ATI / nVidia comparisons

[Yami]

My mum's friend asked me to design an extreme-budget PC, I have everything else put together but I still don't know enough about the thread subject - I know everything about nVidia cards like the back of my hand, but I severely lack in knowledge about ATI cards - could I please be given the ATI equivelant of these nVidia cards?

9800
9600GT
8800
GTX260

That should be enough for me to compare stuff to

Edit: Oh, and just a quick question; AM2 CPUs work in AM2+ mobos, right?

 

[Hefemeister]

Current graphics card ratings.

http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/graphics-card-rankings-139202/

 

[Whirlwind]

For a budget gaming build the 4830 is a great bang for the buck card.

 

[Yami]

Thanks guys
4830 looks good, about the equivalent of a 9600GSO, but also about the same price. SO I dunno. Fanboyishness wants me to go for nVidia, what would you guys recommend?

 

[wizzardxexe]

some games are more biased towards nVidia, but i'm pretty sure that the 4830 beats even the 9600 gt

1024x768 res >>>9600gso or 3870 or 4830?

look at the chart on the second post

 

[saltynay]

Current graphics card ratings.

http://www.techist.com/forums/f76/graphics-card-rankings-139202/

Did you even bother to check this list? Equal to a 9600 as if, its just behind the 8800gt (g92) but clocks well so gets on par with a 9800gtx in some games.

 

[Yami]

Did you even bother to check this list?

Yes, seems I confused 4830 and 3830 tho, sorry

 

[saltynay]

No worries stressful day is all. Anymore Q's?

 

[philbar71]

the 4830 is a little better than the 9800GT/8800GT

the 9800GTX+ is equal to the 4850

the 4870 1GB is a little slower than the GTX260 core 216

the 9600GT is a little faster than the 4670

 

[Trotter]

extreme budget...but looking at these cards? WHY??? unless they plan on gaming with it, current onboard graphics would be more then enough. If they are only a casual gamer, a mid range 3xxx card would be plenty, or a low to mid4xxx if you wanted to do it for the heck of it.

To me, and extreme budget is as bare boned as you can get.

Newegg.com - AMD Athlon X2 4850e 2.5GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops
Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TFORCE TA780G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards
Newegg.com - G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Desktop Memory
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250410AS 250GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100253L Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
or
Newegg.com - XFX HD-465X-YAFC Radeon HD 4650 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
if just want to show off.

$208 w/o video card. Just add case, PSU, and OS. $268 or $283 w/card, depending on which.