Quote Originally Posted by LowRun View Post
Well, it's even more remarkable that the 4850 is beating the 8800ultra and the 9800gtx while being cheaper when like you said most of the games are coded for Nvidia cards. Maybe it's you that is not realizing what the card is.
like i said i don't trust that review. i trust what our respected member tells us. and that is the 9800gtx is faster than the 4850 in crysis. yes that is one game and i am sure the HD4850 will beat it in some games (COJ) but overall performance will be the same by the time drivers come out. yes it is impressive that they have done it in one slot and lower power consumption for a lower price. but in Canada it will be the same price as the 8800gts 512mb so they cards will be similar in performance and price (take your pick both are good). and yes most games are coded for Nvidia and that's something AMD has to live with and work around. and i don't take pity on graphics cards so the HD4850 gets no bonus points for doing similar in an nvidia based game. the sad part is that it took AMD how long to reach 8800gtx levels in a single GPU??? TOO LONG.

i just don't understand what all the hype is about. we already have the same type of performance to price ratio from Nvidia (not in 3dmark though) now you just need to choose. bad drivers and lower overclocking returns with single slot and lower power consumption or good drivers and increased ocing with dual slot (can be seen as a good and bad thing) and high power usage. so take your pick for the price both are nice cards.

however please note any assumptions made to performance are based on the review done by mascaras. but i will make my final decision after the hardwarecanucks review is released and hopefully it will be faster than we have seen already (4850 CF hear i come)