mayhem_117
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I've been looking to upgrade my graphics card for awhile now. My computer is pretty old but it runs everything great for me, all it's missing is a decent graphics card. I have a Dell Dimension 2400 with an i845G intel motherboard, 2GB DDR ram, Intel Pentium 4 processor/2.66 Ghz, OS: Windows 7. The only slots available on this computer are 3 PCI slots. So the card I'm looking for has to be a PCI card. I'm want to be able to play older games like Doom 3 or the Silent Hill games for PC and have Windows 7 look a bit more prettier (My current Geforce4 MX 4000 doesn't support Windows 7). Also when I go to watch youtube videos in HD my computer struggles to play it smoothly so I hope a better graphics card will fix this
The two graphics cards I can't decide between are a
Geforce 9400GT - (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7277997&CatId=1603)
Radeon HD 5450 - (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...bgwTyz__wyCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=00-11293369-2)
They both seem like very good cards, and I like that the 9400GT is a 128-Bit card and has 1GB of video RAM. The only thing I don't like is that it has a fan on it and I read that these breakdown over time and I usually leave my computer on all day. The EVGA site also has this card for $60
However with the HD 5450, it's a DirectX 11 card with a heatsink on it so I don't have to worry about the fan giving out on me. This also has an HDMI adapter that I can use with my monitor. The catch is that it requires a 400W power supply. I was going to buy the 9400GT at $60 and a $45 430 Watt power supply which would have just put me over $100. But if I want the Radeon card then I'll end up spending close to $150
I'm just not sure which card would perform better. The 9400GT has double the Bus Width (128 > 64 Bit) and double the video ram. But the HD 5450 operates on faster memory and has the faster specs.
Which one would people recommend that I go with? I was trying not to go over $100 but if I can get better performance and life out of the HD 5450 then I'll go with that one.
The two graphics cards I can't decide between are a
Geforce 9400GT - (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7277997&CatId=1603)
Radeon HD 5450 - (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...bgwTyz__wyCjCVqHCjCdwwp&cpncode=00-11293369-2)
They both seem like very good cards, and I like that the 9400GT is a 128-Bit card and has 1GB of video RAM. The only thing I don't like is that it has a fan on it and I read that these breakdown over time and I usually leave my computer on all day. The EVGA site also has this card for $60
However with the HD 5450, it's a DirectX 11 card with a heatsink on it so I don't have to worry about the fan giving out on me. This also has an HDMI adapter that I can use with my monitor. The catch is that it requires a 400W power supply. I was going to buy the 9400GT at $60 and a $45 430 Watt power supply which would have just put me over $100. But if I want the Radeon card then I'll end up spending close to $150
I'm just not sure which card would perform better. The 9400GT has double the Bus Width (128 > 64 Bit) and double the video ram. But the HD 5450 operates on faster memory and has the faster specs.
Which one would people recommend that I go with? I was trying not to go over $100 but if I can get better performance and life out of the HD 5450 then I'll go with that one.