Been away from PC hardwares for too long as they are killing my pocket but guess i am too tempted to perform some upgrades.

Just wondering here guys, is the 4870 better than the 3870X2? Do you guys have any links to the comparison between both cards?

LOL..If money would have fallen from the sky, i would have opted for the 4870x2 as well

Anyway, looking into stuff, people are saying that the 4850 is way better than 3870. So, is the 4850 a worthy upgrade from 3870 or should i jump straight to 4870 instead? Looking for one that is value for money.

This post has been edited by akachester: Oct 3 2008, 06:01 PM

Is there any 1GB version of IceQ4 4850? What brand have 1GB version of 4850?

Well, many people is talking about Crysis here but i have not tried that before Not my type of games.

I am still looking at certain review, and seeing whether its worthy or not. Of course, i wanted it to be at least able to play games at 22" native resolution without any lagginess. My 3870 is able to do that, so i hope the 4850 is able to do it as well. Possibly looking into IceQ4 4850 but still looking whether they have the 1GB edition or not. 4870 is still way off budget right now

Well, i do not mind whether its the OCed version or not. I could do it myself anyway. But is this available here in Malaysia? And how much would that cost? I am particularly interested in the HIS 4850 IceQ4 though but all i see around is the 512MB edition. Need to test out whether 512 is enough or not though.

I dont think you will have any trouble using ATI card on nForce mobo. Tried that before on my previous nForce4. No problem at all. But thats not the 4850.

Could it be due to the onboard GC that is available on the NF6100? I tried different rotation before, like ATI cards on Nforce Chipset and Nvidia cards on ATI chipset and have yet to face any significant problem though.