XFX 4850 Crossfire

[AntiHeroUK]

OcUK have just got a good deal on the XFX 4850's and are selling them for £115 including VAT. As most of you know I have gone back my 3870 after getting a refund for my GTX 280.

I am thinking about putting two of these in crossfire as my 3870 really struggles with most of the games I am playing and want to buy. Is it a wise decision or do I hold out for a little longer?

 

[VonBlade]

A 4850 is ludicrous. Just brilliant performance for the money. So in cf....

Toms Hardware comparison below (couldn't shrink it because of the ] in the link)

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/.../compare,795.html?prod[2060]=on&prod[2115]=on

 

[TonyG]

Are they really good.

 

[VonBlade]

My 4850 can, in some games, run my brothers 8800GT SLI setup close. And he has a e8400 and I've got a 4400X2.

Ok he blows me away in Crytek based games and Far Cry 2, but considering my card cost 120 and is running on a 3 1/2 year old system then I'm happy.

 

[TonyG]

So 2 together would be very good.

 

[AntiHeroUK]

I sense Tony is considering these too.

 

[TonyG]

I am indeed.

 

[monkey7]

I'd say go for it. My single nonOC'd HD4850 is running nearly anything at good settings, currently Far Cry 2 with everything at either very high or high (1920x1200) with a comfortable 35fps.

I do not have experience with CF on Vista though, I've heard of some people having trouble with it.

Edit: and the XFX looks :yumyum:

 

[VonBlade]

I am indeed.

If you can live with the fact that the Catalyst Control Centre is a complete 'mare to setup settings for individual games compared to the Nvidia version, then they are about as good as it gets for the money.

If you never use individual settings for AA and stuff (or just use the in-game settings) then go for it.

The 4850 was the best thing I've spent my years savings on since I was about 20.

 

[fruityness]

I have two gigabyte 4850 in crossfire on vista64, all is ok. I bought them when they first hit the shops a good few months ago as they nuked nvidia's equal offering on performance and price. And they still are great value I think.

I've got over 20,000 in 3dmark06 with my dual core e8400. Clearly I am biased owning 2 of them, but they pack a punch, go buy `em

 

[TonyG]

May go for just one if they are that good and then I can get my case and HS

 

[VonBlade]

Dunno how helpful these figures would be but :

My 7800GTX Ultra got 28fps average in Devil May Cry 4.

4850 (single 512mb) gets 109fps. Identical rig, just graphics card changed.

3DMark06 was 4621 and now 7944.

UT3 went from 31 to 60.

Far Cry 2 @ 1280 4xAA Very High went from 7 to 29. (Ranch Small).

So ok the original figures are an oooooooold card, but the current figures hold up well to most stuff. And certainly for the money it's hard to argue.

I'll stop lauding my card that I'm still delighted about 4 months later lol

 

[TonyG]

Sounds like they are real good value for money.

 

[AntiHeroUK]

Getting ready to click the Buy button

 

[stevej696]

I like the sound of 2x 4850 in crossfire and im very tempted to run them on my biostar tp45hp new rig but just a quick question how would i set up crossfire on my xp64 OS? would i need a driver? never done it before!

cheers in advance!

 

[!TIMMY!]

I like the sound of 2x 4850 in crossfire and im very tempted to run them on my biostar tp45hp new rig but just a quick question how would i set up crossfire on my xp64 OS? would i need a driver? never done it before!

cheers in advance!

You just need the crossfire connector, linking the 2 cards, and to enable crossfire in the ATI drivers.