Not much a difference

[zod96]

I have been trying to pick a new video card for a couple of days now. So I bought a GTX260 and a 4850 to compare at 1680x1050. I was playing Oblivion, GRID, BF2 and Crysis and COD4. And after messing around with these games and video cards, it seems to me that even thought the GTX260 has been specs it certainly was not faster than the 4850 in any game I played. In fact with AA on the 4850 seem to do better. I have the lastest drivers and everything. One game I was hoping to get great performace was Oblivion. Out doors I mean. Well the 4850 got about 20 fps with max settings and the GTX260 also got about 20 fps. I thought the GTX260 was supposed to be much faster than the 4850? They were pretty much neck and neck in all the games I tried. I think I'll keep the 4850 and save $150....

 

[Raider1284]

thats because you arent even beginning to stress either card at that resolution. Any fps over the refresh rate of your screen is completely unnoticeable.

In COD4 for example the 4850 gets 78, and the gtx260 gets 84, so both cards are going to play the game at the exact same "visual speed". http://images.anandtech.com/re...ideo/ATI/4800/cod4.jpg

And in oblivion the 4850 should be getting 40fp while the gtx260 gets 49 fps http://images.anandtech.com/re.../ATI/4800/oblivion.jpg

basically you are running at a resolution that doesnt show off the difference between the cards. If you were running at 1920x1200 with AA the differences between the two would be much bigger.