Time for a new video card...help me decide

[BL00DW0LF]

So its time for a new video card (among other upgrades), so Im having a hard time deciding its either this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161244 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161244)
or a different 4850 card

or this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=14-150-314

Ive heard that benchmarks for these cards are pretty similar but I havent had a chance to really research them yet, its gonna be a couple weeks til I order one so give me some opinions on each or other suggestions

[SOSTrooper]

I think both cards perform so similar to each other than it really comes down to your preference in ATI or nVidia. Both are solid cards, I don't think there is a wrong choice here. If you were to ask me, I'll go ahead and get the HD 4850; don't ask me why though, I just prefer ATI over nVidia.

[Photomotoz]

Go with the 4850 I love mine. The cards are more or less the same, cost might be an issue but I prefer ATI's monthly driver updates to Nvidia's less timely updates. Also, the ATI card takes only one slot, as opposed to two, that might matter to you.

[SynGamer]

4850 all the way. Since i bought it during the summer, there have already been a handful of updates...and the card was stable when i first got it so it's basically been performance and feature updates :D

*EDIT: also, with the 30% cashback on eBay right now, this is would the perfect time to buy the 4850. I would suggest VisionTek for their lifetime warranty but any will do really.

[typeRJ]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129112&Tpk=visiontek%204850

I would go with the 4850, but I'd choose Visiontek. Right now I have the 4870 HD, which I also bought from newegg. The benefit from buying a Visiontek is that they offer a lifetime warranty and are well supported. Never had to use it b/c the quality of their video cards is top notch. Last week this card was on sale at Best Buy for $149.99.

There's an item limit of 99, so don't order 100 :lol:

[BigPopov]

I've made quite a bit of gaming machines and right now 4850 is the king. All of my customers are loving thier setups.

Obviously 4870 and etc+ are better if you have the money, but you don't get as much performance gain from the money spent.

Two things,

Make sure you have a power supply that can handle it, and look up 4850 fan fix on google. Some models run extremely hot because of a fan glitch that is easily fixed.