Radeon vs GeForce

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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Video Card (512MB, PCI Express 2.0 x16, Dual DVI, HDMI)

or

XFX GeForce 9800 GT Video Card (512MB, PCI-Express 2.0 x16)

 

[Blue Stealth]

I would say go with nvidia. I like xfx more than I do sapphire

-Blue

 

[skoutzykola]

i like ati....

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

Radeon 4850 vs GeForce 9800GT? Let me put it this way.

How about putting it a more eGO forum friendly way? -- Ace

~Gooda~

 

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so your sying ati

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

Oh ya

~Gooda~

 

[Panzers]

my personal opinion would be the 9500 GT. it is $30 cheaper than the 4850, the memory clock is 200 MHz slower and the core clock is 25 MHz slower, which is not that big of a difference, plus you are getting free CoD 4 and CoD WaW. so you are pretty much paying $10 bucks for the card. $110 - $100 for games.

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

Panzer, please realize that memory/core clocks mean nothing when you're comparing apples and oranges. There's ROPs, TMUs, shaders, stream processors, etc, that make the difference.

You will get much better performance with the 4850.

~Gooda~

 

[Deimos]

Panzer, please realize that memory/core clocks mean nothing when you're comparing apples and oranges. There's ROPs, TMUs, shaders, stream processors, etc, that make the difference.

You will get much better performance with the 4850.

~Gooda~

Good point

I like nvidia but the 4850 is one of the top cards that Ati makes. The 9800 GT is not a powerful card, nor was it meant to be anything special (Its the lowest grade 9800 series card, and its not different then the 8800 GT). Its really more of a mainstream gamer card. Back to the 4850, its more powerful, but one downside is that Ati's driver support is not close to what nvidia's is.

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

I've gotta disagree. Nvidia keeps releasing new drivers every other day (it seems like -.-) to fix something they broke, or to release their "big bang" drivers which always seem to fizzle out like a sparkler on the 4th of July...

~Gooda~

 

[Munkypoo7]

I'd go with the 4850, just because Nvidia is getting really annoying with all their rebranding and driver issues, plus the build quality on Sapphire cards are amazing ^^

PS> When Gooda gives a suggestion, just take it and run, his advice (so far ) seems perfect everytime!

 

[Vader]

The HD 4850 is on the 9800 GTX+ level, 9800 GT gets blown away. Read the benchmarks.

This is no battle.

 

[yellowbadger52]

yea i love my 4850! its a lot better than a 9800gt.

p.s. Go with gooda on this one. his reccomendations are on the dot everytime. hes a pc genius.i wish my knowledge was as amazing as his!

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

Just a warning guys, I'm wrong plenty of times. Not so much on this forum as the questions aren't as complicated/confusing as others, but I'm by no means a genius.

If you want to learn (believe me, you'll learn a lot), go to www.overclock.net and read other posts. That's how I learned everything I know.

Thanks for making me feel awesome though.

EDIT: Aww, my comparison blurb was edited out

~Gooda~

 

[FiRESAUCE]

I like nvidia over ATI.

I have never had a good experience with drivers and ATI.

 

[chaosassualt]

I think the Saphire Radeon would be much better becasue it has more memory clock and core clock i mean that is worth 30 more dollars
but if your looking for something that cost less but still pretty good this is the one i am buying
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161252

 

[GCrusader]

I am a total nvidia fan but I've got to say that the 4850 wins hands down. The 9800 GT is way weaker. I believe my 8800 GT can even beat it.

 

[Havegooda {A|R}]

You may have to eat your words GCrusader. The 8800GT and most of the 9800GTs out there are exactly the same Nvidia rebranding FTL.

~Gooda~

 

[( . Y . )Pola Negri]

oh this is easy.. ATI

 

[dudethatrocks]

I'd normally say nividia, but Ati's are generally a better bargain, and if your going for a Nvidia graphics card, I would reccomend something from the Gtx 200 series instead of a 9800 GT.