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    8800 Ultra or ATI HD4850?? Pls help...

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by acrticflare, Sep 18, 2008.

  1. acrticflare

    acrticflare Notebook Guru

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    I'm slightly confused as to which one performs better?
    The memory bandwidth for GeForce 8800Ultra stands at 103.68GB/s and it’s 63.52GB/s for the HD4850.
    The Shader Processing Rate of
    8800Ultra has a something around 500GFlops
    4850 has a whopping 1Tera Flops

    What's the most decisive factor that indicates the performance of the GPU?
     
    acrticflare, Sep 18, 2008
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    8800 ultra will destroy 4850
     
    Xirurg, Sep 18, 2008
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  3. acrticflare

    acrticflare Notebook Guru

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    Oh..
    Is the memory BW most imp factor while considering the performance of a graphic card or is there any other factor?? :confused:
    Coz one of my colleagues can't stop ranting about how 4850 rips the 8800 apart :mad: and he's using the Shader Processing Rate as an important benchmark. I want to disprove him. Can u pls be more technical in explanation.... :eek:
     
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  4. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    I thought the hd 4850 is faster than 9800 gtx, which can match up the 8800 ultra in some cases. I don't think there will be much difference between the two.
     
    tianxia, Sep 18, 2008
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  5. 660hpv12

    660hpv12 Notebook Deity

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    I would say they are quite similar, ati always have the raw shading power but they never have been fully utilized. eg, hd4850 have more raw shading power 1tflops vs the 900gflops of gtx 280, but the later destroy the former. memory bandwith is important, but its not the single most important. think you left out the 9800gtx+, its in the same price range and thats the one I would have
     
    660hpv12, Sep 18, 2008
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  6. ibogames

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    HD4850 the best
    make sure its GDDR5 or just w8 for GDDR5
    HD4850 got 2gb of ram and 512 busspeed
    if u ask me 100% for the HD4850 with GDDR5
     
    ibogames, Sep 18, 2008
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    Actually I believe that the HD4850 only has GDDR3 and the HD4870 is the one that has the GDDR 5. Performance-wize both will be similar. I hope this helps. God Bless :)
     
    JDELUNA, Sep 18, 2008
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  8. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    Charles P. Jefferies, Sep 18, 2008
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