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- Thread starter ddtran
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Thanks! Which would be a better pick out of these 2?
blue957400
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Since you already have an ndvidia card i'd go for the 9800gtx..thier's more brands of the same card out thier maybe you can choose a different one but this one was the only one for 129.99
Depends alot on what kind of Power Supply you have.
GTS 250 free game
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150357
4850 1gb. model
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150351
Dont care much for Powercolor, but a good deal for a 4870
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131140
blue957400
Member
i think that it's betweent the gts 250 and the 9800gtx.... the 250 is a renamed 9800gtx but since it's a newer card and has better driver's it will probably be slightly better.... I say go for the 250 but if you could dish out another $30-$40 maybe you could go for a gtx260
bomberboysk
Active Member
What are the rest of the specs of your system? Cpu/mobo/memory?
They use the same drivers...
I think that I might go for the gts 250. My original plan was to spend about a $100 but then my brother lend me about 40 dollars to buy the card. Thanks for the input guys
blue957400
Member
ok but the 250 has probably has some bug fixes and such on the card
E6300 1.86ghz cpu
P5QL-Em mobo
4gb ram(unknown brand)
Which would you recommend bomberboysk?
bomberboysk
Active Member
Not really, just uses a little less power. Its not worth it to spend the extra on a gts250 over a 9800gtx+ as the performance is pretty much identical, if your gonna spend that much get a GTX260 core 216:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10010437
Id go with the 1GB HD4850 that stranglehold recommended to be honest, or a GTX 260 core 216. Or if its within budget one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127413
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161269
You care to explain that.
bomberboysk
Active Member
Hes just assuming it, the word "probably" is the key word there.
The only difference between a 9800gtx+ and GTS250 are the power design that has been optimized to use slightly less power and therefore require only one pci-e connector, the card is a little bit shorter, and thats about it. They both use the same core(G92b).
I would get a 250 myself, but it really makes no difference. Its just a bios flash
. Even the last models of the 9800GTX+ only had one PCIe power connector with a shorter PCB. Some joker at Nvidia just decided to move them into the lower end 200 series (hence GTS instead of GTX) Kinda dumb to me. If they wanted to do that they should have renamed the 9800GT the GS250. But then again the 9800GT is just a renamed 8800GT. Hell even the 9600GSO was a renamed 8800GS. Somebody in Nvidia needs to be smacked up the side of there head
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blue957400
Member
Kinda retarded that nvidia does this... You'd think the newer card would be better... guess that's the whole scam then..=/
bomberboysk
Active Member
Whatever is cheaper.