The price of "Gainward HD4850 512MB GS" and "Gainward HD4850 1GB GS" didn't have much of a difference.

So, im going to put 1GB in the poll choice instead of 512MB ..



So the question is .. which one is better ?

Price : Performance Ratio will not be a question here as i only want to know which one is better ..



Or




Please do include your own opinion regarding which one is better whether its slightly better / a different league* much better / you can't feel much difference between them ..


I just need to know which one is the better one ..


Thanks !



p/s : Try to avoid being a "Fan boi" or else, please state that you are a "Fan boi" so i can exclude your section of the poll .

This post has been edited by xelnamikaze: Jan 30 2009, 08:45 PM

i'll hav to go wit 4850 GS.
performance is superb & can OC quite well as well.

Come on guys .. stop voting without any comments .. lets hear out your words of wisdom

Radeon HD 4850GS 1 GB? Why? Just so that you can run GTA IV with everything maxed

What you plan to use these cards for ?

Future games ? GTA IV ? and your resolution that you wish to play these new games at as well

sob .. i don't think i can play GTA IV with everything maxed especially when my Processor is only Core2Duo !!

anyways .. 9800GTX+ can't play with everything maxed ah?

does the price of two cards is the same?

If both cards has somewhat equivalent performance, TS should go for 9800GTX+. The reason is simple:

"The Way It Is Meant To Be Played"..... more games are optimized for Nvidia cards.

4850 here

ATI does pretty well on TWIMTBP games. If you're still playing crysis, you should facepalm yourself .

roflcopter, srsly

omg .. someone poisoned me ..

"HD4850 is under powered, i would go for HD4870 instead"

now the bonus questions is .. GTX260 216Core is on par with ?

but then again .. i'll only stick with two options ..

HD4850 1GB GS

or

9800GTX+ 512MB

This post has been edited by xelnamikaze: Jan 30 2009, 09:22 PM

4870 OC 1GB sure pawn GTX260 216core.

4850 of coz as nvidia card is just a smaller die of an old technology while ati is a new architecture.

emm..for gtx260 core 216 is actually better then 4870 1gb version and even in terms of oc,core 216 just oc like madness while 4870 is not going far..

for the pole 4850 my choice.

then GTX260 OC version core 216 sure will pawn back 4870 oc version
this core 216 is to counter back 4870 1gb ..

yeah my vote still goes to 4850..esp GS version

o rly?sos pls?

from what i see in reviews and comments here and abroad,its the other way round

off topic .. will ST56F be able to power up HD4870 1GB GS ?

Im sure it`ll will, as the ST is true power...

I suggest teh 1Gb version

see this.
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sa...4870_1gb_toxic/

This post has been edited by uzer85: Jan 30 2009, 10:38 PM

9800GTX+ 1Gb for me

does 9800GTX+ 1GB even exist ?

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Added on January 30, 2009, 10:53 pmwow .. im keen to see what others has to say !

This post has been edited by xelnamikaze: Jan 30 2009, 10:53 PM

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/258256-3...850-good-brands

same here. hehe.
going to get that GC when i got my money this tuesday.

where are you gonna find the Sapphire HD4870 1GB Toxic Overclocked Edition ?

and how much will it cost ?

Epic FAIL.


I do see why you highlight brands in your sig though.


@OP

I have no idea how the 2 cards currently cost for you, but I can say that the (approx) lowest price for a 4870 512MB (Brick and Mortar shop) is RM 830.

This post has been edited by X.E.D: Jan 30 2009, 11:11 PM

compuzone got it. (must see pricelist at compuzone website ) LYN pricelist not updated.
Sapphire 4870 Toxic 1GB rm999. nice.

anyways .. i think im gonna get myself a HD4870 ..

the only problem is which brand do i need to pick ..

guess i'll solve that problem when i have RM1k+ in my hand

btw, uzer85

Cex selling Zotac GTX260 216core for under RM900 .. normally it would cost others around RM1k++

wow, Toxic does come with tonnes of goodies. But I still like dual fan cooler.

nope. wont go for GTX260.
still prefer Sapphire 4870 Toxic 1GB although it'll cost 999.
since i'm going to get Gigabyte EP45-UD3P, maybe later i'll do crossfire with 2x Sapphire 4870 Toxic 1GB. oh..how nice is that.

