GT130 or the HD4850?

[Shivetya]

I am confused, which would be better?

[Justibackwardsn]

would like to know as well.

[cYbernation]

since the gt 130 is the 9600gt .
I would say the ati 4850 is a lot faster.

[Annngel]

But the GT 130 is definitely better than the previous gen?

[dommo92]

Yeah, I think the GT 130 is a 9600m. As for which is better, the 4850 is leagues better than the stock GPU on the high-end 24".

[cYbernation]

the previous gen had a nvidia 8800gs.
so yeah I guess it should be an improvement ;)

[dommo92]

the previous gen had a nvidia 8800gs.
so yeah I guess it should be an improvement ;)

I don't think it's that incremental of an improvement. If you want a pretty good GPU to get around, go for the $50 and get the 4850.

[cYbernation]

Yeah, I think the GT 130 is a 9600m. As for which is better, the 4850 is leagues better than the stock GPU on the high-end 24".

I have searched through a few news on hardware websites and they say that the gt 130 is either a 9600gs or 9600gt.
the ati 4850 should give you enough power to play all current games if someone is searching for that.

[Shivetya]

Well I am coming from the 7600GT generation here (2.13 C2D) so I am looking to do the biggest upgrade I can.


It appears the 4850 stomps the gt150



Well ANY thing with the 4850 takes four to six weeks to ship :(

[dalvin200]

how much better is the gt130 vs the 8800GS?

[cYbernation]

Well I am coming from the 7600GT generation here (2.13 C2D) so I am looking to do the biggest upgrade I can.


It appears the 4850 stomps the gt150

then definitely go for the 4850

[nateDEEZY]

But the GT 130 is definitely better than the previous gen?

Depends what you plan on using them for if you guy s mean GT 130 as in the G94 (9600GT).

The 8800GT and 9600GT are along the same levels and both G92 and G94 support PureVideo with the 9600GT having an updated version of it. Both preform nearly identical so you should go with whichever is the cheapest.

The 4850 will be faster than both of them, but I'm not sure if it has the same feature as hardware assisted decoding of the H.246 and VC-1 codecs.

[dommo92]

Well I am coming from the 7600GT generation here (2.13 C2D) so I am looking to do the biggest upgrade I can.


It appears the 4850 stomps the gt150



Well ANY thing with the 4850 takes four to six weeks to ship :(

Four to six weeks?!?! WOW.

[synagence]

From ATI.com
ATI Avivo™ HD Video and Display Platform6
Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2) for H.264/AVC, VC-1, and MPEG-2 video formats
High definition (HD) playback of Blu-ray and HD DVD video
Dual stream (HD+SD) playback support
DirectX Video Acceleration 1.0 & 2.0 support
Support for BD-Live certified applications
Hardware DivX and MPEG-1 video decode acceleration
Accelerated video transcoding & encoding for H.264 and MPEG-2 formats

So basically the 4850 does have full hardware decoding acceleration fro H.264 and other codecs

I'm going for the ATI card when i get a couple extra hundred quid ready

[lixuelai]

The 8800GS > the GT 130. Hate the NV marketing BS. The 4850 > both though, not even close.

[cathul]

Four to six weeks?!?! WOW.

Thats because the drivers will be in the next Leopard update 10.5.7.

[b.rangelov]

The GT 130 is a 8800 GS!? They are almost identical.

[opera57]

Definately the 4850! http://scottty.com/imgs/signature_apple1.jpg

[slffl]

Will the 4850 have better performance than the GT 130 in Windows as well?

[ceres]

Will the 4850 have better performance than the GT 130 in Windows as well?

Massively so of course, although I´d like to see clock speeds.
Essentially, you will be able to play almost everything at 1920*1200 at high details and 2FSAA + 16AF (excluding crysis but who cares).

[westycat]

What do you guys recommend for someone that does graphics design work and alittle video editing.

GT 130 or the ATI HD4850?

[belvdr]

What do you guys recommend for someone that does graphics design work and alittle video editing.

GT 130 or the ATI HD4850?

I don't think it will matter. Do either of those programs benefit from one chipset or the other?

[EmperorDarius]

What do you guys recommend for someone that does graphics design work and alittle video editing.

GT 130 or the ATI HD4850?

They mainly use the CPU + RAM.

[LagunaSol]

The question is: is the 4850 really some gimped mobility version? How are we supposed to know? Apple makes these decisions impossible sometimes.

Guess I'd better wait for a test by BareFeats before I decide (and buy).

[chewietobbacca]

The GT130 is just a rebadged 9x series card. Not sure which one, because at this point, Nvidia has rebadged the G92 cards 2-3x already, which is downright ridiculous.

Go with the 4850 though - it will be faster across the board, and in newer games, by a lot (plus, ATI writes better drivers for Mac OS X)

[Battlefield Fan]

The GT130 is just a rebadged 9x series card. Not sure which one, because at this point, Nvidia has rebadged the G92 cards 2-3x already, which is downright ridiculous.

Go with the 4850 though - it will be faster across the board, and in newer games, by a lot (plus, ATI writes better drivers for Mac OS X)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_m_series.html

There the 9600 GT and Nvidia GT 130 are in the same category.

[gasport]

I did not realize there are 2 versions of the HD4850 and found this out on another post. I checked with apple and confirmed that it is the Mobility version of the card. I posted this on the other post but this one seems to have more followers and hopefully someone can address the difference between the 2 versions on the HD4850 and whether there is enough difference between the GT130 and the Mobility version of the HD4850 to justify the cost difference and the 6 week delay in shipping.

[avihappy]

Just want to pitch in on the 4850

It's desktop counterpart is number 11 (best I've ever seen Apple) on this list PC users use when choosing cards (not sure about the mobile): http://www.overclock.net/graphics-cards-general/270292-graphics-card-ranking-3rd-time-s.html

[synagence]

Problem is that Mobility versions are usually in the range of 20 - 50% slower than the full desktop card

[MacAgent84]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww302/inamle/nVidia.png
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww302/inamle/ATI.png

I think it is quite clear that the ATI Radeon HD 4850 is the better graphics card. All of the benchmark tests clearly show that it beats the NVIDIA card. Just because a card carries the name "NVIDIA" does not automatically make it a higher performance card. Their name might be a little more respected now, but ATI has been making high quality cards for a long time. I definitely think it would be worth a few weeks wait to get the HD 4850, otherwise over time you will wish that you picked the other card.

[Hellhammer]

I went for GT130, don't want to wait weeks. It'll serve my needs perfectly.

[gonzaload1987]

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