What to do

[Vale]

I won online a Sapphire 4850 512 meg card. One of the new copper fan type affairs. Is it worth taking out my 9800 GTX+ and fitting this in instead? or is it just worth leaving things as they are and flogging the 4850?

Suggestions welcomed?

 

[Magnum_Force]

They are both at parity in terms of performace, so it's just swings and roundabouts.

If you happy with your 9800GTX+ performance I'd just sell the HD 4850 (or vice versa).

 

[Rroff]

Sell the 4850 imo... unless you happen to like hideous levels of FSAA the GTX+ gives more consistant performance.

 

[gurusan]

Might as well try it out and just see which one you prefer.

 

[gpuerrilla]

Sell it as boxed and unused, should get more for it. Not much if any of an improvement from what you have.

 

[!TIMMY!]

Depends on your mobo and if you want to go SLI/xfire in the future. If not, sell the 4850 brand new.

 

[Vale]

I might sell them both and get a 260 216 version. Is it worth doing that or am I just wasting money for the sake of it?

 

[Rroff]

Depends on the res you play at... if its 1680+ then it would be a reasonable upgrade.

 

[Malazan]

I won online a Sapphire 4850 512 meg card. One of the new copper fan type affairs. Is it worth taking out my 9800 GTX+ and fitting this in instead? or is it just worth leaving things as they are and flogging the 4850?

Suggestions welcomed?

Sell it. Pocket the cash, add a little to it later and get a big upgrade.

 

[Vale]

I game at 1680x1050. My core 2 E5200 runs at 3.44 gig. Crysis Warhead runs very smooth on Enthusiast settings. Would the 260 GTX be worth while or not?