[Solved] Need some advice on video cards

hi guys. i am planning to change my geforce 8400GS video card and i am choosing between:

geforce 9500, 8600, 9600
ATI HD 4650, 4670

someone told me that the 9500, 8600, and 4650 are quite the same. and 4650 a lil bit higher. and 9600 much higher. is that true? and are those around $60? that's my budget. thanks for the replies

Hello and welcome to the forums
Between those choices,both 9600(GT/GSO) and HD 4670 are the fastest.You can't go wrong with either

Yes, 9600 draws more power than 4670.
Thanks for pointing it out

Yes both 9600/4670 are much better than 8600,9500 and 4650

Well, the thing with graphics cards and power supplies is that you have to make sure your power supply is a) good and b) has the right connections. Most the time b) isn't an issue if a) is met, because you can get a variety of adapter cables. The 9600 gt requires a 6 pin power connector and at least a 400W power supply AFAIK, but more importantly you have to make sure your power supply has at least 20A on the 12V rail (if you don't understand that don't worry I'll explain), but to be safe and depending on your system config you want 25-30A just to be safe.

If you're not sure about all that, the 4670 is great from the point of view that you just plug it in and go. No funny cabling, not too much worrying about your power supply, just plug and play.

ATI products are great, you have nothing to worry about. If your motherboard supports PCI-Express, it will support any PCI-E card you put in it. It doesn't matter if the card runs with DDR2, 3, 4, or 5 VRAM. That's the only thing, make sure your mobo isn't AGP and you're good to go!

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