Quote Originally Posted by SKYMTL View Post
The HD 4850 was a $199 card. Why would someone be looking to "upgrade" to a lower price point in the first place? Direct replacements for the HD 4850 are the HD 5830, HD 5850 and GTX 460. IMO, any lower end 400-series card will likely act as a replacement for the HD 4830, HD 4770 and GTS 250.
But isn't it NVIDIA that touts GTS 450 as a direct upgrade as GTS 250? I thought I saw a Powerpoint slide. That slide should be then considered misleading at best.