   Graphics Card
  Hi everyone,I was thinking about upgrading my graphics card, right now I have an ATI Radeon HD 4850. I found this, and I was wondering how much better it would be (I don't know much about graphics cards and hardware) than the one I have now. Does anyone have this or know anything about it? Would it be much better than what I have now? Would it be worth it to get it?Also, is there a better card that I could get, preferably under $200?Thanks.Edit - I also looked at this. Again would it be better, and if so by how much?   
  To compare those cards have a look at tomshardware.com, especially 'Charts→Graphic Cards' and 'Article→Graphics→Best Graphics Cards For The Money'. Why do you want to upgrade an HD4850? It's still a great card that lets you play any game at good frame rate. Do you have some special requirements?   ;  Do you *really* need to upgrade?  Your 4850 should run everything at the highest quality settings on 1680x1050 and almost everything at 1920x1200. The 4870 and 4890 are faster, but not *that* faster to be a worthwhile upgrade from the 4850.Considering that DX11 hardware is just around the corner (end of this year or early next year), I'd suggest holding off for a few months.   ;  It really isn't worth it at this point; the two cards are faster but probably not by enough that it would be noticeable.As Fiddler mentioned, DX11 is just around the corner; AMD even have working DX11 silicon which they have demoed and they say they will have a DX11 chip/cards out by Win7 release in October (4 months from now). (they might even hit before, but I doubt it).   ;  Thanks for the replies!The reason I wanted to upgrade was that I was trying to play Crysis on the highest settings, and the game was running very slowly. Now it seems to be working better.I think I'll take your advice and wait for a while before upgrading.Thanks again!   ;Quote:Original post by DasilThanks for the replies!The reason I wanted to upgrade was that I was trying to play Crysis on the highest settings, and the game was running very slowly. Now it seems to be working better.I think I'll take your advice and wait for a while before upgrading.Thanks again!The general internet joke is now "...but does it run Crysis?" whenever some one talks about some fancy ass technology. I think it is a generally well accepted fact that nothing* runs Crysis well.*Unless you are willing to throw ungodly amounts of cash at it.   ;  I just upgraded to a 4850 I was really happy with it. Now I feel bad. [crying]Damn you!!!   ;Quote:Original post by _SigmaQuote:Original post by DasilThanks for the replies!The reason I wanted to upgrade was that I was trying to play Crysis on the highest settings, and the game was running very slowly. Now it seems to be working better.I think I'll take your advice and wait for a while before upgrading.Thanks again!The general internet joke is now "...but does it run Crysis?" whenever some one talks about some fancy ass technology. I think it is a generally well accepted fact that nothing* runs Crysis well.*Unless you are willing to throw ungodly amounts of cash at it.I HAVE thrown ungodly amounts at my PC (because I could) and at the max it can run on my HD4870 X2 it still has trouble maintain 25-30fps.In short; even those cards the OP picked out are going to have trouble running Crysis at max settings. Which is fine, Crysis at max settings is just an amusing way to make your gfx card scream for mercy anyways *chuckles*;  Another possibility - why not buy a second 4850 (if your motherboard supports it)? Dual 4850's should perform far better than a 4870. Try to get the same brand and model of 4850 as your first one, though.I just bought a new computer, and my $110 motherboard supports crossfire. I bought a 4850 with the intent of buying a second one if the performance proves inadequate (which I don't expect, seeing that I'm currently using a GeForce 6800 mobile).   