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Im building a gaming PC and I'm planning to get a 4850 or GTX250 GPU. Question is are those GPUs too much for the relatively small monitor that I have? Will I be better off getting a 4830 or similar GPU so instead?

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Why not buy a new monitor? what is your budget and other parts you have so far?

The resolution is important as well...why does no one post there resolutions :pfff:

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for the difference in price between them i'd just opt for the 4850.
same on the nvidia side. a gts250 isnt that much more expensive than a 9600gso

worst case senario you get to turn on a few more options in the game.
if its just for video playback then go for the cheaper card.

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Ignatowski wrote :

for the difference in price between them i'd just opt for the 4850.
same on the nvidia side. a gts250 isnt that much more expensive than a 9600gso

worst case senario you get to turn on a few more options in the game.
if its just for video playback then go for the cheaper card.

"Im building a gaming PC"

:sarcastic:

He still should post his resolution as there will most likely be better cost vs performance options....or if his budget supports it he should opt to get a nice new 22" monitor....

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rewindlabs wrote :

"Im building a gaming PC"

:sarcastic:

arg sometimes i wonder about my reading comprehension and short term memory skills.]

theres not really much better in the price/performance than the gts250 and gtx260-216 on the nvidia side. sure you can shave the price but performance dropoff is pretty sharp.

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Get a better monitor. Really. Start at 22" and don't go lower, then build a system around that.

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Thanks for the replies. The reason i'm using a 17" monitor is due to really tight budget restraints (we are in a recession after all). I bought it less than a year ago becuse my old monitor died. I haven't even fully paid for it yet. As for the resolutions, I'm planning to play games like Fallout 3, World in conflict, Mass Effect at 1280x1024 at the very least.

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If you want 4x or more anti-aliasing go with the gts 250 but at that resolution you could easily get away with the 9600 gt or 4830. Btw i just saw the 9600 gt for $50 at Fry's if money is your concern. The gts 250 will future proof your rig for a year or two if you don't upgrade your monitor, but I doubt you're going to keep that 17" more than a year or so.

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jennyh wrote :

Get a better monitor. Really. Start at 22" and don't go lower, then build a system around that.

then send the bill to Jennyh and all the other idiots who posted here thinking money grows on trees.

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rrr1431 wrote :

4830 is more then enough for a 17", frankly a 9600GT is more then enough for it.

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If you want to play Crysis nearly maxed out at 1280x1024, get a 9800GTX/GTX+/GTS250 or 4850. This will also max out any other game besides Crysis.

Get the GTX260 or 4870 for Crysis @ Ultra High at that resolution.

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Hd 4850 512 mb is enough for that resolution.

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