Help choosing a graphics card

**Karamazovmm** · 12-07-2009, 20:01

This guy is lying to you, the HD 4350 will give you almost the same performance that you have today with you current graphics card.
There are some important things to see.

1- Series

Nvidia
9800>9600>9500>9400>9300>9200
and for the suffix GTX+>GT>GSO

ATI
4800>4770>4600>4500>4300

Yes there are newer graphics card, but they aren't low profile, like the gt 200 series for nvidia and the hd5000 for ati

2 - Quantity of the ram

Since you're going to play strategy games, you might as well buy a card with more ram, for the amount of units that it will have to process. Your best buy would be 1gb

3 - PSU

What's the wattage of the PSU? Remember buying a card with more power, you might need a dedicated power connector to the card

4 - Heat

Buying a card more powerful will generate more heat, and as such you will have to be more careful to put it in a such compact pc

5 - Advice

this article should shed some light on your quest http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...5970,2491.html, it's a reliable site, and maybe look if there's low profile available for this one http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforc...iew-31731.html
The gt 240 is apparently your best buy, look if there is a low profile card, if not I might recommend the 9800 if the heat is not a problem and if it is the 9600

**lionhard** · 12-07-2009, 23:10

Thanks for ur advice, i really want the 9800gt but no where in UK seems to have it :((((

**mountaingoat** · 12-08-2009, 01:00

eh they are in abundance down here

i would say go with ATI if you would also like to play many older games ( STW and MTW for example)

**antisocialmunky** · 12-08-2009, 05:19

Buy a EVGA, BFG, of XFX card to get the good warranties. XFX manufactures ATI cards so go look for it on newegg.com.

**SwissBarbar** · 12-08-2009, 14:37

I have an ATI Radeon HD4890, is perfect

**Karamazovmm** · 12-08-2009, 16:56

yes he would go the ATI way if the gt240 wasn't almost as powerful as the HD4850, and since that ATI makes only the HD4600 series below in the low profile format it would be rather difficult for him, asper shopping in newegg... he lives in UK