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Originally Posted by Moneyless  The HIS is the same price, and HIS > Powercolor.
But if the 4850 only gets 10 FPS more then the 8800GT at best, why buy it when you can get an 8800GT for about $130-150? |
Such allegation is false, some models are better than other, not entire brands. If you speak of RMA is another story and you are right, but you can’t generalize.
Anyway I agree, I think the HiS is a better option, I didn`t see it when I made the post, sry.
Only 10 FPS at best? Please read some reviews and you would see even 30 FPS like in bioshock, and 10 FPS at least.
AnandTech: ATI Radeon HD 4850 Preview: AMD Delivers Performance for the Masses
In any case the direct competition of the 4850 is the 9800GTX, and I must say 4850 is a better option from any angle, even if you try to compare it with the 9800GTX+ that NVIDIA will lunch in 16 of July or so.
Also drivers are being improved as we speak, you already have a hotfix for this 4000 series that improve performance in 1%, not much, but something and you can expect more to come.
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As belgolas said Crossfire is a great advantage, in the anandtech review you have such comparison, you also have this review:
Radeon HD 4850 In Crossfire at 4GHz :: TweakTown
Here I leave you almost any review that is available:
AnandTech: ATI Radeon HD 4850 Preview: AMD Delivers Performance for the Masses AMD ATI Radeon HD 4850 Crossfire Force 3D & PowerColor A first look at the Radeon HD 4850 - The Tech Report - Page 1 Radeon HD 4850 In Crossfire at 4GHz :: TweakTown 3DMark vantage on 4850 single and CF is amazing - CommunicAsia 2008, Computex Taipei 2008 coverage, AMD 790GX, MCP7A, NVIDIA GeForce 260 GTX, HD 4850 HD 4870 at OCWORKBENCH ATI Radeon HD 4850 Single and CrossFire Mode Review Legion Hardware techPowerUp :: MSI R4850 Radeon HD 4850 512 MB Review :: Page 1 / 25 Legit Reviews - AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB Video Card Preview - Sapphire - Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Graphics Cards Appear Early PC Perspective - AMD Radeon HD 4850 512MB Preview - RV770 Discovered