video card help

phrozen87 · 06-02-2009, 08:49 AM

Hi everybody. This is my first post. I have an onboard video and it is an ati radeon hd 3300 and i wanna upgrade it so would it be better for me to go with another ati or a geforce. what would be better? I am thinking of either a geforce 9800 or an ati 4850. Any help would be great.

here are my system specs

# AMD QUAD CORE PHEMON II AM2+ x4 (QUAD CORE BLACK EDITION) 940+ (4x3.0GHz) w/QUALITY HEATSINK AND FAN QUAD-HEAT PIPE CPU HEATSINK AND DUAL BALL-BEARING FAN

# AMD790GX MOTHERBOARD SUPPORTING USB 2.0, DDR2-1066, SATA-2, PCI-ExpressX16, 4 DIMMs, Hydrid CrossFireX
PCI-EXPRESSx16v2 & 2 PCI SLOTS & 1 PCI-EXPRESSx1 SLOT / 2 ULTRA ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE DEVICES ON 1 CHANNELS, SATA-2 300 with RAID for 6 DEVICES

# 8GB OF FAST DUAL CHANNEL DDR2-800 RAM

# PCI-Ex16 2D/3D ATI HD 3300 512MB HYPER-CACHE VIDEO w/ANALOG VGA , DVI-D & HDMI OUT, HDCP COMPLIANT FULL HD 1080p w/7.1 Sound through HDMI, DUAL DISPLAY SUPPORT, HDTV, 128MB DDR2 SIDEPORT MEMORY

# DELUXE ALIEN WING ATX MID-TOWER with 550 watt psu

west5648 · 06-02-2009, 10:16 AM

Depends on what brand you like or trust most, but right now the 4850 is considered the bang for the buck right now. But instead of looking at the 9800gtx+(which compares to the 4850), it is now rebranded to gts250.

**emosun** · 06-03-2009, 03:43 AM

Post your budget and the make and model of the 550w inside the case.

06-02-2009, 08:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
phrozen87 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Windows Xp	video card help Hi everybody. This is my first post. I have an onboard video and it is an ati radeon hd 3300 and i wanna upgrade it so would it be better for me to go with another ati or a geforce. what would be better? I am thinking of either a geforce 9800 or an ati 4850. Any help would be great. here are my system specs # AMD QUAD CORE PHEMON II AM2+ x4 (QUAD CORE BLACK EDITION) 940+ (4x3.0GHz) w/QUALITY HEATSINK AND FAN QUAD-HEAT PIPE CPU HEATSINK AND DUAL BALL-BEARING FAN # AMD790GX MOTHERBOARD SUPPORTING USB 2.0, DDR2-1066, SATA-2, PCI-ExpressX16, 4 DIMMs, Hydrid CrossFireX PCI-EXPRESSx16v2 & 2 PCI SLOTS & 1 PCI-EXPRESSx1 SLOT / 2 ULTRA ATA-133/100/66/33 IDE DEVICES ON 1 CHANNELS, SATA-2 300 with RAID for 6 DEVICES # 8GB OF FAST DUAL CHANNEL DDR2-800 RAM # PCI-Ex16 2D/3D ATI HD 3300 512MB HYPER-CACHE VIDEO w/ANALOG VGA , DVI-D & HDMI OUT, HDCP COMPLIANT FULL HD 1080p w/7.1 Sound through HDMI, DUAL DISPLAY SUPPORT, HDTV, 128MB DDR2 SIDEPORT MEMORY # DELUXE ALIEN WING ATX MID-TOWER with 550 watt psu Last edited by phrozen87; 06-02-2009 at 09:01 AM.

06-02-2009, 10:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
west5648 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8 OS: XP, Win7rc My System	Re: video card help Depends on what brand you like or trust most, but right now the 4850 is considered the bang for the buck right now. But instead of looking at the 9800gtx+(which compares to the 4850), it is now rebranded to gts250.

06-03-2009, 03:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
emosun Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa Posts: 6,982 OS: xp pro sp2 My System	Re: video card help Post your budget and the make and model of the 550w inside the case. __________________ Gpu Benchmarks Cpu-Z Power supply information and selection Gpu-Z Video card quick list