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evilhugbear

evilhugbear

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Hello, my bro has an xbox but also games on his pc a little. So my dad said he will buy him a graphics card that is 100$ or less.
He has everything I have except for graphics card (His is onboard Nvidia 8200) and power supply ( 430 watt power supply)

What is the best graphics card my dad can get him for this price?
(We would like nVidia)
 

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evilhugbear said:
Hello, my bro has an xbox but also games on his pc a little. So my dad said he will buy him a graphics card that is 100$ or less.
He has everything I have except for graphics card (His is onboard Nvidia 8200) and power supply ( 430 watt power supply)

What is the best graphics card my dad can get him for this price?
(We would like nVidia)
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Have you taken a look at the ATi Radeon HD 4670 series? They are pretty good cards.
 

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thepizzaman said:
so would the 4850...... thats now only $109....... that is faster than that 9800

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI, VGA at TigerDirect.com

XFX Radeon HD 4850 Video Card - 512MB DDR3. PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV at TigerDirect.com
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He said he wants Nvidia. And has a budget of $100.

The 4850 and 9800GT are pretty even in terms of performance as well.
 

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Everlong18 said:
thepizzaman said:
so would the 4850...... thats now only $109....... that is faster than that 9800

Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 Video Card - 512MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, HDMI, VGA at TigerDirect.com

XFX Radeon HD 4850 Video Card - 512MB DDR3. PCI Express 2.0 x16, CrossFireX Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV at TigerDirect.com
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He said he wants Nvidia. And has a budget of $100.

The 4850 and 9800GT are pretty even in terms of performance as well.
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:p no they aren't.... the 9800 is slower.... and he also said best for his money..... that would be the 4850 :p
 

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I would like nVidia, he is going to use it for games. I heard somewhere that usually nvidia gets more frames than ATI. Is this true?
 

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evilhugbear said:
I would like nVidia, he is going to use it for games. I heard somewhere that usually nvidia gets more frames than ATI. Is this true?
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HA HA YES YES ITS TRUE!!!!!!!! ;)


actually it depends on the card just google it for some benchmark results
 

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in this case... the 4850 gets more frames.... because it is faster
 

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the HD4850 is the clear performance & ''bang for your buck'' choice out of the two.. ;)

(Hardspell)


if he wants to stick with Nvidia, he should be looking at the 9800GTX+.... this card has comparable performance to the 4850, (but still slower in most cases)
 

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skunksmash said:
the HD4850 is the clear performance & ''bang for your buck'' choice out of the two.. ;)

(Hardspell)


if he wants to stick with Nvidia, he should be looking at the 9800GTX+.... this card has comparable performance to the 4850, (but still slower in most cases)
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i thought of that first but according nvidia it needs a minimum 450w with 24A on the 12v rail , he has a 430w psu which could be fine but as its a pre built with onboard theres no way the 12v rail will be beefy enough i dont think , i suggested the GT as it'll run on his current psu

if you look here http://www.legitreviews.com/article/731/17/ you see that both the gtx+ and 4850 use about the same power wise , so personally i wouldnt recommend either of them without a psu upgrade
 

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hm... a 4850 should run on the 430 watts..... it really only needs about 100.... it all depends on what he has on the 12 rail
 

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thepizzaman said:
hm... a 4850 should run on the 430 watts..... it really only needs about 100.... it all depends on what he has on the 12 rail
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thepizzaman said:
hm... a 4850 should run on the 430 watts..... it really only needs about 100.... it all depends on what he has on the 12 rail
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but what are you basing that on mate? look at that link , on load the 4850 takes 235W alone thats a big chunk it takes more than 100w when idling . ATI recommend 450w as do NVidia for the GTX+ and at least 24A on the 12V rail , if thats a shop bought pc with onboard graphics the psu wont be up to the task it may throw up allsorts of issues
 

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um..... pc power calculator.... haha i think your the one who showed it to me.... haha
 

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skunksmash said:
the HD4850 is the clear performance & ''bang for your buck'' choice out of the two.. ;)

(Hardspell)


if he wants to stick with Nvidia, he should be looking at the 9800GTX+.... this card has comparable performance to the 4850, (but still slower in most cases)
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But then he'd need to spend over $100 :p
 

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yes..... $20 over haha so? that like one meal at outback haha
 

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those "recommended power" ratings are ridiculousy over stated. Dont sweat it if you have a decent 430 watt unit, youll be fine.
 

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thepizzaman said:
yes..... $20 over haha so? that like one meal at outback haha
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What you saying so to me for? He said his Dad will only buy one under $100. Not me.
 

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