GeForce GTS 250 or ATI 4850 ? Or... ?
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:48 am
I'm helping my nephew with building a machine.
He wants to play Counter Strike Source, Need For Speed Undercover and Call of duty. Most likely some others, but definately not GTA4.
Screen: Most likely Samsung T220 (22"/1680x1050).
He also wants to watch DVD movies (not Bluray).
First: Is a GTS 250 / ATI 4850 class card card strong enough for those games at good looking game settings? And is there some headroom for whatever he wants to play tomorrow?
Second: He's not a silent enthusiast, but a reasonably quiet machine would be good, especially when watching movies.
Thus I tend to go with GTS 250, due to the lower idle power consumption. But I'm not into the movie world, and would like to know if ATI has an advantage here? Anything else to consider?
The rest of the system will be more or less like this:
Phenom II X4 810 4 MB (AMD Processor in a Box (PIB))
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
OCZ 2 x 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ( PC3-10666 ) CL6 ( 6-6-6-18 )
WD Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640 GB
Cooler Master Centurion 590
Corsair VX450W
Pioneer DVR 216DBK
He wants to play Counter Strike Source, Need For Speed Undercover and Call of duty. Most likely some others, but definately not GTA4.
Screen: Most likely Samsung T220 (22"/1680x1050).
He also wants to watch DVD movies (not Bluray).
First: Is a GTS 250 / ATI 4850 class card card strong enough for those games at good looking game settings? And is there some headroom for whatever he wants to play tomorrow?
Second: He's not a silent enthusiast, but a reasonably quiet machine would be good, especially when watching movies.
Thus I tend to go with GTS 250, due to the lower idle power consumption. But I'm not into the movie world, and would like to know if ATI has an advantage here? Anything else to consider?
The rest of the system will be more or less like this:
Phenom II X4 810 4 MB (AMD Processor in a Box (PIB))
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
OCZ 2 x 2 GB DDR3 1333 MHz ( PC3-10666 ) CL6 ( 6-6-6-18 )
WD Caviar Blue WD6400AAKS 640 GB
Cooler Master Centurion 590
Corsair VX450W
Pioneer DVR 216DBK