Video Card Confusion, which is better?

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AgentZain

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I plan on using ATI Radeon™ HD 5570 I think it is 128bit?
I also found a 256bit video card. 9800 gts Nvidia. Which is better? I got confused because a friend of mine said that when gaming 256bit are better.

Also I found out that 9800 is an old one, older than nvidia gt 210 which I am using now. And it sucks at gaming. so I'm a bit unsure.

I also plan on to play games such as crysis 3, witcher 2/3, darksouls, skyrim, etc. Which will work on about medium quality settings without lagging.

My computer specs are

Windows 7
processor: 3.0 ghz/ dual core
Ram: 2gb but I plan to add another 4gb.
Video card: nvida gt 210(current) before ati radeon (3850 which is by the way much better than 210)
 
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Both of these cards are pretty old, and without knowing your budget and the rest of your hardware its hard to make a good decision, but all else being equal, the 9800 is 1 tier above the 5570 on the gaming charts, it will be slightly better for gaming than the 5570.
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Both of these cards are pretty old, and without knowing your budget and the rest of your hardware its hard to make a good decision, but all else being equal, the 9800 is 1 tier above the 5570 on the gaming charts, it will be slightly better for gaming than the 5570.
 
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niroshido

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the keys to understanding which is better is the following

GPU processing power how fast can the card process graphics related data
graphics card ram: not always going to be the most useful feature but more graphics ram is handy
 
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So what your talking about is called Memory Bus. Think of it like lanes in a highway. The more lanes less traffic. But at the same time having a higher Memory Bus doesn't exactly mean the card is faster. There are other things that affect speed such as the GPU Clock and VRAM. In your case I would go with the ATI card since it is a 1gb card (I think) and the 9800 is 512mb. Although both cards are extremely outdated and if you posted a budget we could probably find you a better card.
 
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What is you budget? Depending on it we can suggest better cards for you. I had a 9800gt like, idk, 10 years ago maybe( ?) and it was already a bit old. I don't think you'll be able to play Crysis 3 or Witcher 3 not even on low with those cards.
 
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This is a good point of reference for graphic cards.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

If you are interested in performance for specific games, you should google reviews of specific cards in your price range.

Also, keep in mind there is a good chance your current Power Supply is not designed to run a mid or high end power hungry card. The Nvidia 650ti or 750ti are low/mid priced lower power consumption options, but I can't say they will work without knowing what PSU you are running.

If you are adding 4 GB RAM to your existing 2 GB, I would be very careful to make sure the timings are identical - if you mix and match RAM of different speeds you will almost positively have performance issues. Another important question is if you are running DDR3 or DDR2? If you are on a DDR2 system I would say it's time to rebuild entirely, instead of buy the seriously overpriced DDR2.
 
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AgentZain

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Actually, I'm still using a DDR2 system on RAM. So a new computer now would be better? And my budget is like $50 i think. That's what it says.
 
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Yes yes, a totally new build would be great if you can afford. Sometimes this is the only way, and from time to time we have to buy an all new pc, and this might be the time for you.
 
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