9800 GT vs. HD4830

[napes22]

I had to RMA my 4830 due to artifacting and annoying screen flickerings. I got it from Newegg and they have recently replaced the Sapphire 4830 on the site (which had dual DVI) which a different Sapphire 4830 (1 DVI, 1 VGA). If they not longer have my card in stock they will give me a choice of a comparable card.

I hate ATI's driver support for the new wave of cards, and am thinking of going to Nvidia if they don't have the dual DVI 4830 in stock. How would the below cards compare?


EVGA 512-P3-N973-TR GeForce 9800 GT 512MB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814130435

XFX PVT98GYDLU GeForce 9800 GT 512MB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16814150316

 

[AstroManLuca]

Are you limited to certain choices for a "comparable card"? Did you know that the 4830 is noticeably faster than the 9800GT?

Just wondering how this works... do they just charge or credit you the difference in price vs. what you had ordered?

BTW there are several 4830s with dual DVI on NewEgg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...StoreType=&srchInDesc=

Personally I'd get the HIS with the aftermarket cooler; otherwise just get whichever is cheaper.

If you are dead-set on nVidia, though, either one of those vid cards should do fine. They're practically identical... same specs, same price, same rebate, same lifetime warranty.

 

[Schmide]

GTX 250 $99 AR

I don't get the ATI drivers statement. Just go the the nvidia forums and see how many people complain about driver stopped responding or Nvlddmkm issues.

Nvidia has horrible versioning problems and often finds ways to get mixed driver versions installed on a system. I have not seen this problem with recent ATI drivers.

But anyways...It's all FUD

 

[napes22]

I upgraded from the 1800XT to the 4830 and noticed huge in game increases. But with the drivers installed my 2D graphics are very slow, windows has constant flickering on screen, and I get mild artifacting in games.

It could jsut be a bad card, but I've read other ATI 4830 users having the same issues (although I've heard the slow 2D graphics being a product of a power saving mechanism that underclocks the card for 2D).

The cards I had listed are a downgrade from the 4830? They have a higher price, and I thought similar clocks; but I could be wrong. Sapphire had the best reviews on Newegg (and best price) out of the 4830's. Are any others more stable? I run two monitors and the card crashes with Overdrive enabled.

 

[error8]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
Did you know that the 4830 is noticeably faster than the 9800GT?

Really? I thought they were at the same level.

 

[Schmide]

You understand the GTX 250 is a 55nm 9800gtx+

It is quite a bit faster than all the above cards though it doesn't deserve its name.