Which Card to get for this Low End PC?

Hello there,

I've got a P4 3.4ghz, 2gb ddr2 Ram, PCI-E 16x slot, 480W PSU(supposely a good one), from a Friend. The Card he gave with it (geforce 6800gt) was broke, which he told me and I also tested It.

EDIT: Motherboard is a: P5GDC Deluxe

So im gonna have to buy a new Graphic Card.

I just don't know which Card to get. My Budget is not that big im not really trying to make a highend Computer but it should still get a lot more Performance than my old one, which had this Setup: 2800+ sempron, 1gb ddr ram, x1600 agp pro. I live in Switzerland so I dont have that many Choices here and they might be a little more expensive than in the US. My Monitor is a 17" so 1280x1024 is the Resolution I play on.

I searched a little and the cheapest that made sense to me was a HD Sapphire 3650 256mb ddr2/1gb HM which costs 66CHF, thats about 57$.

Next there was Asus 8600G 512mb GDDR3 HMDI Bulk which costs 95CHF, thats about 82$.

Then theres still more like a Club3D HD 3850 512MB for 104$ and a Gaindward BLISS 8800 384mb for 111$. They also got different kinds of 9600 in the Range of 110-150$.

But im not sure if those would even be worth it with my Setup I mean my CPU would be holding me back right? I would think a 7900 or something in that Range would be good for my Setup but they dont sell those anymore, unless I would go to Ebay or something like that, but that'll be my last Choice.

Anyone here able to help me? I would put my max Budget around 140$ if ofcourse the Card would still gain more Performance over the others in my Setup.

9800gt/8800gt > 9600gt > 9600gso/8800gs/hd3850 > 8600gt/hd3650/7900gt

Here check this card out. 9600gt only 110 dollars. your processor would limit the card but it would still be good. I'm not sure if newegg ships to switzerland though.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130393

n_kors

Newegg only ships to USA, Canada and China.

the radeon 4830 is best performance in your price range, far superior to a 9800gtferret-gamer

links? I've seen them come out somewhat similar. I wouldn't say far superior.

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]the radeon 4830 is best performance in your price range, far superior to a 9800gtwebstaxero

links? I've seen them come out somewhat similar. I wouldn't say far superior.

And, so you shall have links:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/msi9800gt/

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/ATi-Radeon-HD-4830-512MB-vs-nVIDIA-GeForce-9800GT-512MB.html

http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-6504-view-Radeon-HD-4830-vs-9800GT-benchmark.html

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5769&Itemid=23

2x 8600GT Super +1GB, dirt cheap, and work like a charm :)kamikaze_pigmy

[QUOTE="webstaxero"]

[QUOTE="ferret-gamer"]the radeon 4830 is best performance in your price range, far superior to a 9800gtferret-gamer

links? I've seen them come out somewhat similar. I wouldn't say far superior.

And, so you shall have links:

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Reviews/msi9800gt/

http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Graphics-cards/ATi-Radeon-HD-4830-512MB-vs-nVIDIA-GeForce-9800GT-512MB.html

http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-6504-view-Radeon-HD-4830-vs-9800GT-benchmark.html

http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5769&Itemid=23

Web is right. I wouldn't say far superior. A few frames per second isn't what I would call bragging rights. If the 4830 beat the 9800GT by 10 frames per second or more, I would say THAT'S superior.