Whats Better? ATI 4850 or 3870?

Question

I'm a little confused as to what graphics card will give me better performance for gaming.

Although the 4850 is classed as better and more money the 3870 has a better core and memory clock.

Do these make much difference?

Please do not recommend any other graphics card unless they are at a maximum of the £100 mark and ATI as I want to keep my options open for Crossfire.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

This really doesn't need to be asked...

The 4850 is based upon the R700 core, while the 3870 is based on the R600 core. Even though the 3870 does have a faster clock speed, since the architectures are different, it's kinda moot. The R700 is a faster core by any means, and the difference between GDDR4 memory and GDDR3 is not large enough to warrant a large difference in speed.

So the 4850 is indeed faster.