9600gt vs 8800gt vs HD 4850

87dtna

Active Member
I'm gonna buy a better psu,
so what should I look for if I'm gonna buy a new PSU?

Decent brand name, and more than 80% efficiency.

This one is really good, and will be way plenty for any need you will have even in the future-

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341017

Although it's $75 now, it has a $25 mail in rebate plus it comes with a 4gb flash drive, and it has free shipping.

I was gonna link you to a $65 OCZ psu with 550 watts, but the 600 had free shipping so they would have been pretty much the same price.
 

Aastii

VIP Member
the 250 is better than the 3 cards you asked about, yes.

I'm gonna buy a better psu,
so what should I look for if I'm gonna buy a new PSU?

what you are looking for is well known and trusted brands: Silverstone, Corsair, Pc Power and Cooling, OCZ, Antec do some fairly decent PSUs, Tagan do some good ones, but they also do some dreadful ones.

When you get a power supply, the +12V rail(s) are the most important ones to look out for. If there are multiple rails, add the amps and you get the total amps across the 12V rails
 

gimmigzgy

New Member
is it safe to purchase from the internet?
I'm from the Philippines,
is the free shipping and rebate included in my country?
 

mill4978

New Member
All internet buying has it's risk. If you are going to buy off of Ebay I would suggest setting up paypal. Ebay is pretty safe if you use paypal and make sure the person you are buying from has good feedback.
 

linkin

VIP Member
I have made over 100 purchases on ebay. only trouble i had was with my Ati 4850, which got lost in the postage system. my money got refunded because i used paypal, so paypal is a must.
 

bigrich0086

Active Member
quite a bit.
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gimmigzgy

New Member
lets narrow down the choices,
cuz tomorrow I'm gonna buy a video card and PSU,
so,

for nba2k10, needforspeed shift, grid and crysis.

which 1 would I choose?

Nvidia 9600gt

or

radeon 4850
 

bigrich0086

Active Member
hd4850 or 4870. The 4850 will be lil faster thant 9600 but the 4870 has better fps on all those games. But all comes down to what you can afford.
 

gimmigzgy

New Member
only a little bit faster?
so when it comes to a budget card,
I should go with the 9600?

cuz I'm gonna buy an AMD procie,
what card would run better with an AMD procie?
 

bigrich0086

Active Member
If you look at the Charts you can see the 4850 will be better over 9600.

But it depends on your CPU. If you OC it youll increase your BUS between cpu and gpu thus getting better FPS. I would if i were you totaly forget the 9600 and go with 4850 or higher depending on your power supply
 
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