Gigabyte Hd 4850 On The Test Bench |
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Gigabyte Hd 4850 On The Test Bench |
 Aug 4 2008, 11:38 PM
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 e = MC Hammer  Posts: 5,897 Joined: 21-February 04 From: Southampton, UK Member No.: 8,605  |
We know the HD 4850 is a good value card, but how does this Gigabyte variation fare?
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Aug 6 2008, 10:35 AM
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QUOTE (jammin @ Aug 5 2008, 03:38 AM)  We know the HD 4850 is a good value card, but how does this Gigabyte variation fare? Read the review here Good review, just have a few questions. Does having a Gigabyte video card in a Gigabyte MB, GA-MA790FX-DS5, run any better then let say the Sapphire card, I would think not but I figure it won't hurt to ask. The more important question, I currently have 2 Power Color HD 2600 pro which I plan to replace and I'm trying to determine If I would be better off with 2 4850's crossfire or one 4870. I haven't seen any test results that compared the two configurations. Currently I'm playing BioShock and using it for other normal uses. If this is the incorrect place to post this question I'm sorry and please direct of place this in the correct spot. Thanks Jeff |
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Aug 6 2008, 12:47 PM
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 Crank up the scale! Posts: 1,208 Joined: 28-October 06 From: Colorado, USA Member No.: 18,748 |
QUOTE (jss27560 @ Aug 6 2008, 12:35 PM) Good review, just have a few questions. Does having a Gigabyte video card in a Gigabyte MB, GA-MA790FX-DS5, run any better then let say the Sapphire card, I would think not but I figure it won't hurt to ask. The more important question, I currently have 2 Power Color HD 2600 pro which I plan to replace and I'm trying to determine If I would be better off with 2 4850's crossfire or one 4870. I haven't seen any test results that compared the two configurations. Currently I'm playing BioShock and using it for other normal uses. If this is the incorrect place to post this question I'm sorry and please direct of place this in the correct spot. Thanks Jeff Thank you for the feedback. To answer your question, having a Gigabyte card in a Gigabyte motherboard does not give you an performance gains that I know of. The Crossfilre 4850s would most likely give you the best performance but for the price and what you're using it for, it might be better for you to get a single 4870. If that's not enough, you can always get another 4870 to run Crossfire with the first card. Thanks again for your post -------------------- :::: OCC XMAS Contest! :::: DIGG OCC! :::: OCC Gaming :::: OCC Teamspeak :::: Main Rig: | Intel Q9450 | Gigabyte X48-DQ6 | VisionTek HD 3870X2 | Mushkin XP2-8000 (2 x 2GB) 4GB | Mushkin 800w | 1 x Seagate 1000GB SATA 3.0GB/s HDD | Enermax Uber Chakra Full Tower | Logitech X-540 5.1 Speaker System | Logitech diNovo | Logitech G9 | Thermaltake V1 CPU Cooler | |
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