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please tell cheapest 4870 card

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mib2_007 Original post #1
Nov 29, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Can anyone please tell me which is the cheapest HD 4870 card here in India? I am currently on a budget for 4850 but want to be future proof for atleast 2 years. 4850 won't sustain that much so if I can get a 4870 with a range of 11k to 13k, I will buy it. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
topgear
topgear #2
Nov 30, 2008 at 5:37 AM
Spend 4-4.5K more
The cheapest 4870 available in here is :
PalitH D 4870 Dual Sonic 512MB DDR5 256Bit Dual Slot Cooler - Rs. 16800
*www.theitwares.com/gfxcards/gfxcards.htm
MetalheadGautham
Nov 30, 2008 at 6:29 AM
^^Adding 2K more, you get HD4850X2 or HD4850CF. ;-)
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Nov 30, 2008 at 10:44 AM
Spend 4-4.5K more
The cheapest 4870 available in here is :
PalitH D 4870 Dual Sonic 512MB DDR5 256Bit Dual Slot Cooler - Rs. 16800
*www.theitwares.com/gfxcards/gfxcards.htm
thats not mu budget. what about 4850? which one is the cheapest here? or have a game bundled?
MetalheadGautham
Nov 30, 2008 at 2:48 PM
for 11 to 13k budget, get a 9800GTX+.
damngoodman999
Nov 30, 2008 at 5:34 PM
who told u HD 4850 is not future proof , HD 4850 is 10% - 15% less in getting FPS considering HD 4870 sonic .
1) 1 GB HD 4850 will beat the standard HD4870

2) u can add one more HD4850 in crossfire means it outperforms 280GTX

2 X HD 4850 card in Palit cost [9300 X 2 = 18600/-]

Palit HD 4870 sonic = 16800/-

choose ur self?????
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Dec 1, 2008 at 12:44 AM
thats really great but the problem is all of a persons budget!!! damn... why these things are so costly :(

how about buying an expertvision 4850 card at 8500 and adding a accelero s1 to that??
NIGHTMARE
Dec 1, 2008 at 4:08 AM
i think i reply u in other section
damngoodman999
Dec 1, 2008 at 4:35 AM
thats really great but the problem is all of a persons budget!!! damn... why these things are so costly :(

how about buying an expertvision 4850 card at 8500 and adding a accelero s1 to that??

Buy Palit HD 4850 now & add another one when u r on money right!!!!
topgear
topgear #13
Dec 1, 2008 at 5:25 AM
thats not mu budget. what about 4850? which one is the cheapest here? or have a game bundled?
Your budget is 11-13k. Right ?
Then get this :
Palit HD 4850 Sonic 512MB DDR3 for Rs. 11400
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mib2_007 #14
Dec 1, 2008 at 2:28 PM
Your budget is 11-13k. Right ?
Then get this :
Palit HD 4850 Sonic 512MB DDR3 for Rs. 11400
its not a worth 11400 card, good price for it will be 10500, I think I will buy one xpertvision one for 8500 and add accelero s1 to it, that will be really COOL for me and for card too :)
damngoodman999
Dec 1, 2008 at 6:28 PM
its not a worth 11400 card, good price for it will be 10500, I think I will buy one xpertvision one for 8500 and add accelero s1 to it, that will be really COOL for me and for card too :)

u r right go for it buddy , save ur money enjoy more gaming !!!
MetalheadGautham
Dec 2, 2008 at 4:37 AM
nvidia cards are not goood at it
See reviews and you will get the real picture.

Edit: what monitor do you use ? 9800GTX+ drops performance (actually, HD48(5/7)0 gains performance with higher resolution, and at HD, the RV770 cards easily beat it.
Psychosocial
Dec 2, 2008 at 7:40 AM
nvidia cards are not goood at it

lol

u r right go for it buddy , save ur money enjoy more gaming !!!

umm... why cant you learn to advice others correctly ?!

@OP
Your best is either a HD4850 or a 9800GTX+ in that budget. Both are good and neck to neck in performance.

