Why is the Radeon HD 4850 512mb more than 1Gb?

[nos879]

Am I missing something? I recently purchased an XFX Radeon HD 4850 512mb Graphics card, but the XFX Radeon HD 4850 1Gb GDDR3 Card is cheaper, WTF?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2%2050001669%2040000048%201305520549%201069633099&bop=And&SpeTabStoreType=1&ShowDeactivatedMark=False&ActiveSearchResult=True&CompareItemList=N82E16814150351%2CN82E16814150337

Should I return the product, not to mention I saw a Visiontek Radeon HD 4850 512mb for $99 on ebay.

 

[xc0mmiex]

they must have so many 1 gig cards in stock, they are dumping them out now

 

[nos879]

I guess that's a reason. I spent 134$ on the card. Will newegg let me exchange it for another better card the Visiontek 4870 is only $4 more!

 

[jaguarskx]

I suppose as long as you send back the "old" 512MB card and pay for shipping for the 1GB card.

That adds up to more than just $4.

 

[chunkymonster]

Also, unless you are gaming at 1920x1080 of higher, going from a gpu with 512MB to 1GB RAM will no offer any noticeable performance increases. For gaming at 1680x1050 having 512MB RAM on the gpu is fine.