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Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 512MB PCI-Express $130 AR

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I got in on this yesterday as well. Original deal was listed at techbargains. Good deal, no trouble! I was going to hold out for a 4870 w/1gb ram for around $150 but the prices for those just don't seem to be falling that fast (still hovering around the $200-220 mark).

This 4850 is pretty good and has an aftermarket cooler. Yeah it's sapphire but who cares. $107?!?!? that's insane for this amount of performance.

I was really tempted to get 2 for $214 and SLI 🙂
 
this is a great deal...the cheapest ive seen for a 4850 and the hs fan on this unit is good quality, not like the reference coolers that use to be on all of them.
 
Originally posted by: cubeless
Originally posted by: Kromis
Originally posted by: TechBoyJK
how does this compare to my 8800GT 512MB?
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This is an oversimplification but...

It rapes it
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and then looks for its sister, as long as you have enuf cpu (>3.5ghz c2d)...
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hardly "rapes it" and def doesnt look for its sister. Unless you call 4fps an amazing improvement...
http://images.anandtech.com/re...eo/ATI/4800/crysis.jpg

or 7fps...
http://images.anandtech.com/re...ideo/ATI/4800/cod4.jpg

2fps higher....
http://images.anandtech.com/re...TI/4800/thewitcher.jpg

oh man this really shows how much better the 4850 is.. a whopping .9 fps!
http://images.anandtech.com/re.../ATI/4800/oblivion.jpg

In some cases it actually does destroy the 8800gt, but most of the time the difference is negligible to almost non existent.
 
i have both cards, and the bmks don't seem do justice...

i don't play the games, but the kids say that the 4850 is much smoother; boosts the minimum frame rate; 'looks' better; handles AA in games where the 8800gt gets bogged...

these are subjective measurements, of course, but with the amount of time my spawn spend on the pc i have to believe that their perrceptions are valid...

8800gt sli is pretty good, though... i consolidated 2 of my 8800gt's (when i got my cheap 4850's) into a box and it sure seems like they've fixed a bunch of the scaling issues (but it's still a little problematic in some games)... awaiting the $199 q6700 to replace the 3.0ghz e4500 in that box... ought to let the gt's fly...
 
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