4850 do the job ?

[Oreo]

Basicly all i want to replace my 8800 320 for is FarCry 2, i was just looking at the cheep and cheerfull ATI 4850, reckon this will do the job ? Ive got 2gb of ram and a E6850@3ghz. I could easily just get 1gb more of ram aswell.

So it'll be about £150 in total, but you reckon FarCry2 will run >Medium @ 1650x1080 ? (my processor being the downfall at a guess)

 

[veg1992]

It'll be fine

 

[[t..o..m]]

Yes you should be able to run Far Cry 2 with that card. I have the 4870 and it is amazing

I don't know about running it at 1650x1080 on medium but it will be far better than your 8800 for sure

 

[Oreo]

Good, as long as i get medium *hopes processor holds out* Meh, well maybe i could put up with 1280x720

If worse comes to worse, instead of getting a new processor i could buy a decent set of ram and OC my E6850 to 4Ghz, if that's possible. I think it is
I'm way behind with hardware now, my GA-P35C-DS3R still a good mobo to overclock on ?, or is it considered rubbish now

Hows the 4850 do with crysis at 1280x720 on my Processor at 4Ghz you reckon ? because i wouldn't expect FC2 to be more demanding than that.

 

[veg1992]

I've seen people able to hit 4.0ghz on that e6850 on XtremeSystems, check your VID, if its low enough you can do it

 

[ricanflow]

Everything ive seen says that Far Cry 2 will be easier to run than crysis, so with a 4850 you should get high settings at 1680x1050.

 

[baron5]

just by looking at videos you can tell the game if optimized substantially should be easier to run than crysis. yeah your mobo is still good, p43/45 are better, but your p35 is still a great board, if you have got a decent cooler overclock it more, should get about 3.8, that with a 4850 should handle it fine.

 

[gurusan]

The 4850 should be plenty, and overclock the e6850!