Use ATI Radeon HD 4200 or keep an nVidia 7900 GS?

rad666

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Ok, right now I am in the middle of a complete system overhaul. I have broken the rebuild into three stages and I have ordered Stage 1 from NewEgg. Parts on order:

Gigabyte GA-MA785GM-US2H Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X3 435 Rana 2.9 ghz AM3
Wintec AMPX 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR2 800 dual channel kit

The new motherboard has an integrated ATI Radeon HD 4200 that I plan on allocating 512mb of memory. My current, 3 year old, system has a nVidia 7900 GS 256mb. Should I keep the single discrete 7900GS or use the integrated HD4200?

It is also important to note, that the next stage will either be 1: a new HDD, DVDr, and Win7 PRo, OR 2: an ATI Radeon 5750 1gb (I have not decided on which yet, but I'm leaning towards the graphics card), so which ever graphics choice I make, it will be short term.

Current OS is WinXP Pro SP3, and will be until I upgrade the HDD.

Any opinions would be appreciated and helpful.


Thanks!
 
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If you want somthing that's going to last a few years don't get the 5750, it's barely a gaming card. Get atleast the 4870 / 5770

The difference between the 5750 - 5770 is about $20 and it's totally worth it.

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By the way, the HD 5750 has the same performance as the HD 4850. But the 4850 is $93.

The HD 5750 is only good because it supports DX11, and eyefinity. To be honest I would take the 4850 over the 5750 any day.
 

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I chose the 5750 because I want this system to also last about three years, hence the 5750 over the 4850 (because of the DX11).
 

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If you want somthing that's going to last a few years don't get the 5750, it's barely a gaming card. Get atleast the 4870 / 5770

The difference between the 5750 - 5770 is about $20 and it's totally worth it.
 
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rad666

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Sounds like sound advice. Thanks Whitefang!

Any recommendations as to the brand? I like XFX myself, but I'm open to suggestions.