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Zcythe · Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject: Which card to pick?

Well this guy wants a graphical upgrade and asked me which card to get he has 200 dollars to upgrade, or a little over max is 50 bucks over. My real question is nvidia or ATI? He wants it for gaming, like up to date gaming like FEAR 2 or maybe crysis TF2 stuff like that.

I was aiming at this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130475

FullyAwesome · Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 4:01 pm Post subject:

make sure you take the size into account if you go for that card, it seems chunky.

cheesecan · Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 6:12 pm Post subject:

For those sort of games, i think a 4870 is good, its cheaper, still extremely good, and its not some super requiring graphics card ( it runs in oem pcs )
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102810

Actually what are his specs if they are not the best, maybe a better option is this 4850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121272

Because it runs fear 2 and tf2 maxed easily and will fit in any pc

Oh other people feel free to recommend the nvidia/ati alternatives.

Zcythe · Posted: Sat May 16, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:

Oh well his specs are fine he has 600 watt power supply, 4Gigs of ram ddr2, P5N-D mother board, and a Q6600 oced to 3ghz. =)

Zarr · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:08 am Post subject:

In the price range of the first card, get either the GTX 275 or HD4890.

The GTX275 is slightly faster than the HD4890 in nVidia optimized games (Crysis, COD4/5, etc), draws quite a bit less power on idle and is slightly quieter than the HD4890, however the HD4890 runs cooler, is slightly faster in non-nVidia optimized games (Fallout 3, L4D, etc) and draws quite a bit less power on load and is ever so slightly smaller.

When I say "slightly" with the FPS rates, I'm talking 2-3FPS at most. They're quite even. Get whichever is cheaper.

At a lower price point ($80-$100 less or so) with only a bit of performance lost, there's the GTX260 and HD4870, which, again, offer ridiculously similar performance. If he doesn't want to go over $200, get whichever is cheaper.

EDIT: Oh, ew. A board with an nVidia chipset. ATI card + nVidia chipset = fail. Get either the GTX260 or GTX275.

Josef Fritzl · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 12:19 am Post subject:

I remember theres this card that kind of sucks, but if you buy two of it for $240 and crossfire them, it's potential increases by 100% and is equal or better to a $600 card.
It just came out btw.

Zarr · Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 1:38 am Post subject: