £60 in Xfire? Or does the DX 11 shift out-do any performance upgrade? If i do update does anyone know if the Vortexx cooler i currently have fits the new cards? (this one)

(btw, rig in sig)

 

[Marine-RX179]

Don't think the Akasa Vortexx Neo would be compatable with current gen's cards.

GTX460 768MB is overall faster than the 5830, but if you can stretch your budget to £170~£195, you can consider the GTX460 1GB or 5850.

Here's some comparison between the 4850 and the GTX460 768MB:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/177?vs=156

I would try to avoid Crossfiring at that level of cards, even more so if it is the 512MB version.

 

[David09]

Chuck is yours the one with the glaciator heatsink and 512mb?

 

[chuck990]

my current card is a 1Gb version but cant tell you what the stock cooler was i'm afraid

 

[chuck990]

bump?