Need help in deciding which video card

[Sandman61]

well i bought e5200, i have 400w power supply , 2gb ddr2...well basicly the computer is like for home (1024x768)... but i do wanna play games not on the very high settings but yet i want to enjoy it and have nice graphics...

so what will suit me best between these: HD3870, HD4670, 9600GT,9800GT.
thx

 

[Tedster]

go to tomshardwareguide.com and read their tables for your budget to determine what you need. There's a card for every budget out there. Their tables show performance and price ranges.

 

[kimsland]

I spent a few minutes at that site (which I found difficult to navigate to and around) lots of info, and the original supplied link "tomshardwareguide.com" actually does not take you to their site on its own

I ended up finding prices here:
http://stores.tomshardware.com/search_attrib.php/page_id=5/st=sort/sortby=priceA

And Performance Charts here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/graphics-cards,1.html

Not sure if they are the best links at the huge site, but I got sick of searching around it!

 

[Sandman61]

9800gt = 9800gt sli? i mean is there a difference.. i don't know what SLI stands for

thank u

 

[kimsland]

SLI stands for scalable link interface.

But I'll let someone else (more expertised in this) answer which is better and why

 

[Sandman61]

i think i decided that ill buy 4670... the question is - is there big difference between 1gb or 512?

i see the 9600gt getting better results... and the price is kinda the same... how much power supplement it needs?