9800 GTX or 4850?

Thinkin of upgrading, but which one?

I heard the 4850's average temp is like 90 degrees C....

Thinkin of upgrading, but which one?

I heard the 4850's average temp is like 90 degrees C....

Moussi11

Link to that? I've heard the opposite and it has nice power and temp performance.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4850-review-force-3d--powercolor/1

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4850 all the way.

Its good to have AMD fighting back, at least in GPU terms.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-ati-radeon-hd-4850-review-force-3d--powercolor/1

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LightSoulBlue

Got up to the 7th page and that site went down for me. Must have a lot of traffic.

4850 supports dx10.1 and beats 9800gtx in a lot of benchmarks, especially with 4xAA and 8xAA on. And it consumes less power too. I'd wait a few weeks for a custom cooling solution from ATI's partners. It's a mistake to make such a powerful card single slot, when motherboards have everything integrated. And I'm sure the price will drop quickly to 180 once the initial high demand calms down and stock is high.matrixian

I hope they do a 4850x2 card.

[QUOTE="matrixian"]4850 supports dx10.1 and beats 9800gtx in a lot of benchmarks, especially with 4xAA and 8xAA on. And it consumes less power too. I'd wait a few weeks for a custom cooling solution from ATI's partners. It's a mistake to make such a powerful card single slot, when motherboards have everything integrated. And I'm sure the price will drop quickly to 180 once the initial high demand calms down and stock is high.teddyrob

I hope they do a 4850x2 card.

Not right now, wait till prices drop.

There aren't any games besides crysis that can really use anything more than a 8800gtAjtriple2

I think Imma wait it out till this holiday season.

Wait a few weeks to see all the reviews, and gather information. Ive heard the 9800GTX is coming down and getting a nice driver.

But imo so far, HD 4850 looks like your best bet. Im personally holding out for a HD 4870.