which is better?

[bonethrack]

so im getting a graphics card and i want to know what is better for gaming of the 2 Ive found

GeForce 9500 GT 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121339

Radeon HD 4650 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121340

also if theres a better card for about the same price i know nothing of video cards

 

[megagabobe1]

teall me ur budget and ill see what i can find for u.

also tell me what CPU, PSU ,and how much RAM do u have

 

[bonethrack]

my budget is 70$ i think its a 300 watt power supply
AMD Athlon II X2 215 Processor 2.7GHz
3.5 gigs ram ddr2

 

[notty22]

The 4650 is a faster gpu.
Here is TH heirarchy chart.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-radeon-hd-geforce-gtx,2676-7.html
A ddr3 version of the 4650
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131360&cm_re=HD_4650-_-14-131-360-_-Product
http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-6278-view-Radeon-HD-4670-and-HD-4650-performance-review.html

 

[megagabobe1]

you should go for the 9800 gt, is better than the hd 4670, had physx, and cuda. i had one of those and i could play almost everything maxed out at 1680x1050 resolution

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121352R&cm_re=9800_gt-_-14-121-352R-_-Product

 

[jaguarskx]

If you can stretch your budget a little bit you can get a HD 5670 which is roughly 25% more powerful than the HD 4670 and also uses less power than the HD 4670 and only slightly more than the HD 4650.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131334&cm_re=hd_5670-_-14-131-334-_-Product

It is $74 after a $15 mail-in rebate + $7 shipping.

Also 1GB of RAM on slow cards does nothing. They cannot take advantage of so much RAM. It's simply marketing.

 

[bonethrack]

thanks for the help guys but now im stuck between these 2 cards

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121352R&cm_re=9800_gt-_-14-121-352R-_-Product&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131334&cm_re=hd_5670-_-14-131-334-_-Product&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=

leaning more toward the radeon due to it not being open box

 

[jaguarskx]

Do not buy the 9800GT. It consumes about 80w - 83w of power. More than is recommended for a 300w PSU; unless you are gonna buy a new PSU. It requires a 6-pin power connector. Since it is "open box" you don't know why it was returned.

The HD 5670 consumes under 30w so no additional 6-pin power connector is necessary. It is also new. But you need to deal with a mail-in rebate.

See following HD 5670 review. I think the 9800 GT is about a powerful as the GT 240 in the review. I could be wrong though. I do know it is less powerful than the GT 250.

http://www.www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/radeon-hd5670-hd5570-hd5450_2.html#sect0

 

[bonethrack]

ok im going with the radeon its the same spot on the hierarchy needs less PSU and i looked up some videos and its awesome i was pretty amazed when people in the reviews said 1680x1050 was low res considering my current one doesn't go that high

thank you all again for all your help

 

[bonethrack]

Best answer selected by bonethrack.