Top Holiday Games of 2008 Graphics Shootout

[MikeC]

Check it out :captnkill:

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PowerColor Radeon HD 4870 1GB vs. EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked

From the low to high-end, ATI and NVIDIA offer consumer-based GPUs that fit the needs of gamers that range from casual to enthusiast. ATI markets their consumer-based GPUs under the Radeon brand name while NVIDIA uses GeForce. Although nV News is an NVIDIA fan site and primarily reviews NVIDIA-based graphics cards, we occasionally test graphics cards from ATI and their add-in partners.

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[john19055]

I think out of those two cards the GTX 260 (216) is the better deal and I can't belive ATI will just play at two resolutions in Far Cry 2.IMO the Evga GTX 260 (192) is the best deal at $219 and free shipping,plus farCry 2 a free game and 3DMark Vantage from Evga.They overclock pretty good and you can useally make up the difference with a little overclocking.Plus you can save $30 to $40 on a 192 GTX 260.Plus they offen have open boxes for even cheaper ,they have a MSI for $172 and ever open box I have bought from them was always good.But even if it is not you can get a refund if the card is bad.

[bob saget]

nice article.

[noko]

Yes! Very nice article. Here I was thinking, ahhh just hold on to my 8800GTX until next round and wham Nvidia/EVGA does this! Price is real good considering it comes with FarCry2 which is a game I want to play. My wife may kill me after all :headexplode:

[LovingSticky]

Should be also mentioned under "other considerations" - NVIDIA has CUDA and PhysX support, unlike ATI. Especially CUDA support is great, as modern video-editing applications are starting to use it.

[MikeC]

Thanks for the feedback! Good idea about mentioning CUDA and PhyX.

[GDUG]

Power Color is hands down the worst example of an ATI card and the Nvidia was factory over-clocked. Try again guys.
I'm not a fanboy of either and have owned both at various times.

[SH64]

the Nvidia was factory over-clocked.
Yeah but both are in same price category..

[GDUG]

Yeah but both are in same price category..

Price is not rellevent to my point.And If you pay for a factory OC you are either lazy or a fool.

[RupertBanana]

The 4850 must be a better card than the 4870 cause I'm at 1920x1200 maxed with xp pro 32 bit for FC2.

[nekrosoft13]

thanks Mike, good work

[crainger]

Price is not rellevent to my point.And If you pay for a factory OC you are either lazy or a fool.

Or you want a card that will overclock guaranteed. A stock clocked card is only guaranteed for stocks. If you get a lame card, no one will help you if you complain.