I think if you found benches of 9800gtx+ vs 4850 @ 1680x1050 8xAA the 4850 would win by a significant margin. with less AA there is less margin.
That would depend which sites reviews both cards but.......

From what I've seen here, anywhere which the 9800GTX (not the +) is on par or wins here and there? The review site lost its credibility or had lots it long time ago......http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards....=571&card2=566

I don't see the 4850 to be the magic bullet everyone "thinks" it is, I don't: http://en.hardspell.com/doc/showcont...13&pageid=3184

As some of you can see, the GTX+ runs with a 740mhz stock GPU core and keeps up with the 4850 OC'd to 700mhz (from its 625mhz clock).......too bad they didn't OC'd the GTX+.......

Quote Originally Posted by JS1234 View Post
I know nvidia is on top of the ball with driver support. ATI seems to be....lacking...
nVidia is the absolute best when it comes to drivers.......yes sir. You don't have to wait for "hot fix" nor have to buy a 3rd party HSF (which adds cost to your "less expensive" than GTX card), don't run hot........

The GTX+ would be a much better card, specially if you OC'd it from the 740mhz core, which would easily do some 850mhz GPU core.....

My 9800GTX does 800-2400 w/o even braking a sweat.....temps never go above 61c.


Quote Originally Posted by cowie View Post
i have both cards,the 4850's gathering dust
and i beg to differ but increased aa on 4850 is not a reality.
cooling,drivers,warrenty/step-up and the great overclockig right out of the box put the gtx+ over the top.
the gtx+ is the most underated card out right now
thats just my opinion and findings
Just listen to him......