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d3v0 · 09-03-08

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Originally Posted by WillFlexforFoood

Good luck trying to overclock the 90nm 8800Ultra.

the 4850 peaks at 86degrees because its single slot and I'll bet you they didn't use the fan fix. The 8800Ultra is dual slot AND it peaks at 86... thats just plain bad.

It also costs more at $199, vs $169 for the 4850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...nd&Order=PRICE

The 8800Ultra ALSO uses more power, which is inarguable.

And as for the FPS totals.... I don't even know what to say to that. They must have been using catalys 4.2s or something, because every single review I've seen has put the 4850 much higher than that. That review has the 4850 performing worse than the 8800GT @ 1600x1200 which is F-ing retarded and you know it.

And that is the failing, which is why if you look, I made sure I put a disclaimer that says that this is by no means the law, but the VGA charts give the best representation.

I have my own benchmarks with an 8800gt and a HD4850 that shows at 1600x1200 they are neck and neck. The rig used by Guru3d is a slower dual core and is of course sort of bottlenecked.

Don't get me started on Catalyst drivers, did the 8.8's not completely screw up haha?

As I said, I'm not posting as any sort of fanboi here, I merely presented the facts to counter a claim made by an obvious fanboi.

sLowEnd · 09-03-08

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Originally Posted by d3v0

He DID say it was made to be an extreme gamer card.

And to me, 9 fps or so is a pretty big jump. "Not very large" need not apply.

Yeah, and it reigned as such for almost 2 years.

Now it's lower-high end/high midrange in terms of performance

A 4850 is a better choice

j0z3 · 09-03-08

G80 is the past. We have 48XX and GTX's killing eachother .. do we still need a G80..
I has a GTS G80.

Choggs396 · 09-03-08

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Originally Posted by d3v0

15% is the difference between a GTX 260 and GTX 280..Which would you rather pay $500 for?

Whether price-to-performance ratio of the GTX260 compared to the GTX280 is poor or good is not the question here. Don't go off topic.

I said, to me, a 15% performance difference isn't very large, and I stand by that. If you think otherwise, fine.

d3v0 · 09-03-08

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Originally Posted by sLowEnd

Yeah, and it reigned as such for almost 2 years.

Now it's lower-high end/high midrange in terms of performance

A 4850 is a better choice

I don't disagree, whats the problem here? A card made to be top of the hill and a card made to be a budget card were the only claims made here, regardless of performance.

WillFlexforFoood · 09-03-08

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Originally Posted by d3v0

And that is the failing, which is why if you look, I made sure I put a disclaimer that says that this is by no means the law, but the VGA charts give the best representation.

I have my own benchmarks with an 8800gt and a HD4850 that shows at 1600x1200 they are neck and neck. The rig used by Guru3d is a slower dual core and is of course sort of bottlenecked.

Don't get me started on Catalyst drivers, did the 8.8's not completely screw up haha?

As I said, I'm not posting as any sort of fanboi here, I merely presented the facts to counter a claim made by an obvious fanboi.

The things you presented were not facts.

The things you presented were cherrypicked results that said what you, a fanboy, wanted them to say.

The review you linked is a disgrace to the enthusiast community, and if Guru3d can present those results with a straight-face, the entire website should be completely deleted from the internet.

I don't care what secret benchmarks you have, the 8800GT and the 4850 are not neck and neck, I own both cards. Sorry.

And in case you were wondering, I'm running the Catalyst 8.8s as we speak. They work flawlessly.

Edit1: This review was done a while ago with the 8.5s:
http://www.techspot.com/review/103-a...850/page5.html

I wonder how much Nvidia paid Guru3d to post those charts... the discrepancies between their review and every single other review are ridiculous.

CorryBasler · 09-03-08

Im not trying to be a Fanboy but its my Thread if i like Nvidia i wil say so!

d3v0 · 09-04-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by WillFlexforFoood

The things you presented were not facts.

The things you presented were cherrypicked results that said what you, a fanboy, wanted them to say.

The review you linked is a disgrace to the enthusiast community, and if Guru3d can present those results with a straight-face, the entire website should be completely deleted from the internet.

I don't care what secret benchmarks you have, the 8800GT and the 4850 are not neck and neck, I own both cards. Sorry.

And in case you were wondering, I'm running the Catalyst 8.8s as we speak. They work flawlessly.

Edit1: This review was done a while ago with the 8.5s:
http://www.techspot.com/review/103-a...850/page5.html

I wonder how much Nvidia paid Guru3d to post those charts... the discrepancies between their review and every single other review are ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by d3v0

Also I might add that of those 8 benchmarks, the 8800 ultra outperforms the budget gamer card 9800gtx+ by 2.5fps average.

^_^

And I already stated in my first post that clearly I am not saying that the Guru3d charts are not law, but I personally trust Guru3d regardless of what you may think, as do alot of us.

Troll elsewhere, thanks.

OmegaNemesis28 · 09-04-08

8800 Ultra performs better then the 9800GTX+. Its also been recorded that 8800 Ultra SLi actually beats out the minimum FPS average of a GTX 280 Ultra SLi.

So do I buy a $400 SLi setup or a $800 SLi setup that perform relatively the same. The $800 SLi setup may be slightly better - but we're talking slightly so I prefer the $400.

I'll look for the benchmark article later.

d3v0 · 09-04-08

I would be careful linking it in this thread, apparently linking other sites statistics and interpreting them using your own math is FANBOYISM

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