I'm wavering between buying this 4650 card or paying twice as much for the 4850, for twice the price. I'm thinking the best value would be the 4650. Especially considering I'm taking the leap from the 1600XT. Hah. Almost embarrassed to admit that :)
FoxTwo
· 9 months ago
Heh why not, since the 4650 is almost like a "value" card now.. for the amount of money, you really get a LOT for it. Note that I haven't even mucked around with overclocking the thing yet - it's still at the default factory setting of 600/400Mhz for GPU and Memory...
Graphics
· 9 months ago
Get the 4850, it's only $120ish now which is a bargain. It is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the 4650.
4870 > 4850 > 4830 > 3870 > 3850 > 4670 > 4650 > etc
You can play Crysis on high at 1280x1024 with the ATI4850, and get about 50fps average. With the 4650, you'll get maybe 10 fps average.
Besides, I just bought this card. There is no way I am buying another card just becos it's "better" less than a year of getting this one.
You could've also bought a 4670, only $10 more than a 4650 but 30-40% better performance.