Which video card is better?

[Canadacorps]

Hello, I know nothing about graphics cards. Which is better? An MSI NX8600 GTS Video card or an Asus EAH4350??

 

[wa1]

Well, 8600GTS is better than HD4350.
But 8600GTS is a low end gaming card for today's standard, you will better with newer tech like GT240 or HD5670.
What is your FULL specs including monitor? budget?

 

[Canadacorps]

I did a rebuild from an old system - I had an old 775-880 Dual Pro Mobo with a P4 3.0 GHZ Prescott processor with HT, my 8600 GTS, and 2x1 GB DDR2 Corsair XMS2 Memory at 800 mhz, a 450W PSU, and a Sylvania 17" PD-80A monitor which has a max resolution of 1280x1024. I also used an 80GB WD HDD and a 250 Seagate, although I don't know the speeds on the drives.

I built a new machine on a budget: MOBO: ASUS M4785T-M/CSM, an Antec 650W PSU, AMD Athlon II X4 635 Processor at 2.9 GHZ, 2x 2GB Kingston RAM (dont know the speed of the top of my head), then re-used my HDD's monitor and video card. I had that other video card lying around and didn't know which one was better.

When I get some more money, I'm going to upgrade my drives, probably to 2x 1TB. I also want to install another 4GB of RAM and upgrade the video card. Any reccomendations for what I should get?

 

[wa1]

Okay, your system is good, if you want to stay with 17" monitor then you can go with GT240 or HD5670, that's should enough to handle most of games with HIGH/MED setting on your resolution...

 

[Maziar]

+1^
You can run games fine on medium/high with either GT 240/HD 5670 at your current resolution.