NVIDIA 9800GT or ATI 4870 Graphic card

[Abhibhava]

I am having the HP desktop computer system at my place and i want to place the new graphic card in this computer system because i am not having the graphic card currently on this computer system. I am confused between the NVIDIA 9800GT and ATI 4870 Graphic cards. So help me out in the selection process of the graphic card of my computer system.

[Marthaz]

You are having the HP computer system at your home and you want attach the graphic card in this computer system as you want to play large games on this computer system as the big games require the graphic cards to run on the computer systems. You are not able to choose any one graphic card solution for your computer between the NVIDIA 9800GT and the ATI 4870. I will suggest you to go for the NVIDIA 9800GT graphic card because i am also having the same graphic card in my desktop computer and it is delivering extremely good performance during the games.

[ApPy10]

You should buy the graphic card according to your needs and the type of work. If you are having the Intel Motherboard and processor in your computer system then you should buy the NVIDIA 9800GT for your computer system.
Features of the NVIDIA 9800GT graphic card are as follows:

1. NVIDIA SLI Technology
2. NVIDIA PhysX Ready
3. NVIDIA HybridPower Technology
4. NVIDIA CUDA Technology
5. NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology

[Team Leader]

Detailed specification of the NVIDIA 9800GT Graphic card.

1-GPU Specification

• CUDA Cores -112
• Graphics Clock - 600 MHz
• Processor Clock - 1500 MHz
• Texture Fill Rate - 33.6

2-Memory Specification

• Memory Clock - 900
• Standard Memory - 512 MB
• Memory Interface Width- 256-bit
• Memory Bandwidth - 57.6

3-Display Support

• Maximum Digital Resolution- 2560x1600
• Maximum VGA Resolution- 2048x1536
• Standard Display Connectors- HDTV Dual Link DVI
• Multi Monitor- yes
• HDCP
• HDMI
• Audio Input for HDMI- SPDIF

[kiLLer]

Key Features of the ATI 4870 Graphic card.

1. TeraScale Graphics Engine
2. Advanced Memory - GDDR5 memory
3. Enhanced Anti-Aliasing & Anisotropic Filtering
4. DirectX 10.1
5. ATI CrossFireX Technology
6. PCI Express 2.0
7. Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2)
8. Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
9. Upscale Beyond 1080p -
10. Enhanced DVD Upscaling
11. Dynamic Contrast
12. HDMI
13. Dynamic Power Management
14. More Performance Per Watt

[Birdie]

Now you are having the all details of both the NVIDIA 9800GT and ATI 4870 Graphic cards. So select any one from this, whichever you liked from these two graphic cards and attach it to your computer system. But if you will take my advice then i will suggest you for the 4870 Graphic card because this graphic card has all the features including the HDMI port by which you can see the HD Movies on your computer system from the Home theater system or you can watch the HD movies stored on your computer system on the HD LCD TV using the HDMI Port.