4850 512MB Crossfire vs GTX 260

[Erinyes]

I am having the desktop computer system and want to buy the new graphic card for this desktop as the old graphic card is not working now. So i want to buy any one from the ATI HD 4850 512MB and Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 graphic card. So help me out in selecting one. Also provide the information that which graphic card will be better for the crossfire.

[stephenx]

You are having desktop computer and you want to attach the new graphic card on this computer system. You are looking for one of these two graphic cards and they are ATI HD 4850 512MB and Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 graphic card. So i think you should go for the ATI HD 4850 512MB graphic card because i am also using the ATI graphic card and its a great performer.

[Chandranath]

Well the decision of the graphic card totally depends on your needs, likes and dislikes. However you have not mentioned it here. But i also personally think that you should go for the ATI HD 4850 512MB graphic card as compared to the other one. Some features of the ATI HD 4850 512MB graphic card are very new and better than the Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 graphic card.

[CACTUS101]

Features and Benefits of ATI HD 4850 512MB graphic card.

1. The new TeraScale graphics engine features up to 1 teraFLOPS, nearly one billion transistors and up to 800 stream processors so you can enjoy the high resolutions and fast frame rates previously only available with dual-card systems.
2. Get right in the action and experience cinematic gaming with mind-blowing performance in the latest DirextX10.1 games.
3. High performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics, for everything from grass to facial features.
4. ATI Radeon HD 4800 series delivers up to 2x the performance per watt of AMD’s previous generation GPUs.

[CAILYN]

There is not much difference in the configuration and the performance of this two graphic cards in overall means. But if you are looking for the hardcore gaming then i will suggest you to go for the ATI HD 4850 512MB graphic card because i am also using one of the ATI graphic card in my system and it is way ahead compared to the Nvidia.

[xanix]

You want to crossfire the graphic card which you will be installing in your desktop computer system for the gaming purpose any to get more performance out of your graphic card. I think the ATI graphic cards are best for the crossfire as compared to the Nvidia. So according to me you should go with the ATI HD 4850 512MB graphic card.