e ram than a 260 or 216 or a 295 and more than a 9800 :-P lets not forget that its ram is (5)lightyears ahead of nvidia.i do own a 4850 512mb. i do rock a 19 crt @ 1792x1344 (more pixels than 1920x1200) and all my games including fallout 3 and a heavily modded oblivion (games that are well known to run faster on nvidia will run on the highest+ settings with between 45-60 vsynced fps.no matter who