4850 vs 9800GT (passive both)

[eriwik]

I need to upgrade my graphics-card and I've been thinking about going silent since the GPU-fan is (in my experience) the loudest one (at least after a year or two). I know that there are 3rd party solutions but I want something that works right out of the box. I don't game much, I'm mostly using the computer for work and watching videos.

I've been looking at two cards from Gigabyte:
9800GT: GV-N98TSL-1GI
4850: GV-R485MC-1GI

Having read some reviews and comparisons it looks like they might be quite equal, and the price is more or less the same too, so I'm wondering which is the better option.

Thanks

 

[videogames101]

Read this HD47770 article, it includes the 9800GT and HD4850 in the benchmarks.

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3553&p=1

The HD4850 is clearly the more powerful card. I worry about passive cooling it though...

 

[eriwik]

Originally posted by: videogames101
The HD4850 is clearly the more powerful card. I worry about passive cooling it though...

I read a review of this card and it seems to work quite well.

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: eriwik

Originally posted by: videogames101
The HD4850 is clearly the more powerful card. I worry about passive cooling it though...

I read a review of this card and it seems to work quite well.

Wow, those are impressive temps. I'd go for it.

 

[yh125d]

If you don't game much, do you even need that much power? A 4670 might be a better alternative

 

[eriwik]

Perhaps, but I could not find any passively cooled. And besides, it's nice to have to power when I do game.

 

[octopus41092]

Originally posted by: eriwik

Originally posted by: videogames101
The HD4850 is clearly the more powerful card. I worry about passive cooling it though...

I read a review of this card and it seems to work quite well.

I ran my HD4850 w/ a Accelero S1 Rev.2 for a while. It keeps it cooler than the original stock ASUS cooler when it just came out. I don't know how that cooler on it is but I'm sure it should be able to run it fine as long as you have adequate cooling in your case.

 

[nemesismk2]

I used to own a 4850 and it beat my 8800 GT (which is the same as a 9800 GT) easily.

 

[California Roll]

That 4850 is currently $110AR at Newegg, wow.

 

[octopus41092]

Originally posted by: California Roll
That 4850 is currently $110AR at Newegg, wow.

Yeah I remember when I paid $200 for mine

 

[Gikaseixas]

go for the 4850 (performance wise)