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Geforce 1Gb 9400GT vs 1Gb HD5450

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hello
my PC specs:
Intel Pentium Dual core E5500 2.8GHz (Over Clocked 3.4GHz)
2GB RAM
Geforce 1 GB 9400GT (Over Clocked)
Win7 32Bit

i have been playing games like Kane & Lynch2: dog days, Mass effect2, GTA IV:EFLC, Lost Planet2, NFS HP2010, etc. they all run fine on medium to high quality settings with the above specs.

My problem is i want to buy an HD5450 1GB which seems to be slightly powerful than my 9400GT GPU, except for the 64bit memory interface the HD5450 has compared to 128bit of the 9400GT.

Does the memory interface count that much considering the HD5450 has a faster core clock, memory clock, has ddr3 etc.

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Which makes the 9400GT faster than the HD5450, right? I'm also looking at the prices. Approximately how much would the 5550 cost me? I would have gone for the HD5670 but our guys are killing us with their prices, $200USD for the HD5670 and $90USD for the HD5450.
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That's the thing. I'm not in the US. I'm in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe to be specific. I use Kalahari.net from South Africa. By the time it gets this side it'll probably be around $150. The price isn't bad though, I'll look into it.

Do you know how much performance i will get if i overclock it? I cant talk of cross fire because the money will be equivalent to buying maybe an HD57xx
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The 5550 is the bottom end of the gaming offering by ATI, overclocking it honestly won't do a great deal but you could always give it a try. It also uses a single slot cooler instead of a double slot so cooling would definitely be an issue.
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malvichm said:
That's the thing. I'm not in the US. I'm in Southern Africa, Zimbabwe to be specific. I use Kalahari.net from South Africa. By the time it gets this side it'll probably be around $150. The price isn't bad though, I'll look into it.

Do you know how much performance i will get if i overclock it? I cant talk of cross fire because the money will be equivalent to buying maybe an HD57xx



Kalahari is horribly expensive when it comes to electronic components. Take2.co.za is much better, they have a wider range as well. Not sure of they deliver to Zim though.

Can't you get a friend in RSA to buy the card from a local retailer and bring it across for you?

I have friends down there and i don't trust most of them with anything but the ones i do trust don't travel that often. Let me visit Take2 & see their delivery conditions. I think I'll go for the 5550. I did some research and it's an alright card, faster than the 9400GT. I took a look at the chart as well and its way up the list compared to the 9400GT.

thanks
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malvichm said:
@ Dominaz1, yeah i noticed. @ Herr_Koos, they sure have good prices. I just spotted reasonably priced 1156, 1366 mobos and CPUs. i might just build me a new rig.
Thanks guys.



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