9800GTX+ too old to buy??

Hi, I want to be able to play some games on my pc but with my current setup every game looks like a slideshow. I found a 9800gtx+ for a very good price (about 130$) and I was wondering if this card will last for the next few years or will new games be too much for it to handle, should I invest more money in more powerful cards? I am on a budget so is there a good card you guys can suggest for under 150$? or do I need more money, I like games like nfs shift/pro street, gta iv, bioshock and other racing/shooting games.
current monitor 17inch 1280 x 1024
next monitor 24inch 1920 x 1080

The card will be used on a core i5 system with 4gb of DDR3
I am more familiar with nvidia cards so can someone plz explain the ati naming system to me,
if 57XX low end and 58XX the high end which models can compare to similarly performing nvidia cards , 5870, 5850, 5730 etc.

THANKS.

Too old? I don't think its too old per se, but I'm not sure $130 is a compelling price for that card. You can get a nice HD4850 for $100 plus rebate, or an HD 4870 in the $130 raNGE. Or as you say, the 5750 at $130 would be more compelling with newer features and HD4870 class performance.

The 9800GTX+ is an 8800gt thats overclocked and tweaked. I would say it is slower than an HD4870 in that price range. But if you really want to make a caomparison, why not head over to the "Best video cards for the money" and look at the chart to see where they all fit?

the 9800gtx at that price is completely pointless, simply put there are better ATI's for cheaper. The 4870 walks all over it for the same price too.

HD5770 out of the two for the price listed!

It is slightly faster than 5770 with some price difference at the moment. In addition, the difference is within 5fps.

Hence, I believe that HD5770 will surpass the HD4870 when its driver mature and DX11 games released! Furthermore, the HD5xxx's performance scaling in CF is amazing according to the test result in one of the recent THG article!

I don't see any reason in going with the HD4870 instead with the price in the U.S..

Get HD4870 ONLY if you are at a location where the price of HD5770 is similar to that of the HD4890(e.g. Australia & NZ) and don't consider CF at all.
Keep waiting until the price of HD5770 drop to that of the HD4870 if you are in NZ and considering CF in the future!
Get HD4890 instead if you are in NZ, willing to pay for the HD5770 price HERE and want to purchase your new card now without considering CF.

Wrong.

GTX = 65nm

GTX+ = 55nm

GTS 250 = 9800GTX+

It's true it is cheaper... silly Nvidia.

Well performance is about the same, but Dx11 is the golden nugget here.

So what if the HD 4870 is slightly better value now?

The HD 5770 is more future proof with Dx11.

The game run the same on a 17 or 19".
It will obviously look better on a bigger screen.

Your case can take the card as well as your PSU...

Yeh that's what I said...I guess it wasn't clear. 9800GTX+s and GTS250s are both 55nm. GTS250 uses even less power than the GTX+ version and most models need only 1 power connector.

ur psu is good enough, no need to replace it.

i dont know much about physx, but i THINK pcie is required

&& i commend you for trying an ati card. conformity is disgusting, especially when people refuse to try things that are better for them

*edit*

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=100524281

since your going for an ati card that doesn't have physx support, you can probably stick with the 9400gt for physx. you might need to mess with the drivers because nvidia cut physx support for ati cards recently.. they obviously feel VERY threatened by the new ati cards

HD5770 only require 450W!

Yes, this one is not good as it's 70+ instead of 80+.

Either way I dont want to go for the minimum, just in case.

My current pc had a 230W (YES, a 230W psu)
DELL
p4 2.8ghz
2gb of ram
160gb sata 7200rpm
radeon 9250
optical drive

was this even safe??? I am never buying a dell again, it ran for 4 years and all that time I didnt even care that my psu got so hot that I could barely touch it untill I realized its time to upgrade before that thing catches fire or something thats why now im using the 500w, i just dont want it to be the same thing on a new pc

if its not safe to run the new pc on 500w then ill get a better psu first and gpu when i get more money

Agree.

9800GX2 on 380W PSU?! Are you serious?

It might be that you never play games that would utilize the full potential of that card.

E4300...... I believe that your GFX's potential is hugely bottle necked by your CPU.

Agree.

However, he is with the 9800GX2 which requires at least 580W according to nVidia's website. Even though it is overrated by nVidia, a 380W is definitely a pain.

You are absolutely asking for trouble with 380W.

Why would you get a 380W instead of a decent 550W+ PSU if you are rich enough to get a 9800GX2

This reminds me when I ran a 8800gtx off a vintage Enermax noisetaker that was only 475w and wasn't even atx 2.0 compliant.

Not really worth it.

Data can't travel fast enough through such a connection.

The pci-e 1x is the worst bottle neck for even the lowest end gpus made in the last half decade. If you ever get the chance to ditch the dell hell do so you wont look back.