Minimum
CPU: Pentium 4 3.2 Ghz, Pentium D 2.66 Ghz, AMD Athlon 64 3500+ or better
Video card: NVIDIA 6800 or ATI X1650 or better, Shader Model 3 required, 256 Mb of graphic memory
Memory: 1 GB
Media reader: DVD-ROM
Recommended
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo Family, AMD 64 X2 5200+, AMD Phenom or better
Video card: NVIDIA 8600 GTS or better, ATI X1900 or better, 512 Mb of memory
Memory: 2 GB
Sound: 5.1 sound card recommended
StokedGamer.com has learnt that the new 55nm, the successor to the currently new GTX280, will be launched at the year’s (2008) NVISION. In the past Nvidia always released their new GOU’s at the Geforce LAN, which is although still part of NVISION, the current scope makes it far larger than a big LAN Party.
The 2008 NVISION will be held in San Jose, California from the 25th to 27th of August.
Author: Reme Le Hane - Cyburbia Computers
The battle rages on with the new 4850 just hitting our shores and all information indicates that the 4850 is going to have a good run. As usual the ATI Range is far cheaper than nVidia’s especially when you compare the top end cards.
Currently that makes it the 4850 vs the GX-280.
With way more bang in the nVidia line for those of you willing to drop the salary paycheck or 2 on the 280 then by all means, even though performance wise these 2 cards match up fairly equally depending on the scenario, after having read a review on Tom’s Hardware (Links to 4870 vs 260, scores listed for the 4850 and 280 as well) bellow i included the score charts borrowed from Tom just to give you an idea of what is going on.
As you can see the new cards are not really even that much better than the older ones, price vs performance the 8800GT 512MB is still probably the best card you ca get. Personally I shall be waiting for the next BIG thing before spending my hard earned cash on the latest Phase, I will start to worry when i can no longer go into the games options and set everything on max.
As for prices you are looking at around R7000 for the 280 and around R4000 for the 4850, its up to you to then decide, is the R3000 difference really worth the performance, is it really that much better than you 8800 or 3850 (X2).
Author: Reme Le Hane - Cyburbia Computers
