Please recommend which graphics card to buy

Dashken · 17th Jun 2009, 10:12 AM

Hihi... I'm thinking of upgrading again. Still using 7600GT le.

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I'm now thinking of ATI 4870 and ATI 4890. Which one is better value for money?

While I was just browsing through our local PC Depot website, ATI 4870 suddenly dropped its price from RM795 to RM680!

It's actually the PWCL ATI HD4870 PCIE 512MB 256BIT and unfortunately, that's the best ATI card available in that shop.

Then there're also:
MSI GF N275GTX PCIE 896MB 448BIT - RM975.00
MSI GF N260GTX PCIE 896MB 448BIT - RM745.00

I just want to get my card from somewhere near, where I can chase the shop if my card's broken or something (just in case), had a really bad experience when I asked Chai to buy my 6800GT from Lowyat which ended up barely used.

I already have below:

CPU: C2Q Q9450
Motherboard: Gigabyte G33 (some OEM mobo)

And besides the graphics card, will need to buy:

RAM: Kingston Hyper-X KHX6400D2LLK2 CL4 (2x2GB) - RM245
PSU: Cooler Master - Silent Pro-M 600W - RM450

Any comments on the above setup would be much appreciated.

Chai · 17th Jun 2009, 01:47 PM

What are you buying it for? Is there any games worth upgrading for?

I bought 4830 recently to get 4850 performance with low power consumption.

Dashken · 17th Jun 2009, 01:57 PM

Games lo. I want to finish Fallout 3 but it sucks on my 7600GT.

Chai · 17th Jun 2009, 02:16 PM

Aiya...Get 4770 or something also good enough la. No need to waste money. Buy PS3 or something.

Dashken · 17th Jun 2009, 02:52 PM

PS3 damn expensive man...

And do I need to rent games or buy?

goldfries · 17th Jun 2009, 06:31 PM

want performance and cheap, HD4830.

HD4770 is slower a big, cost more BUT better on the power consumption side.

there's some GTS250 going on for RM 430 only recently, I think that one damn value also, so tempting.

btw for Penang, can try this one Welcome to Karom Enterprise - a friend of mine.

Lacus · 17th Jun 2009, 09:35 PM

4770 rare these days lol...high demand but low on stock >.<..4830 also not bad wat (somemore 3xx nia!

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Chai · 18th Jun 2009, 02:29 AM

And can be modded to very low power consumption.

Damn I love cheap stuff now!

Dashken · 18th Jun 2009, 01:04 PM

You guys have changed so much.

Chai · 18th Jun 2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

You guys have changed so much.

PC got no games to play already...What's the point of upgrading man...

17th Jun 2009, 01:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	What are you buying it for? Is there any games worth upgrading for? I bought 4830 recently to get 4850 performance with low power consumption. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

17th Jun 2009, 01:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,231 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	Games lo. I want to finish Fallout 3 but it sucks on my 7600GT. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

17th Jun 2009, 02:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	Aiya...Get 4770 or something also good enough la. No need to waste money. Buy PS3 or something. __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

17th Jun 2009, 02:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,231 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	PS3 damn expensive man... And do I need to rent games or buy? __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

17th Jun 2009, 06:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
goldfries www.goldfries.com Join Date: 22 Jan 2003 Location: KL/PJ Malaysia Posts: 7,953 Reputation: 539 Rep Power: 19	want performance and cheap, HD4830. HD4770 is slower a big, cost more BUT better on the power consumption side. there's some GTS250 going on for RM 430 only recently, I think that one damn value also, so tempting. btw for Penang, can try this one Welcome to Karom Enterprise - a friend of mine. __________________ no computer specs \| no photography gear list \| no userbars \| no quotes

17th Jun 2009, 09:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lacus Super Active Join Date: 28 Mar 2008 Location: Some gundam factory o.o Posts: 1,302 Reputation: 180 Rep Power: 4	4770 rare these days lol...high demand but low on stock >.<..4830 also not bad wat (somemore 3xx nia! ) __________________ GUNDAM 00[Intel Xeon E3110 E0 Stock\|Asus Rampage Maximus Formula (Rampage Bios Mod)\|Gigabyte HD4850 512MB GDDR3+T-Rad2\|4x2gb DDR2 1000Mhz OCZ SLI-Ready Edition\|Western Digital WD6400AAKS 640GB\|Creative X-FI XtremeMusic\|Creative Inspire P5800\|Silverstone Strider ST56F\|Acer X233H\|Keyboard=Microsoft Sidewinder X6\|Logitech MX518\|Lian Li PC-7YCF]

18th Jun 2009, 02:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
Chai Administrator Join Date: 6 Oct 2002 Location: Maranello Posts: 27,884 Reputation: 4630 Rep Power: 81	And can be modded to very low power consumption. Damn I love cheap stuff now! __________________ Chai (Contributor & Forum Admin) http://www.techarp.com/

18th Jun 2009, 01:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 30,231 Reputation: 2352 Rep Power: 60	You guys have changed so much. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| \| Intel C2Q Q9450 \| MSI P45 Neo3-FR \| 2 x 2GB OCZ DDR2 PC2-6400 Gold Edition \| 1 x Seagate 250GB HDD \| 2 x Seagate 750GB HDD \| 3 x Seagate 1TB HDD \| NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT \| Cooler Master CM690 chassis \| Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus 550W PSU \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

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