intellectual

Hello Guys,

I'm planning to buy 9800 GTX+. Is it a good card? Or do i have a better option within the same price range?

Any suggestions will be helpful.

Regards,
TSF User

Phædrus2401

We need to know the rest of your specs:

Motherboard
CPU
RAM
Current graphics card
Power supply


The GTS250 is a 9800GTX+ with a slightly improved design. No additional performance, but a hair less power consumption. Also the 8800GTX is identical to the 9800GTX+ in all ways except the label and DX9.0c support, and is sometimes a little cheaper. The Radeon 4770 and 4850 compete with the 8800GTX/9800GTX+/GTS250 and are often cheaper than any of them--you can get a PowerColor Radeon 4850 512MB for $97. The Radeon 4870 is comparable to the GTX260 and is available for ~$130-150. The Radeon 5750 is available for $110-140 and competes with the 9800GTX+ and Radeon 4850, and the 5770 (match for the 4870) is available for $160-170.


ALL of these cards should have a quality 550-650W power supply like the Corsair TX650W.

intellectual

OEM PC -

Motherboard - Intel® 946GZ Express Chipset system Model - D946GZIS
CPU - Intel Core 2 @ 1.86 Ghz
RAM - 1 GB DDR II RAM
Current graphics card - Intel GMA 3000 onboard (128 MB)
Power supply - None

Thanks for your valuable suggestion

Phædrus2401

Two things:

1. The computer does have a power supply, else it wouldn't turn on. It's the boxy component where the power cord comes in, we need the brand and model # and wattage rating.

2. With your computer you're going to see a big bottleneck running a card in the range you're looking at. Meaning that your CPU isn't going to be able to keep up with your graphics card, so the card will be sitting around waiting for the CPU to catch up.


I'd say anything better than a Radeon 4670 would be a waste, unless you're planning on doing a total system overhall.

intellectual

@Phædrus2401 - Got you. There you go pal,

It's an inbuilt PSU since it's an OEM. Had a look at labels and everything you suggested. It's called FSP300-60LD 300 Watts. Following is the link to the product page.

http://electronic-components.globals...A-9A98528887EC

""I'd say anything better than a Radeon 4670 would be a waste, unless you're planning on doing a total system overhall.""

I'll take your suggestion in consideration however i would like to know, will Radeon 4670 let me play latest games and according to your knowledge and experience will it be obsolete in few years or will i atleast get value for money?

Phædrus2401

A 4670 is still a pretty decent mid-range card. It's still gonna play games for years to come; just not on their highest settings. I mean, the Radeon X1000 series is from clear back in 2005 and the X1650, until very recently, was a standard "minimum requirement" card. Up until ~2008 it still got decent settings in most games. The 4670 is the Radeon 4 series' equivalent of the X1650.

emosun

However that power supply isn't good enough for any gpu upgrade really.

intellectual

Thanks a heaven for the help guys. I'll then upgrade PSU along with the card.

kyle g lied

even if you upgrade the power supply along with the card, make sure you dont get anything better than the radeon 4670, or will be too fast like Phaedrus2401 said and bottle neck