Upgrading Graphics Card. 7600GT to ?????????

2008-10-14 20:30:03

#1

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6441|Sydney | ♥

Well from having my 7600GT now for 2 years, and games advancing, and the wee tiger cant keep up! Thus i think its time to upgrad

So i've been looking around, asking a few questions, i have a budget of $300 AUD, and so far i have come up with many different cards that tickle my fancy.

(To clarify i have a PCI-E x16)

First of all i asked the question, would my processor bottleneck a new graphics card from working to full use. I have a Intel core 2 duo @ 2.4GHz

I was told by AussieReaper that it shall not, so i believe him.

The next question is, ATI or NVIDIA, and 512MB or 1GB

The cards i have been looking at so far are the following

Nvidia 8800GT 1GB ~ $299 ~(Inc. Post.)
Nvidia 9800GTX 512MB ~ $299 ~(Inc. Post.)
ATI 4850 512MB ~ $250 ~(inc. Post.)

After looking at many different sites, many have reported the 4850 to be a better card than both the 8800 and 9800,

So really my question is, which card would you recommend under the $300 AUD budget for my system.

Comp Specs.

Computer Type: Desktop
Operating System: XP
Monitors: 2 (One 19" Wide screen and a 15" square lol)
Internet Connection: ADSL +2
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT 256MB
Processor Make: Intel
Processor Model: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Processor Count: 2
Processor Speed: 2.4Ghz
Storage (Hard drives): 320GB
Ram: 2GB

Thanks in Advanced

Last edited by tazz. (2008-10-14 20:35:52)

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2008-10-14 20:31:38

#2

Wallpaper: ☺; +303|6260|The pool

inb44850spam

4850 >_>

PS: 1 gig cards are not needed unless you plan on gaming with a >9000' screen

Last edited by Wallpaper (2008-10-14 20:32:37)

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2008-10-14 20:32:27

#3

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6441|Sydney | ♥

Wallpaper wrote:
inb4 4850 spam

4850

Reasons?

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2008-10-14 20:34:37

#4

Wallpaper: ☺; +303|6260|The pool

Faster and cheaper. And tbh ATI drivers are better and more stable than nVidias (atleast from my experience)

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2008-10-14 20:36:20

#5

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6441|Sydney | ♥

Wallpaper wrote:
Faster and cheaper. And tbh ATI drivers are better and more stable than nVidias (atleast from my experience)

Mk thanks for the input

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2008-10-14 21:08:03

#6

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Just walk to the shop, fatty.

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2008-10-14 21:08:08

#7

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6863|Michigan, USA

tazz. wrote:
Wallpaper wrote:
Faster and cheaper. And tbh ATI drivers are better and more stable than nVidias (atleast from my experience)
Mk thanks for the input

If you go with the 4850(which is a great card honestly, cept mines in for RMA ) Just don't buy Sapphire

2008-10-14 21:13:22

#8

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^^^^what he said

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2008-10-14 21:22:55

#9

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

r2zoo wrote:
tazz. wrote:
Wallpaper wrote:
Faster and cheaper. And tbh ATI drivers are better and more stable than nVidias (atleast from my experience)
Mk thanks for the input
If you go with the 4850(which is a great card honestly, cept mines in for RMA ) Just don't buy Sapphire

What's people's problem with Saphire nowdays? All they build is the reference card(s) anyhow.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-14 21:30:21

#10

bugz: Fission Mailed; +3,311|6579

Freezer7Pro wrote:
What's people's problem with Saphire nowdays? All they build is the reference card(s) anyhow.

I have reason to hate it but that's because the only one I've tried was a Sapphire Radeon X300SE on my old PC. Didn't work out so well with BF2

4850 go go go!

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2008-10-14 21:33:59

#11

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6441|Sydney | ♥

4850 it is, next question

Asus or Gigabyte?

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2008-10-15 03:09:15

#12

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

You have $300 to spend, do you want to max it out or just get pretty good performance with the newest games? What new games will you be playing? What res are you playing at?

These people just repeat 4850 over and over, but it really isn't the best thing in the world.

A 4850 CF will be more powerful than the 1GB 4870 at a similar price, BUT it will handle very high resolutions a bit differently. As in not as well. And games made by Crytek (Crysis Warhead, Crysis, Far Cry 2) are very biased towards nVidia cards because the companies worked together to produce the game.

edit: oh wow. either aussie dollars aren't much or tech is expensive there. go with the 4850.

