4850 upgrade over 9800gt???

[mentalcrisis00]

Need some opinions on this Asus 4850 512MB card, it's $119 now and people say it has about the same performance as an Nvidia 9800gtx+. I currently have a 9800GT 512MB I bought a couple months ago and was planning on SLIing it near the beginning of the year. Would I see any significant performance boost with the 4850 or 9800GTX? Or should I just wait untill Nvidia and ATI come out with their new line and prices go down again?

My current computer is in my sig and I play mostly Call of Duty 4 and 5, fall out 3, and a few other things like that.

I should also say that when I get the money I'm planning on upgrading my entire system to something like an E7300 or E8400, Gigabyte P45 board, and 4GB ram.

 

[error8]

If you want to make an upgrade that really matters in terms of performance, you should get at least a 4870/GTX 260. There really isn't any point in getting the 4850/9800GTX+, because they are just marginally faster then what you have. Heck, you could just volt mod your GT and have the 4850/9800GGTX performance, or almost.

 

[MalVeauX]

Heya,

The HD4850 is not a significant upgrade over a 9800GT. I play the same games you've listed with an 8800GT 1gig and it plays them just fine maxed out. So you shouldn't have much of an issue (though you're a bit limited with a slower lowed dual core). Not really sure why you need an upgrade right now. Your CPU will limit major videocards. It would take a GTX260 of an HD4870 to get a significant boost. Alternatively, if you have an SLI capable motherboard, just get a 2nd 9800GT for $100 and the two 9800gt's in SLI will stomp out even a single GTX280 for nearly $400.

Cheers,

 

[Leyawiin]

That $150 price point (HD 4850/9800 GTX+) isn't very compelling anymore. The $100 cards aren't that much slower (like your 9800 GT) and the $200 cards are quite a bit better (HD 4870/GTX 260).

 

[mentalcrisis00]

thanks guys, phew. I was really looking for someone to discourage me against it. Reason I bought the 9800gt was because it was so much cheaper and from the benchmarks I saw it seemed like it wasn't that much slower than the high power cards. Guess I'll wait to do a full system upgrade in a year or 2. As I said before I have an SLI board and was planning on adding another card when they come down in price.

Merry Christmas everyone

 

[Bman123]

just keep your current card man no need to upgrade.Get your other parts first and swithc to intel.

By then you can probably get a $150 card that is faster then a gtx 280

 

[OCGuy]

9800GT is roughly the 4830, which is about 10% behind the 4850. Like others have said, not really worth it.

 

[mentalcrisis00]

whoops wrong thread