Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 HDCP or Powercolor Radeon HD 4670 Pcs 750MHZ 1GB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 Video Card?

So I'm wondering which video card to get, either:

Sapphire Radeon HD 3850 512MB GDDR3 AGP 2XDVI HDCP HDTV Out Video Card

or

Powercolor Radeon HD 4670 PCs 750MHZ 1GB 1.6GHZ GDDR3 DVI VGA AGP Video Card.



Here are some links just in case anyone needs them:



http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=28711&vpn=100228L&manufacture=SAPPHIRE



http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=47673&vpn=AG4670%201GBK3-PV2&manufacture=PowerColor



Not sure which one is really better, I know the powercolor is a 1gb card, but I was reading that the sapphire has a 256 bit bus width while the powercolor only has a 128 bit. Not sure if that makes a huge difference. If anyone knows which one is better I would appreciate the help. And yes I know they are both agp and I should just buy a new system and upgrade to pci-e, but please humor me.



Thank you in Advance|||Based on what I know (about the cards AND companies), and what I've heard (about the companies), the 3850 is the better of the two...because Sapphire, unlike Powercolour, actually works...Powercolour has a rep for being a) cheap, and b) cheaply made.



All that being said, you can probably find an HD4770 for about $100USF...and it is better than either card.



Fnord|||the 4670 is better, i got a 3870 (big brother of 3850) and the 4670 is better then my 3870 too so :D

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