2600xt vs Radeon 3650?

[staypuft728]

I am trying to decide between these two AGP cards(2600xt and Radeon 3650). I am not going with the HD 3850 because my PSU can not handle it and im trying to put money only into the vid card(tight budget). I plan to plug the card into a SDTV so im not too worried about the resolution. i plan to use it for games (mirrors edge, Dead Space, UT3).

I have an Allied AL-A400ATX PSU
http://www.firingsquad.com/hw/6652/Allied_AL-A400ATX_400W_PSU/
(I think my PSU should be able to handle both these cards, its about 4 years old)

Asus K8NE-Deluxe, AMD 64 Athlon 3200+, 2gb ram

please warn me if you think these cards cards could kill my PSU as it would make this venture worthless.

p.s. here are the cards
2600xt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161208
3650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102762

 

[JuiceJones]

The 2600XT will consume more power, since the 3650 is basically a die-shrunk more efficient version, however, I would avoid the crappy DDR2 on the 3650, it's substantially slower than the GDDR3. I say 2600XT, even though 17A is a little low, as long as you don't have a full tower of hard drives and what not you should make it. (Hopefully )

 

[blackwidow_rsa]

If can find a gddr3 version of the 3650 take it, otherwise the 2600xt is faster

 

[staypuft728]

will a 3650 with gddr3 consume more power?

 

[dagger]

2600xt is available in either ddr3 or ddr4, agp version only in ddr3. 3650 available in either ddr2 or ddr3, agp version in ddr2.

 

[Nik_I]

the two cards are roughly equal in performance. just make sure you get a GDDR3 card. other than that, just get the cheapest one.

 

[staypuft728]

excellent thanks for the help guys, Im going with the 2600xt. Now i just hope my PSU holds out

 

[Nik_I]

you shouldn't have a problem. i managed to run a 7600GT on a 250W psu with 17A on the +12V rail. the 7600GT and the 2600XT are roughly similar in terms of power consumption, so you should be ok.