hey guys,
my mobo's onboard graphics went kaput and it wont show any red color, so i'd like to hear your recommendations for a new gpu.
budget : 2-3k
use : some photoshop, casual gaming, dont care much about eye-candy.
location : delhi/ncr
company : any, i lean both ways
ATI Radeon 5450 and nvidia 9500GT are the only ones that come to my mind in that price range, if gaming is a priority over an hdmi port i would go for nvidia 9500gt it can run almost all games on low settings and provides very playable fps
there is also ATI 4650 , not sure how it compares to 9500GT
below 3k, 9500GT 512Mb DDR2 as HD4650 isn't as freely available & also the performance is more or less the same.
according to this 4650 trumps 9500gt by quite a margin.
on average (if you read Anandtech review), 9500GT 512Mb DDR2 is slightly better or on par with HD4650 512Mb DDR2.
9500GT is widely available while 4650 might be somewhat hard to find
vicky gddr3 one is for 3.5k AFAIK.
hmm, thanks, i'll keep that in mind when buying.
@vickybat : dude, i dont have that kind of money ^_^, somehow i scraped together 6k bucks, 500 went for ep 630, 2700 for 1tb seagate hdd, and the rest is for the gpu.
Ok buddy then settle for a 4650. Do some serious bargaining with the vendor.
@vicky, sure man, i intend to.
