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    Account Upgraded | Title Enabled! ellmondo is offline
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    buying a new graphics card.

    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?


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    Gamma linklink88 is offline
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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    4850 for sure.

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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    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.

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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    Quote Originally Posted by ellmondo View Post
    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?
    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.
    in usa 4850 costs $100 here it costs

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    Captain of the Universe Rishwin is offline
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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    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.

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    Omega Alfons is offline
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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    4850 and the 4780 are the best price/performance cards atm.
    I wonder how nvidia will call the new dual gpu card.
    280GX2 ?

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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    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?

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    Gamma Gabrieth is offline
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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    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 :/

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    Account Upgraded | Title Enabled! ellmondo is offline
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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    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.

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    Re: buying a new graphics 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

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    Enthusiast unb0rn is offline
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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    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.

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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    Quote Originally Posted by unb0rn View Post
    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.

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    Re: buying a new graphics card.

    Get 4870 :D



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