How does this graphics card compare to Nvidia?

by admin on July 23, 2009

http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd4800/specs.html How does the ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card compare to Nvidia’s GTX 260?
Would the ATI Radeon card play Sims 3?

ATI Radeon HD 4850 is ehh… okay but it doesn’t even compare to the Nvidia

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Bubblegum July 23, 2009 at 6:29 pm

ATI Radeon HD 4850 is ehh… okay but it doesn’t even compare to the Nvidia
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Courage Wolf July 23, 2009 at 6:45 pm

GTX 260 is better than the 4850. Hell, it’s even better than the 4870. But, the 4890 is slightly better than a GTX 260.
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pedro July 23, 2009 at 7:32 pm

The ATI 4850 was released as a direct competitor to the GTX 260. Depending on the game, program or system setup the graphics performance will be close, with the GTX inching ahead in performance most of the time. Performance will also depend on the version of the card you get, overclocked or not, 512mb or 1g of memory.On the other hand, I have heard of a lot of complaints with Nvidia drivers and card reliabilty, I haven’t heard of nearly as many problems with the ATI cards. The ATI cards are also generally lower priced. I used to be an Nvidia fanboy, but recently have had problems of my own with Nvidia drivers and Windows Vista, so at this point I would reccomend an ATI card if you are running Vista.
P.S. The 4850 is an awesome card, I recently installed one in my girls computer. It plays everything no problems.
Edit: yes it will play sims 3
References :
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=23
http://www.techspot.com/review/109-geforce-gtx-260-280-versus-radeon-4850-4870/page11.html

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