4850 upgrads

[grumpy_dog666]

yes or no

is the 4850 worth upgrading to now vs my current 8600GT 1GB???

if it makes a difference, i will soon upgrade to a E8400 (when nehalem comes out)

[aznkc730]

definitey yes.

the mainstream 8 series cards (such as your 8600) have horrible performance compared to any of the available cards today. you'll be able to see a big jump in framerates and the ability to crank up AA and AF.

[Albyno]

if u do want the one i had lying around Grumpy can i Xfire them first?

[grumpy_dog666]

i told you - tomorrow.......

just crossfire them you ****!

back to the point, would you say i'm bottlenecked at the GPU at the moment. where will i bottleneck to after that, CPU?

[Albyno]

i think u posted in the wront thread

[Albyno]

wait ur good. yes i would say ur GPU is bottlenecking u atm as for after gettin a 8400 i dunno which would be ur limit.

[chrome-187]

yes or no

is the 4850 worth upgrading to now vs my current 8600GT 1GB???

if it makes a difference, i will soon upgrade to a E8400 (when nehalem comes out)

hell yes its worth upgrading 2...

[deathman20]

The upgrade will be nice all around. The CPU will limit you a little bit currently but the GPU upgrade will be worth it. I upgraded from a 8800GT and just one 4850 was a worthy upgrade to the old card. So with a 8600GT, yeah a 4850 will be a nice performance increase for you.

[Albyno]

EDIT* POSTED BY GRUMPY_DOG666 *

is it worth getting it now, or is it worth waiting for the OCed ones, or something other than reference boards, ie better coolers! these bitches are loud at over 50% and hot if run under 50%

[deathman20]

is it worth getting it now, or is it worth waiting for the OCed ones, or something other than reference boards, ie better coolers! these bitches are loud at over 50% and hot if run under 50%

I feel your pain... 45% does a decent job if your not OCing, but then where is the fun in that? :)

[Albyno]

dammit Grumpy u posted on my name.! but i totaly agree im running them both at 45% atm waiting for some hard proof of which Cooler is best to replace them with then BAM! ill learn how to OC them got the mhz part down just not sure how to do the voltage to make it stable at 700+