NEED HELP WITH ATi RADEON HD 4850

shamimmirza

shamimmirza

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Any ideas about these GPU manufacturer's.Which is the better choice? Confused between these:-
1. (MSI or Sapphire or sonic or powercolor or asus) ATI READEON HD 4850 ?

2. 512 MB GDDR3 or 1GB GDDR3 ?

3. ATI 4850 or ATI 4830 or NVIDIA GTS 250 ?

:)

My system specifications:-
Processor - Intel Quad Core 2.66
RAM - 4 GB DDR3
PSU - Cooler Master 600W
HDD - 500 GB Segate
 
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A 4850 is about equal to a 9800GTX, but the 9800GTX has PhysX which is a factor in some games.

A 4850 is better than a 4830.
 
Thanks for the responses.One more query...
What's the difference between Palit Geforce 250 and XFX Geforce 250?
or MSI ATi HD 4850 or Sapphire ATi HD 4850 or Asus ATi HD 4850?

I know these are different manufacturers and certified partners of ATI and Nvidia but what's the point of difference? Why prices of same model cards from different manufacturers differ?
Which is the better (GPU manufacturer) choice in ATi and nvidia?

Please clarify my doubt...
Thanks in advance

:)
 
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Springy182 said:
A 4850 is about equal to a 9800GTX, but the 9800GTX has PhysX which is a factor in some games.

A 4850 is better than a 4830.
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Eh, i wouldnt quite say about equal, the 9800gtx/9800gtx+/GTS250 are all about 5-15% faster depending on clockspeed/model(mainly if its a 65nm or 55nm). However with a 4850 you usually can pick one up cheaper.

shamimmirza said:
Thanks for the responses.One more query...
What's the difference between Palit Geforce 250 and XFX Geforce 250?
or MSI ATi HD 4850 or Sapphire ATi HD 4850 or Asus ATi HD 4850?

I know these are different manufacturers and certified partners of ATI and Nvidia but what's the point of difference? Why prices of same model cards from different manufacturers differ?
Which is the better (GPU manufacturer) choice in ATi and nvidia?

Please clarify my doubt...
Thanks in advance

:)
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Different manufacturers to save nvidia and ati money on support and such. For nvidia, EVGA and XFX tend to be the best with warranty and support, and Sapphire, XFX, and Asus for the Ati cards. Generally speaking the cards themselves are identical unless the manufacturer adds in a non reference heatsink or non reference PCB with better voltage regulators or such.
 
Get the XFX GTS 250. their warranty is excellent, double lifetime, and they will also replace it if it dies from you overclocking it. They have already offered to replace my 4850 which has small issues occasionally.
 
I am really sorry for diverting a bit from the topic of this thread.
I have one confusion relating to RAM.
This is written in motherboard specification:-
DDR3 supporting 1333 MHz memory:
Four DIMM sockets designed to support up to 16 GB1 of DDR3 1333 / 1066 / 800 MHz memory.
So my questions are:-
1. What is the difference between 1333,1066 and 800 MHz memory?
2. Can I use 4x4 GB RAM of 1333 mhz in this mobo?

Please help.
:)
 
Hi bro

why dont you try out Asus Radeon HD 5850 1GB GDDR5 graphics card... its specifications are:

GPU Radeon HD 5850

Manufacturing technology 40nm

Stream processors 1440

Texture units 72

ROPs 32

GPU speed 725MHz

Memory 1GB GDDR5

Memory speed 1000MHz (4Gbps)

Bus 256bits

Memory bandwidth 128GB/s

Cooling system Reference, double slot

Video exits D-Sub (adapter included) 2 DVI-I HDMI DisplayPort

Compatible with HDCP Yes

Compatibility with CrossFireX Yes

External power 2 x 6 pin PCIe

Maximum consumption 170W

Supported technologies DirectX 11, DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1, UVD 2, ATI Stream, ATI PowerPlay, ATI Eyefinity, ASUS Splendid, ASUS Gamer OSD, ASUS Smart Doctor, Voltage Tweak

What you say?
 
shamimmirza said:
So my questions are:-
1. What is the difference between 1333,1066 and 800 MHz memory?
2. Can I use 4x4 GB RAM of 1333 mhz in this mobo?

Please help.
:)
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The 1333,1066,800 refer to the speed at which your ram is running at.

Yes, its possible, although it would be a waist of ram to have more than 4, if your an average user.
 
mx344 said:
The 1333,1066,800 refer to the speed at which your ram is running at.

Yes, its possible, although it would be a waist of ram to have more than 4, if your an average user.
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Thanx a ton bro.
One more thing.If my mobo supports 1333 MHZ, then is it a good idea to use 800 MHZ RAM?If so why?
 
Its all up to you;) The main factor in this would be your budget, if you can afford the 1333mhz ram, go for it, if not, 800's fine, im running 800mhz ram, and runs great:good:
 
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