WHICH FROM FOLLOWING CARDS TO BUY?

[b-star]

hello, i want to purchase a graphic card...
still do not know which to chose, so maybe someone will help.

from 4850 series, which one will be better?


ASUS: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Asus+ATi+Radeon+HD+4850+512MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=32374

SAPPHIRE: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Sapphire+ATi+Radeon+HD+4850+1024MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=33452

ATI OVERCLOCKED: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/ATi+Radeon+HD+4850+Overclocked+512MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=33457

3D CLUB: http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Club+3D+ATI+Radeon+HD+4850+Overclocked+512MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=33743

ASUS is cheapest...SAPPHIRE IS MORE EXPENSIVE...will it be worth to pay extra money?or performance will be pretty much same?
which do you think is the best?

THANX

[Monkey]

For me it would be between the sapphire or overclocked one, but i would buy a 4870 as the difference is much better pound for pound in my opinion

[b-star]

well, yes, 4870 is better and i wanted to buy as it is on sale now, but i will have to have a different PSU as mine is 480W so it it be plus £60-£70...

[coiler]

The 4850 is a cracking card and delivers very high FPS...

... when it works!

Try and get the best cooler option available


The asus and sapphire full card coolers I favour over the zalman style round coolers don't cover the VRAM with heatsinks and this getting hot can crash the card out.

[b-star]

well, good point i think.

so what about this card?

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/ATi+Radeon+HD+4850+Overclocked+512MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=33457

[Monkey]

What about this card?

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Sapphire+ATI+Radeon+HD+4870+X2+2GB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=33273

:p

[coiler]

well, good point i think.

so what about this card?

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/ATi+Radeon+HD+4850+Overclocked+512MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=33457

no that type doesn't fully cool the VRAM simply passive cooling, if you could see it on the side the VRAM's have a gap above them.

I'd say

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Asus+ATi+Radeon+HD+4850+512MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=32374

or

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/PCI-E/ATI+Radeon+4000+Series/Sapphire+ATi+Radeon+HD+4850+1024MB+PCI-E2.0+?productId=33452


what size screen do you have?

[b-star]

well 4870x2 :D :D :D i can buy it, but i won't eat couple of weeks, lol!:mrgreen:

screen is 19inch 1440x900

will be big difference between asus 512mb and sapphire 1gb?

mhz, etc is the same, only memory... so is it worth to pay extra?

[mac124]

I would think at that resolution there would probably be little point going for the 1gb version.

[b-star]

what about my 480W PSU...

will it be alright?