ZzZzZ .. CF means 2 GPU Core right ? one day .. there will be one GPU with 2 Cores .. and the price will be so cheap .. all of us will cry ..

anybody know when this is going to happen ?

i bet Nvidia and ATi are laughing at us if they see we talking about 1 GPU 2 Cores ..

for now 1GPU 2Cores is like HD4870x2

This post has been edited by xelnamikaze: Jan 30 2009, 11:41 PM

a vote for 4850gs 1gb, if u wan higher resolution

Bro, I mentioned that "IF both cards have equivalent performance" ler... TS should really go for Nvidia. However if HD4870 pawns 9800GTX+ for the same pricing, of cause he should go for ATi then.

I am still forced to use Nvidia cards as they are still champions in running Folding@Home.

yawn..no need to see la..just buy it and try it then you know what i mean sometime review just useless..when you try all of it then you know,if cannot buy it borrow from your fren and do your own comparison,on any way the core 216 is better then 4870 1gb period...lets just speak based on experianced rather then reading,ok..

people who r saying 4870 > gtx260 216 is definitely a fanboy.

hey, i'm using 4870 myself, & i admit dat gtx260 is better in most of the occasion, it vary on games.
but 4k series has its own advantage, one of dem is in AA.
4870 loose a little b coz driver not optimized, i still hold faith in my 4870, hopefully ATI will release a better driver in the future.........

my point exactly,even if you read im still using my old faithfull 4870 512mb,try the 4870 1gb previously and gaming on 27inch with 1920x1200 the different is so minimal,try te core 216 at stock the framerate averagely better then 4870 1gb about 5fps but on the oc term max vs max you can see the diferent quite a lot most likely vary from 10-15fps that is consider quite a good margin..

hmm hmm .. so if 260 216 is at the same price as 4870 .. then we might aswell take the 260 216 right ?

but it seems that .. how come Cex's 260 216 offer here

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=900251&hl=Cex

is not bought by other people ?

yep, if Core 216 is the same price as 4870...you might as well take core 216

Im not sure why 4870 1GB still priced higher than Core 216 here

price haven't been revised ?

seriously .. i'll take GTX260 216 over HD4870 GS !!

If so difficult, see ur mobo la. If ur mobo is an Intel chipset, get the 4870, if ur mobo is an NF, get the GTX260

i found out something interesting ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of...rocessing_units

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of...rocessing_units

why is that????

care to explain.....

cant be applied to X58 i guess

just screw it if u dun plan for multi card setup.
coz b4 x58, crossfire can only b done on intel chipset.

Between 4850 GS and 9800GTX+, certain games favors Nvidia and so do 4850 GS. So you can see EA Games will surely have better performance when using Nvidia cards.

If you compare between GTX 260 and 4870, surely GTX 260 is better. 4870 only good on certain occasions against GTX 260 and only marginal.

True, but I`ve heard of ppl doing CF on NForces.

Only the 58 chipset for i7 and SkullTrail can support both SLi and CF

HD4850 1GB GS FTW... price wise

Why so? The lack of the 4850's speed will bog down whatever gains a 1 GB frame buffer will give.

i voted for d green camp...

traitor

i also wanna know which one better

i am using gigabyte 4850 zalman

This post has been edited by lht850321: Feb 2 2009, 07:33 PM

hey .. GTX260 Core 216 will beat HD4870 1GB GS hands down ..

Go with nvidia, if you want better driver support, compatibility and performance.
Also they got physx too, which will enhanced your gaming experience.
Linux still have problem with ATI card and some games still doesn't optimize well even though the card
raw power is greater than GTX280.

Yes, GTX260 216 will beat HD4870 performance in many games.
HD4870 using R700 architecture which is optimized version of R600 (GDDR5, 55nm, 800 steam processor, DirectX10.1 and clock speed)

GTX200 is new architecture. Although it still using Directx 10, I don't see any directx 10.1 games coming or 10.1 is just hotfix for 10 i'm not sure, so don't bother.
Or if you can wait long enough, wait till DirectX 11 card coming out

peace.



This post has been edited by Hisyamudin: Feb 3 2009, 12:06 PM

which one u wanna go TS?
btw,vote goes to 4850 1gb..but if between gtx260 n 4870,i would rather choose gtx260..

I heavily agree with this statement.... If TS don't plan to get multi GPU setup, then any board will be fine.... But my suggestion is still going for NVIDIA bcos of the support for games....

I rather choose GTX260 over 9800GTX+ coz of the performance gap if ur budget allows it....