Alright, so just when i was sure i was getting a 4850, the GTX+ came around and now im back in a big debate. What do you guys think? 4850 or the 9800GTX+

BTW, specs are Q6600, ASUS P5Q Pro LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard and 4gb of ram. Mobo can change if needed.

From the one article ive seen, 9800 GTX+ has better performence by like 5%. Nothing amazing.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_4850/23.html

HD 4850 is about 4% faster then a 9800gtx (not +) with current drivers.

Maybe we'll see a performence boost with new drivers. Maybe not.

wtf 9800gtx +? did this jst come out of thin air? more reason to look at my case in dissapointment of my sli 9800's WTB 4 months evga step up programnimatoad2000

Go for the 4850 and overclock it, or grab an overclocked version which should be around $219 on launch date (25th).wklzip

Btw ATI just released today a hotfix for 48xx to improve performance. DX10.1 support and awesome performance with 4xAA and 8xAA favor the 4850.matrixian

Thanks, I'll check that out. I benched it this morning with stock drivers from the CD and it was nice but not overly impressive, I'll give it a go tonight with the hotfix :)

Do you think that mobo i linked will go well with it? cole_793

Sure perfectly, its also the P5Q is a nice overclocker. :)

Hd 4850 is not even released officially, wait for newer driversPC_X360

It was released yesterday. I bought mine at Best Buy for 199.99

[QUOTE="PC_X360"]Hd 4850 is not even released officially, wait for newer driversStaryoshi87

It was released yesterday. I bought mine at Best Buy for 199.99

Yes, it already released but its supposed to release officially on the 25th :P

I have no idea how to overclock. =(cole_793

How to overclock

Its an old guide but is still very useful :)

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[QUOTE="PC_X360"]Hd 4850 is not even released officially, wait for newer driverswklzip

It was released yesterday. I bought mine at Best Buy for 199.99

Yes, it already released but its supposed to release officially on the 25th :P

It WAS suppoed to "officially" launch the 25th, then they changed the "official" launch date to the 19th. Just because the launch date was pushed up doesn't make the new launch date any less official. You could say the original or previous launch date, but the new date is as official as it gets.

[QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Staryoshi87"]

[QUOTE="PC_X360"]Hd 4850 is not even released officially, wait for newer driversStaryoshi87

It was released yesterday. I bought mine at Best Buy for 199.99

Yes, it already released but its supposed to release officially on the 25th :P

It WAS suppoed to "officially" launch the 25th, then they changed the "official" launch date to the 19th. Just because the launch date was pushed up doesn't make the new launch date any less official. You could say the original or previous launch date, but the new date is as official as it gets.

Oh my bad then. :(

No prob, I just like nit-picking :DStaryoshi87

You just won an entire box of *e-cookies* :)

Why? because correcting me in hardware news is something that doesnt happen very often :P