HD3850 vs HD4670

[N|K]

I am looking at getting a new card, and am chosing between these two.

The 3850 has:

Core: 668Mhz
Memory speed: 700Mhz X 2
Memory capacity: 512MB DDR3
Memory interface: 256-bit


The 4670 has:

Core: 750Mhz
Memory speed: 800Mhz X 2
Memory capacity: 1024MB DDR3
Memory interface: 128-bit

I'm sure you can all guess why I am concerned.

What do you guys think will perform better?

[phantasmagoria]

are these trading cards? like top trumps?

[LawL]

Why is he telling himself that it's mumma retard?

[tnf]

Neither - those are both dated cards.

[PhoeniX]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405&p=6

Can't you stretch to something like a 4870? A few weeks ago they were rated as the best value for money cards. Although that might have changed by now.

[N|K]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3405&p=6

Can't you stretch to something like a 4870? A few weeks ago they were rated as the best value for money cards. Although that might have changed by now.

Thanks for that website. It was really helpful.

Nah, I can't use that card since I have an AGP bus, and that card does not support it.

[PhoeniX]

Ah. If you're running old processor/motherboard/memory then you'll likely be bottlenecking yourself anyway.

Also, tnf is a moderator.. he can read that report.

[N|K]

How bad do you think I would be bottlenecked?

Yeah, that wouldn't suprize me. Most moderators on forums are mindless dumb shits that rarely contribute to discussion.

[PhoeniX]

What's your current system spec?

Thanks for the insult .

[N|K]

Pentium 4 3.2Ghz
2GB RAM (PC-3200 running in dynamic paging configuration)

[N|K]

It seems no one picked up on my concern.

Although the HD3850 is slower, it has twice the memory interface.. Would this make it out perform the HD4670?

[Mat Linnett]

You might have better luck in the Technology & Troubleshooting forum N|K.
For the record, I agree, both cards will offer similar performance on your hardware, as the CPU and motherboard will act as a bottleneck, so it's probably best to choose the cheapest one.

[N|K]

Thanks, I will do that!

Also, thanks for the advice.

[Grudge]

lol, AGP

[N|K]

Why lol?

[YourGrandpa]

You don't understand why someone would LOL at AGP?

[Tsakali]

you should double up with two pci voodoo cards, now that's hard core

[YourGrandpa]

After that he can shotgun config two 56k modems.

[obsidian]

FYI, you're getting a certain degree of heat from the members because:

• You're a new member and we don't know you.
• You posted in the wrong forum and you're getting a subtle hint to post in the right one next time unless you want to continue getting hazed.
• Mods here are everywhere and are very likely to contribute as long as you don't piss them off (you're not doing well here).
• You're asking about popping in a modern GPU into a really old computer which is akin to, well... 2x 56k modems.
• You're making us do the guesswork as far as what your computer specs are instead of listing them as you should in the first place and therefore wasting our time.

[Tormentius]

Follow the above points that obsidian made and you'll find a lot of helpful people around here.

[MKJ]

,... and then get told to fuck off

[Tormentius]

Go away for a week and the retards come out of the woodwork. I only deleted the rest of your posts just because they didn't make sense after deleting N|Ks flailings.