But one big negative about 4850.
the idle temp. of 4850 is 70-80 degree Celsius.
under load the temp reaches 95 degree celsius.
and it dumps all the heat into your cabinet.
1. that decreases the shelf life of other components.
2. the fan creates more noise.
3. acts as an heater.
4. may burn out in one year like the earlier Nvidia cards.
so is the 4850 worth the hype??????
who said that ..those days are history ..i m using Palit HD4850 along with many other forum member and always get 49 deg @ idle ..and 55 -56 deg at load ....without any fan tweak
and when i overclock max to what auto-tune lets me(@665MHz core and 1038MHz mem) i get a temp of 65~67 deg ...
so as long as u are buying palit HD4850 (cos the card with lastest BIOS) or card from any other manufacturer with latest possible maufacturing date ..u will not face problem ...so stay away with older sapphire and MSI cards ..cos vendors are selling the old cards with older bios and they will get u in trouble ...
the only noise hear from my system is from my secondry hdd (sata-1 ) when its accessed..... as the fan of palit HD4850 runs at default 6% .
Well imgame2 is right about the comparison. Nothing can beat HD4850 amongst three. But u 've mentioned the screen resolution 1024x768, at this resolution 9600GT is the best card to play games keeping the price point in mind. Most of the 9600GT comes between 5.5-7K and cheapest 4850 is for 9800/-.
I mean why wasting money if u can't get the full performance of the card. The 9600GT can do everything for u at that resolution.
but its just not about playing at 1024x768 ..if u look above he wanted a full PC config for 45k and i have suggested him to go for 22" viewsonic and HD4850 ..cos both falls inside his pocket ...
and 19" LCD are getting a norm these days ..so doesn't mean anyone will play at lower resolution if one can buy it then why not ..?? new games coming out will be harsh on 9600gt even on that resolution ..
and moreover i wouldn't suggest 9600 GT cos new crop of ATI cards are coming out and they are much better than 9600gt ...and will be priced lower ...