Video Card Upgrade

[ilya124]

Hey guys, I recently recieved a Nvidia Geforce 8400GS 512 mb as a gift. I have a dell vostro 400 with 3 gig ram and a Geforce 8300GS 128mb. The PSU in the dell isnt very powerful, i think its 300 watt. I narrowed down the choices to a ATI Radeon HD 4350 and a EVGA Geforce 9400gt. Both are 512mb. Which one is better for watching HD movies? (i dont game).

 

[ilya124]

anyone?

 

[jamesd1981]

wouldnt you be better using the card you got as a gift and upgrading the psu doesnt have to cost alot ive got 450 w psu and it runs a ddr3 512mb gainward card wouldnt cost alot for a 450 w brand name psu and you could recoop some of the cost buy selling your old psu

 

[Bodaggit23]

Hey guys, I recently recieved a Nvidia Geforce 8400GS 512 mb as a gift. I have a dell vostro 400 with 3 gig ram and a Geforce 8300GS 128mb. The PSU in the dell isnt very powerful, i think its 300 watt. I narrowed down the choices to a ATI Radeon HD 4350 and a EVGA Geforce 9400gt. Both are 512mb. Which one is better for watching HD movies? (i dont game).

All of the cards mentioned are about the same.

 

[ilya124]

well i narrowed it down to a gigabyte radeon hd 4350 512mb, a evga geforce 9400gt 1gb, and the bfg 8400gs 512mb. Which one is best for a little bit of gaming and mostly hd videos?

 

[Rit]

I personally would get the EVGA GeForce 9400 GT 1GB...

 

[Bodaggit23]

well i narrowed it down to a gigabyte radeon hd 4350 512mb, a evga geforce 9400gt 1gb, and the bfg 8400gs 512mb. Which one is best for a little bit of gaming and mostly hd videos?

As stated, all those cards are about the same, and will yield little performance increase over your current card.