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You're looking at benchmarks. I look at personal needs. My 4850's have been great. They play everything I throw at them and the display looks better than with my 8800GT's. The energy draw from them isn't that much at all vs the GTS250. But to each his own....you'll either go with a GTS 250 or a 4850.

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saulin

Weird logic!

I wonder what makes a card better for you.

Now for the OP. Always look up reviews before deciding on anything. Probably most people here will suggest ATI cards. Most people here don't like to spend too much and there is a ratio of probably 4:1 when it comes to ATI fans to Nvidia fans on these forums.

So suggestions might be very biased most of the time. Personally I have not checked out those 2 cards but I will try to find some good reviews for you.

This might help you for now!




Mmmm I quickly found another review that shows the GTS 250 ahead

http://vr-zone.com/articles/nvidia-g....html?doc=6660

And here is another one comparing both the 512 and 1 GB versions. I hope that helps

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...0-1gb-review/1

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the magical me

first of all... I would like to thank you for the review you gave, which really cleared out things for me, and since this... I am most likely to get the GTS250 I think.

so thanx and rep +

Kikaider

You need to stop basing things on one review, or by Captain nVidia (AKA: saulin) for that matter (Seriously, has your mother ever told you to ignore advice of a cult follower?).

Go with what is best for you, the 4850 and the 250GTS (Just a damned re-brand of the 9800GTX+). Both cards are fairly even in performance, both with their strengths and weaknesses. Look at the games these people benchmark and conclude for yourself what matches your needs.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...deon,2274.html
http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=725
http://www.guru3d.com/article/palit-...-review-test/1

Personally, I'd go for the cheaper card (As many have advised you).

Penicilyn

Except that just shows frequencies, not the cards performance. Your comparing apples to oranges.

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Personal anecdote:

I SLIed a couple of 9800GTX+ cards and one thing I'll say is that nVidia drivers seem to be very dicey when it comes to SLI. If you're planning to move to an SLI configuration you may not want to go GTS250. OTOH if you want a single card configuration, go for it. I found the drivers to be extremely well-behaved when it came to running single 9800GTX+ cards.

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saulin

Do you believe on your words son?

The OP asked which card is better.

The suggestions on this thread were for a 4850, the OP went out and researched it and found out that the GTS 250 is faster. He came asking for an explanation. No one could give one to him.

I went out and researched it and also found out on every review that the GTS 250 does beat the 4850. Not only that, but the Nvidia card has PhysX and Cuda support and is better at folding and has better software support.

And now you are still suggesting a 4850?

Please stop been a fanboy. Like I said. This forum is full of ATI fans but that doesn't make the 4850 better than the GTS 250 at all.

It is obvious that the OP was given the wrong advice by a few people here.

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The 4850 and GTS 250 as well as 9800GTX are all similar performers- buy whichever costs you less. Just note that EVGA and XFX both offer LIFETIME warranty, so keep that in mind (with XFX offering its double lifetime warranty program- means you can volt mod or do whatever you want and you won't void it). In some games maybe the GTS 250 will do 1-2 fps or something like that better, and so forth for the 4850. Ultimately, both are great cards for the price and are similar performers.

If you want to fold however, the GTS 250 will do better without a doubt.

And every review will yield differing results.

But you might wanna consider a 4870 or gtx 260 (both perform similarly) since they cost only a bit more but do a lot better.

Kikaider

Whatever you say Captain.

Or perhaps...



The way you keep accusing people, you happen to be related to this guy?