If you want more, you have to pay more. Thats the simple rule.
MetalheadGautham
Dec 2, 2008 at 4:06 PM
As paranj says, HD4850 is your best bet. Its even faster than 9800GTX+ if you go to higher resolutions, above 1680xsomething, with the performance gap closing on touching 1280x1024 and reducing more and more with HD4850 overtaking 980GTX+ at highest resolutions. For a 1440x900 monitor, I recommend HD4850 since the performance will be roughly equal, but HD4850 will be cheaper by 3K, at Rs. 9,500 for Palit Sonic Edition, which has good overclock headroom.
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mib2_007 #19
Dec 2, 2008 at 4:20 PM
As paranj says, HD4850 is your best bet. Its even faster than 9800GTX+ if you go to higher resolutions, above 1680xsomething, with the performance gap closing on touching 1280x1024 and reducing more and more with HD4850 overtaking 980GTX+ at highest resolutions. For a 1440x900 monitor, I recommend HD4850 since the performance will be roughly equal, but HD4850 will be cheaper by 3K, at Rs. 9,500 for Palit Sonic Edition, which has good overclock headroom.
Rs. 9,500 for Palit Sonic Edition, are you serious? whr are thsese prices from? I am buying it NOW!!! I am in delhi
MetalheadGautham
Dec 2, 2008 at 5:31 PM
^^Actually, for retailers, palit ordinary and palit sonic costs the same since the later replaces the former. but to clear palit ordinary stock, sonic was priced higher in India (in usa its below 170$). I just guessed that old stock must have been over by now and perhaps in christmas season sonic will get a price cut. else it should be around Rs. 700 more than 9500.
damngoodman999
Dec 2, 2008 at 6:48 PM
umm... why cant you learn to advice others correctly ?!

@OP
Your best is either a HD4850 or a 9800GTX+ in that budget. Both are good and neck to neck in performance.

If you want more, you have to pay more. Thats the simple rule.

Oh.. his budget is 13K , that means u would buy him a HD4870 for that price.

sonic is not much worth for its value it has only good cooling, standard palit HD 4850 has good cooling too.
Psychosocial
Dec 2, 2008 at 11:43 PM
@OP:-

Well do what damngoodman999 says. He is God.
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mib2_007 #24
Dec 3, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Oh.. his budget is 13K , that means u would buy him a HD4870 for that price.

sonic is not much worth for its value it has only good cooling, standard palit HD 4850 has good cooling too.
sonic has few advantages also such as better power management system that increases cards life(if it matters to you ;)) and is also factory overclocked to settings till he point where normal card can go. So it can get a overclock on that too to reach 750 on core and 1150 on memories. Uses better RAM too from samsung too!!!:cool:
Psychosocial
Dec 3, 2008 at 3:07 PM
^^Nah, still damngoodman999 is right... we all are wrong!
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mib2_007 #26
Dec 3, 2008 at 5:13 PM
why do you keep saying that psycho?
damngoodman999
Dec 3, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Hey i found that , palit HD 4870 sonic is fall in price after 15th Dec / 09 .??

Anyone have any idea about it.
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mib2_007 #28
Dec 3, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Hey i found that , palit HD 4870 sonic is fall in price after 15th Dec / 09 .??

Anyone have any idea about it.
are you sure? then I will surely wait for the fall.... where did you got the news from??
damngoodman999
Dec 3, 2008 at 11:12 PM
hey i am not sure dude , actually in my place palit distributor is there motherboard price and 9600GT price were reduced & also 600/- reduced in HD 4850 , he told the next will be 4870 sonic ???

i can tell surely after a week , after he confirms with the enterprises
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mib2_007 #30
Dec 4, 2008 at 12:58 AM
whr do you live? is ur distri Tirupati enterprises?
damngoodman999
Dec 4, 2008 at 2:31 AM
ya offcourse i think so , he told like that only
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hellgate #32
Dec 4, 2008 at 9:46 AM
@mib2_007 if u can wait and ur gud with buying a 1month old card then maybe i'll be selling mine for 14.5k.
its a Palit HD4870 512MB GDDR5 Sonic Dual Edition.its 1month old,comes with bill and all original accessories.
if ur interested then pm,though i cant guarantee that i'll be selling it.I may sell it.
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mib2_007 #33
Dec 4, 2008 at 11:21 AM
@mib2_007 if u can wait and ur gud with buying a 1month old card then maybe i'll be selling mine for 14.5k.
its a Palit HD4870 512MB GDDR5 Sonic Dual Edition.its 1month old,comes with bill and all original accessories.
if ur interested then pm,though i cant guarantee that i'll be selling it.I may sell it.
why are you selling it?