ATI Radeon HD 4200 vs GeForce 9500 GT

[kdawg12357]

Just for playing games like World of Warcraft or Call of Duty 4 i don't know which would be better.
Any help appreciated.

 

[thuan]

For HD Decoding the HD4200 is better, for games the GeForce 9500GT is better.

 

[kdawg12357]

I don't know if this helps but this is actually the model http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgr951024gte.aspx I'm kind of newcomer at this stuff.

 

[Mousemonkey]

The 9500GT can run some older games quite well, just don't expect too much from it because you will be disappointed.

 

[kdawg12357]

Well I already have it, just debating whether or not to use it. I'm just asking if it will out preform the ati hd 4200

 

[Mousemonkey]

You already have both or just the 9500GT?

 

[kdawg12357]

The ATI is integrated, I have the 9500GT from previous computer. Debating whether to put it in

 

[kdawg12357]

Also, this motherboard has a 1.0 PCIe making me wonder if it would work at it's full potential seeing the 9500gt is for 2.0

 

[shadow187]

And before anyone asks why he hasn't already tried it; if it wasn't better, can you imagine the hassle of uninstalling/reinstalling two different drivers twice?

Go with the 9500GT.

 

[kdawg12357]

For some reason the 9500GT isn't working with my computer.
http://review.zdnet.com/product/desktops/hp-pavilion-p6230y/33777302
Is my computer compatible, I have 8gb DDR3 ram and this is a 1gbDDR2 ram gpu, like i said im a nooby, any help?

 

[shadow187]

There is no reason why it shouldn't work. Make sure you fully uninstalled the previous drivers.

 

[brockh]

That's unfortunate they sold you a 1GB 9500GT. It is a very weak card, and has only half the performance (if not less than) a regular 512MB 9600GT which only costs about $10-20 more (not to mention you're paying for 1GB of video memory which you can't use). You could've paid around the same price ($65) for an HD 4670 as well.

 

[kdawg12357]

All right, thanks I guess I'm going to look into a HD 4670, I've heard good about them and they're cheap