ok so i was thinking of grabing a new video card tomorrow. I usually buy from here www.computeralliance.com.au which seems like fair prices to myself. I just wanted to know if it is worth buying:
A) Nvidia 9600gt
or
B) ATI 4850
I was edging towards the 4850 as i tend to like amd more then nvidia, but which one would give me best performance?
4850 for sure.
at the price of the 9600 i would look at getting an 8800 Gts/GT/GS for cheaper...
What games do you want to run if any?
Both the cards you listed should run *most games fairly medium/high
I would still pick an 8800 over a 9600 tho.
if ur in uk - wait for the 4850/4870 to drop prices - it seems that while crossing the pond, it almost doubled in price even tripled.Originally Posted by ellmondo
in usa 4850 costs $100 here it costs
why order form Australia when you are in the UK?
if i were you, i would wait. from what i have heard, the 9600GT's are no longer being made and are a "discontinued" line (well in Australia anyway, so since you are ordering form here, it affects you too).
Ati are said to drop in price soon, as will the 260/280's.
4850 and the 4780 are the best price/performance cards atm.
I wonder how nvidia will call the new dual gpu card.
280GX2 ?
sorry i didnt realise i still had that set to england. Im in australia right now. Just gonna have a look at the 4850 price on ebay from us.
Also just wondering if i wait for say the 4850 ddr5 one (not to sure if thats a real card comming out) will it cost much more then the ddr3 version? i read some pages that suggest the 4850 competes against the 9800gtx? would this be the ddr3 version or the newer one?
Personally I do not recommend to buy the top. Recently graphic cards have been evolving to fast. You might just buy a new graphic card then a new game will need model shader 4.0 witch is not demanded by games yet and not on graphic cards will come out and you will need a new one again :/
my theory is buy the best performing for price when i need it. I need a new card that will hold up for a couple of years and both of these will to my knowledge. The 4850 supports shader model 4.1 and the 9600 supports shader model 4.0 so i will not have to worry about that.
Also would it be worth waiting and buying a 4870 instead? i heard that they will be an insane card.
* Radeon HD 4870
* 800 Stream processors
* 750 MHz core clock
* 1800 MHz GDDR5 memory clock
* 512MB frame buffer
* Max board power 160 watts
* Radeon HD 4850
* 800 Stream processors
* 625 MHz core clock
* 1000 MHz GDDR3 memory clock
* 512MB frame buffer
* Max board power 110 watts
you might want to try looking at www.umart.com.au from experience, they're cheaper than computeralliance. and from what i can see, the price difference between their stores don't vary much.
ahh yes forgot about them, my bro used to purchase from them but i fogot about them. Well i went and bought a speaker system instead so i will most probably wait for the 4870 now anyways, that card should last me some time then.
Get 4870 :D
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