Last edited by haffeysucks (2008-10-15 03:10:29)

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2008-10-15 04:49:16

#13

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6464|Winland

haffeysucks wrote:
You have $300 to spend, do you want to max it out or just get pretty good performance with the newest games? What new games will you be playing? What res are you playing at?

These people just repeat 4850 over and over, but it really isn't the best thing in the world.

A 4850 CF will be more powerful than the 1GB 4870 at a similar price, BUT it will handle very high resolutions a bit differently. As in not as well. And games made by Crytek (Crysis Warhead, Crysis, Far Cry 2) are very biased towards nVidia cards because the companies worked together to produce the game.

edit: oh wow. either aussie dollars aren't much or tech is expensive there. go with the 4850.

Both.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-10-15 09:29:04

#14

r2zoo: Knowledge is power, guard it well; +126|6863|Michigan, USA

Freezer7Pro wrote:
r2zoo wrote:
tazz. wrote:

Mk thanks for the input
If you go with the 4850(which is a great card honestly, cept mines in for RMA ) Just don't buy Sapphire
What's people's problem with Saphire nowdays? All they build is the reference card(s) anyhow.

Their terrible terrible tech support for one, had a problem with the card, didn't seem like a big issue to me, but they requested an RMA on it regardless. Given they wouldn't provide any sort of support other then telling me to fill out the RMA form didn;t really have choice(only to later discover my monitor was the actual cause, but different story for a different time). On top of that, while still well within warranty they wanted me to pay them to fix the card, when I hadn't done anything. Luckily a bout of complaining back and forth sorted that out, but when compared to other tech companies I've dealed with, theirs is crap.

2008-10-15 09:37:08

#15

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6767|so randum

I've got the Sapphire HD4850 iirc, and it's excellent

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2008-10-15 17:24:40

#16

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6441|Sydney | ♥

haffeysucks wrote:
You have $300 to spend, do you want to max it out or just get pretty good performance with the newest games? What new games will you be playing? What res are you playing at?

These people just repeat 4850 over and over, but it really isn't the best thing in the world.

A 4850 CF will be more powerful than the 1GB 4870 at a similar price, BUT it will handle very high resolutions a bit differently. As in not as well. And games made by Crytek (Crysis Warhead, Crysis, Far Cry 2) are very biased towards nVidia cards because the companies worked together to produce the game.

edit: oh wow. either aussie dollars aren't much or tech is expensive there. go with the 4850.

My resolutions are 1400x900 (Monitor1) and 1024x740 (Monitor 2)

So its not exactly the BIGGEST resolution.....

Also i can get the following

896M GTX 260 ~ $348
512M 4870 ~ $355
512M 4850 ~ $215
1GB 9800GX2 ECS ~ $465 (To much tbh.)

Also i do wish to play crysis, one of the reasons TO upgrade, and i never said at full GFX, just simply play it, cause my mate has it and i love it, also with crysis wars, tis gonna be good

Last edited by tazz. (2008-10-15 17:26:14)

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2008-10-15 17:34:04

#17

FatherTed: xD; +3,936|6767|so randum

if you can afford it, get the 4870

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2008-10-15 17:37:23

#18

tazz.: oz.; +1,338|6441|Sydney | ♥

Well tbh, i think i'll wait till christmas, and i'll hint the folks about it Maybe the prices will come down in 2 months,

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2008-10-15 18:57:19

#19

Brasso: member; +1,549|6897

tazz. wrote:
haffeysucks wrote:
You have $300 to spend, do you want to max it out or just get pretty good performance with the newest games? What new games will you be playing? What res are you playing at?

These people just repeat 4850 over and over, but it really isn't the best thing in the world.

A 4850 CF will be more powerful than the 1GB 4870 at a similar price, BUT it will handle very high resolutions a bit differently. As in not as well. And games made by Crytek (Crysis Warhead, Crysis, Far Cry 2) are very biased towards nVidia cards because the companies worked together to produce the game.

edit: oh wow. either aussie dollars aren't much or tech is expensive there. go with the 4850.
My resolutions are 1400x900 (Monitor1) and 1024x740 (Monitor 2)

So its not exactly the BIGGEST resolution.....

Also i can get the following

896M GTX 260 ~ $348
512M 4870 ~ $355
512M 4850 ~ $215
1GB 9800GX2 ECS ~ $465 (To much tbh.)

Also i do wish to play crysis, one of the reasons TO upgrade, and i never said at full GFX, just simply play it, cause my mate has it and i love it, also with crysis wars, tis gonna be good

That is in fact a very small resolution by today's standards. Since you don't need full settings, I would still go with the 4850.

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2008-10-15 19:50:57

#20

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