Ati 4850 or Nvidia 8800\9600GT?

[aaabb]

which of them better for use Pcsx2 in good speed?
(On e8400 cpu)

[John_E]

Taking that into consideration, HD4850 all the way, plus it's even cheaper.
If you got enough money, a HD4870 would be the best choice, but idk whats the behavior of those under the PCSX2 plugins, anyone?

[RPGW1ZaRD]

PC game usage wise HD4850 would be the obvious choice but for PSCX2 I don't know really seeing how many people have reported performance issues with the GSdx plugin with HD4xxx cards, dunno if the problem has gotten solved or not though.

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[Noja87]

What the...does SLI really doubles the 8800 GT performance? i thought Sli was a waste of time and money =|

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[aaabb]

ok so who know whice better?

[ryllian]

What the...does SLI really doubles the 8800 GT performance? i thought Sli was a waste of time and money =|

That was back when SLI just came out, drivers, chipsets and other stuff have improved i guess.

ok so who know whice better?

4850 is better, but not for PCSX2. However, 8800gt is cheaper by like 40$ here, and it runs PC games fine as well (i never really bothered about maxing out fps in PC games as long as its a solid 40ish, can't really tell the difference after 50fps if you ask me). Its up to your budget i guess, and whether you plan to be playing pc games or pcsx more.

[John_E]

Well, that's right, the chooce most depend on the mix of games you're gonna play.
If you mind playing PC games and PCSX2, i'd suggest you to go with the HD4850, it should perform 40% faster in PC games (COD4,GRiD, etc), but really i dont know how it works in the PCSX2.
Anyways, it's up to AMD to release better drivers for the HD4850, wich could fix a probably poor perfomance in this program (?), indeed, there are just 1 official driver for the ATI's new series of GPUs.

In few words: HD4850

[Bubbafat]

Yeah the 48xx series looks smokin. Is slightly dissapointing no pcsx2 though.

Maybe sony is working with Ati/amd to rule out pcsx2

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[Chaos_Blader]

4850, but if you have some cash and time I would wait for 4870X2

What the...does SLI really doubles the 8800 GT performance? i thought Sli was a waste of time and money =|

The game takes advantage of Dual GPUs = faster performance. The 9800GX2 is at the top with 100fps but for most other games it would be average.

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[NexXxus]

Originally Posted by Noja87

What the...does SLI really doubles the 8800 GT performance? i thought Sli was a waste of time and money =|

yes it increase performance in SLI optimized games and programs,
GSdx is not SLI optimized, so no improvement.

[aaabb]

9800gtx + will be better?
cause its cost more 20 $ and its seems better then the 4850 even for pc games(more colder)

[Tsuska]

Well...i as said many times b4, i dunno if they've fixed the problem with AMD cards yet with the new drivers....

But from experience Nvidia works better for pcsx2. I'd recommend the 9600GT over 8800GT at the moment but...as u can see i only have a weak/old 8600gts....so umm yea...

Prices will depends on where u buy it. Like shady asian shop, internet/ebay or david jones...lol

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[aaabb]

maybe ill see no change in 9600/8800 gt against 4850 on pc games like crysis ...
i have a 19 CRT monitor so dont know which to choose

[gravaman]

I would go for the Radeon HD4850 its better than the GeForce 9800GTX+ in almost all benchmarks.
I recently bought a 4850 so im going to test it with the latest PCSX2 and post my results.

[tiki]

Get a new monitor before your video card.

Newegg.com - Acer AL2216Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP support 300 cd/m2 700:1 - LCD Monitors

or if you have more money

Newegg.com - SAMSUNG 2253BW Black 22" 2ms(GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP Support 300 cd/m2 DC 8000:1 - LCD Monitors

It'll feel like you have a different computer

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[aaabb]

dident see your message ,but in a regular screen,mag 19 " crt
the 4850 will look best like on lcd?
cause i prefere to buy Xbox 360 and connect it to the lcd if ill need to change my screen to lcd

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[Chaos_Blader]

Originally Posted by tiki

Get a new monitor before your video card.

That doesn't make much sense. What if he can't afford the card after the monitor.

Enjoy gaming at 800x600, on a 22"

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[Metherlance]

Originally Posted by Chaos_Blader

That doesn't make much sense. What if he can't afford the card after the monitor.

Enjoy gaming at 800x600, on a 22"

Monitor technology doesn't change much, and GPU tech does. If you buy a $300 card now and then wait 6 months to buy a $200 monitor, thats $500. If you buy the $200 monitor now, the same GPU would cost $120, thats $320. Monitor prices don't change all that much and a good monitor will last you 5 years, where a good GPU will last you 1, maybe 2 if you don't mind crappy graphics near the end of it's life.
That's why it makes sense to buy it that way.

[ryllian]

Monitor technology doesn't change much, and GPU tech does. If you buy a $300 card now and then wait 6 months to buy a $200 monitor, thats $500. If you buy the $200 monitor now, the same GPU would cost $120, thats $320. Monitor prices don't change all that much and a good monitor will last you 5 years, where a good GPU will last you 1, maybe 2 if you don't mind crappy graphics near the end of it's life.
That's why it makes sense to buy it that way.

So basically your assuming that the basic rule of supply and demand only applies to monitors? a 500$ 22" monitor a year ago costs about 300$ now, its the same concept, if people buy lots of it, the prices drop. Thats why workstation graphics cards still cost 1,800$ a piece compared to perhaps 700$ for a high end gaming card with higher specs (yes i know workstation graphics have more support for OpenGL and whatnot, but thats hardly gonna cost the extra 1000$ or so), because there is more demand for the latter. Monitor prices simply drop a bit slower, since people replace graphics cards more often than monitors.

What would he do with a nice monitor now anyways? play solitaire at 800x600 and wait half a year for the price to drop? He could just buy a decent card now for 200$ and wait for a xmas sale to pick up a nice cheap 20" monitor for 100$.

Btw, at least have the sense to read up some info before you pull crap out of nowhere; The average PCI-E card has a life expectancy of 10 years, and a 4850 or 8800gt will play all new releases on at least medium setting for at least the next year or 2 (as of 2008, i have yet to find a game that my GT struggles with on High settings). Actually, I even have an ancient (from 2003) geforce 4 mx440 64bit AGP card, and it still runs fine, hell, it can even play half life 2 on medium settings. Sure i can't cluster***** noobs on crysis with that card, but its still solid and reliable for a card that hails from the old days when GPUs had only a tiny lil heatsink strapped onto them for cooling.

[aaabb]

so it looks like 9600 gt will be enough for me a lot cheaper and ill stay with the crt.
it can run crysis on high?