Which graphic card to buy - XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 or Radeon 9800 pro

[Amit Pawar]

I am having the computer system and i want to purchase the new graphic card for my computer system as the system currently has the onboard graphic solution. I want to attach the 512MB graphic card. I am confused between the two ATI graphic cards and not able to select anyone from them. I have selected the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 and ATI Radeon 9800 pro graphic cards. Help me out in selecting one graphic card from these two.

[Marthaz]

You are having the desktop computer system which has the onboard 256MB graphic solution and you want to add the new graphic card of the 512MB to your computer system for better performance during the gaming and watching movies. You have selected the two graphic card want to chose anyone from them and you want our help in the selection. You have selected the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 and ATI Radeon 9800 pro graphic cards. According to me you should go for the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 because i am also having the same graphic card and it is a great performer and a great value for money product.

[ApPy10]

I think you should go for the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphic card with the great performance during the gaming and movies this graphic card is also the energy saver product from the XFX ATI. This features many connectivity options like excellent HD video decoding, full HDMI and DisplayPort etc. One of my friend is having the same graphic card of the 1GB memory and it is delivering the great performance.

[Team Leader]

Features of the XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 graphic card.

• Unified Superscalar Shader Architecture
• Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT)
• 320 Stream Processing Units
• ATI Radeon PowerPlay Technology
• ATI Radeon Stream Technology
• DirectX 10.1 Support
• HDCP Capable
• PCI Express 2.0

[kiLLer]

Technical specification of XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650.

1. Bus Type- AGP 8X, PCI-E 2.0
2. Performance- Standard
3. GPU Clock MHz- 600 MHz
4. Stream Processors- 320
5. Memory Interface Bus (bit)- 64 - 128
6. Memory Type- DDR2
7. Memory Size (MB)- 512 - 1025 MB
8. Memory Clock (MHz)- 800 - 1000 MHz
9. Output HDCP Capable- 1
10. Microsoft DirectX Support- 10.1
11. Open GL Optimization and Support- 2.0
12. Minimum Power Requirement (Watt)- 400W
13. Cooling Fansink-yes
14. ROHS-yes
15. Profile- Standard
16. ATI Radeon HyperMemory-yes
17. ATI Radeon PowerPlay-yes
18. ATI Radeon Stream Technology-yes
19. Dimensions (Imperial)- 6.6 x 4.376 x 0.75, 8 x 5.5 x 1.5, x x
20. Dimensions (Metric)- 16.8 x 11 x 1.9, 21 x 14 x 4, x x
21. Max Resolution Analog- 2048 x 1536, 2048 X 1536
22. Max Resolution Digital- 2560 x 1600

[Birdie]

I think you should go for the Radeon 9800 pro if you want the graphic card with the inbuilt TV tuner solution. Because this is the All in wonder graphic card from the ATI in the market.

Features of the Radeon 9800 pro.

• TV-on-Demand records programs on your hard drive, pauses live TV and resumes broadcasts on your schedule
• ThruView creates live, translucent TV, video and DVD windows for easy desktop access
• Radio frequency wireless remote adds the flexibility of a hand held, 30 foot user interface
• ATI’s new EazyLook full-sized programming grid offers theme controls and single click navigation
• MulTView enables dual TV tuner capabilities including Picture-in-Picture and independent channel surfing