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ATi Radeon HD4850 or nVIDIA GeForce 9800GTX+ & ATi HD4870 or nVIDIA GTX260 216

16 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/ati-radeon-hd4850-or-nvidia-geforce-9800gtx-ati-hd4870-or-nvidia-gtx260-216.108967/

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NVIDIAGeek Original post #1
Feb 19, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Hi, this is a poll where people get to vote their fav. GPU among HD4850 or GF9800GTX+ & HD4870 or GTX260 216 cores (GTX260/216). These GPUs fight each other at neck-and-neck, that's why I made a poll. My vote goes to GF9800GTX+ although I use HD4850 in mid-range & HD4870 in high-end. HD4850 has a heating probs & slower [little bit] than the GF9800GTX+. GTX260/216 is faster [little bit] than the HD4870 but it is costilier. I made it where you can vote any number of times, 'cause you must vote mid-range & high-end, no?? But don't vote 2 times for a GPU, mainly of fanboyism & liking :D. Be true to yourself and vote 1 time for mid-range and high-end :). Anyway, Your vote goes to......
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The Sorcerer
Feb 19, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Silly voting. 4850 and 4870 are 2 different cards belonging to different range. Same goes for 9800gtx+ and gtx260 core 216. You cant compare all of them you know. The defination of Value for money is different from one person to another.
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Feb 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Yeah, that's why I've written your fav. GPU in high-end & mid-range. Let it be VFM or Performance. The liking of the GPUs of the people is enough, just vote, man :sad:
ancientrites
Feb 19, 2009 at 1:24 PM
my fav is not listed gtx 280,its very long time i have been thinking on buying gtx280 from leadtek and gtx 290 is already out they havent lowered enough the current prices of gtx 280
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Feb 19, 2009 at 2:15 PM
GTX285 or GTX290?? :confused:. Thank you for voting :)
comp@ddict
Feb 19, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Just going by the topic, vote, so voted.

HD4870, especially for it's new price of 12.8k
N
Feb 19, 2009 at 10:14 PM
^^Thank you very much, budd :). Which brand offers so low price of HD4870!?!?
damngoodman999
Feb 19, 2009 at 10:24 PM
i voted for HD 4850 , this card is mind blowing for its price and performance

new price 8500/- for HD 4850


crossfire of HD 4850 will break the GTX 280 even
N
Feb 19, 2009 at 10:29 PM
You sure??^^^. The HD4870X2 fights it at neck-and-neck, is HD4850X2 much better than HD4870X2?? :confused:
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hsetir #10
Feb 20, 2009 at 2:11 AM
rofl no. hd4850x2 performs similar to gtx285. 4870x2 is in better league.
supercow
supercow #11
Feb 20, 2009 at 6:18 AM
HD 4850 ROCKZZZ....... Best Bang for ur buck.... 9800 GTX way too costly for the performance it delivers....
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RMN #12
Feb 20, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Just going by the topic, vote, so voted.

HD4870, especially for it's new price of 12.8k
wow!
which brand and where do you get it for that price?!???
N
Feb 20, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Same question here??^^^
amitash
amitash #14
Feb 20, 2009 at 4:52 PM
msi hd4870 is 12k...
comp@ddict
Feb 20, 2009 at 8:40 PM
^^Thank you very much, budd :). Which brand offers so low price of HD4870!?!?
wow!
which brand and where do you get it for that price?!???
Same question here??^^^
ANSWER =
msi hd4870 is 12k...
I posted it in the "Latest Prices" thread, but since only a select few read, they came to know of it.

You sure??^^^. The HD4870X2 fights it at neck-and-neck, is HD4850X2 much better than HD4870X2?? :confused:
HD4850x2 is way weaker than HD4870x2, oh but if you benchmark at 1024x728 resolution, HD4850x2 emerges as the leader, but then HD4870 scores better than GTX295 at 1024x728, but that doesn't mean HD4870 is better.

High end GPUs can only be compared with gaming resolutions of 1680x1050 and above.
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dee557 #16
Feb 21, 2009 at 10:32 AM
i voted for HD 4850 , this card is mind blowing for its price and performance

new price 8500/- for HD 4850


crossfire of HD 4850 will break the GTX 280 even

Price of palit HD4850 is 8.1k in mumbai not 8.5k:p:p