9800gtx or 4850/4870 help before someone dies

ok so ive got one more month till i go buy the parts for my build

i keep changing from 9800gtx to 4850 than 4870 than 9800gtx

ok so my friend keeps saying ati licks ****, than i see some people saying 9800gtx is obselete :S. than i go back to wanting ati and there goes my friend again saying to go for 9800gtx cause nvidia kicks ati.

anyone wanna settle it before i start killing?

Your friend sounds biased at best, and stupid at worst. Company loyalty is silly, and has no place in PC hardware. It's all about your budget and the exact model you're looking at, and given your budget and the cards you're looking at, ATI is the way to go. ATI offers superior performance in most instances, especially when AA is enabled and DirectX 10 comes into play.

Anandtech

Bit-Tech

Extremetech

Xbitlabs

There's proof - sure, the ATI cards run rather hot, but you can easily tweak the fans to run faster and keep the cards much cooler.

Your friend sounds biased at best, and stupid at worst. Company loyalty is silly, and has no place in PC hardware. It's all about your budget and the exact model you're looking at, and given your budget and the cards you're looking at, ATI is the way to go. ATI offers superior performance in most instances, especially when AA is enabled and DirectX 10 comes into play.

Anandtech

Bit-Tech

Extremetech

Xbitlabs

There's proof - sure, the ATI cards run rather hot, but you can easily tweak the fans to run faster and keep the cards much cooler.

RayvinAzn

well i cant afford a 4870 i just checked.... so how long will 4850 keep me going for? more than a year?

Your friend sounds biased at best, and stupid at worst. Company loyalty is silly, and has no place in PC hardware. It's all about your budget and the exact model you're looking at, and given your budget and the cards you're looking at, ATI is the way to go. ATI offers superior performance in most instances, especially when AA is enabled and DirectX 10 comes into play.

Anandtech

Bit-Tech

Extremetech

Xbitlabs

There's proof - sure, the ATI cards run rather hot, but you can easily tweak the fans to run faster and keep the cards much cooler.

RayvinAzn

well i cant afford a 4870 i just checked.... so how long will 4850 keep me going for? more than a year?

apologies for a double post this site since the FN UPDATE HAS BEEN PISSING ME OFF seriously my nets been conking out on it, takes 10 mins to load it and im on bludey adsl2+

thanks i think ill tell my friend one more word about me getting 4850 you better start running

one more probably stupid question

ere is my build as of now:

CPU: Intel E8500

MOBO: Gigabyte P45-DS3L

RAM: GSKILL 4GB DDR2 RAM 1066 2X2G

GPU: HD4850

HDD: WD 640GB

DVD: Samsung sata
Case: CM690

psu:Coolermaster RealPower Pro 750w

Asus VW222U

Speakers: Logitech X-540

4850 is compatible?

4850 total waste is you got a gtx9800, i can 100% prove it will not be any better but most likely 4850 will be worse than gtx 9800. get 4870, it isnt exspencive, only 150quid and that without haggling. if you get 4850 you wont be able to play anything above 1200res i have found out. get 4870 no questionshadowcreaper

RRRIIIIGGGHHHTTT so after all the benchmarks ... we should ignore those and just believe you?

i have no experience with the new ATI cards but i have 2x 9800gtx and I can say that you will certainly not be disappointed if you get a 9800gtx. I had a single card for about a month and was estatic. I got my second card and about **** my pants. Aside from crysis ( which still plays great on all high ) any other game you throw at it will run fantastic with a single card.
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