Low end card choices: ATI Radeon HD 4650 or nVidia GT 220?

[jeffro11]

*Sigh*

[jfrost]

I have a ATI 4550 HD. Never gave me compatibility problems.

Also, runs games pretty decently considering.

[deathsled]

Your an idiot. Read his post.

I love it when I see people say this. Why is it that 99% of the time, the person calling the other person an idiot can't use the proper "You're"? Pot, kettle, etc. I've always felt if you're going to call someone out on the internet, you'd better have spelling and grammar down pat. They're pretty much all you have!

yeah I'm not really offended by someone who hasn't mastered some of the more basic parts of the English language, lol

[Ziggy]

I'd rather have reading comprehension than great spelling and grammar.

[jeffro11]

Going to agree with Ziggy on this one. If you can read the post and understand it, then that's all that should be required.

My point still stands however... You did what the OP didn't want people to do. Reading comprehension is not one of your strong suits.

You missed a comma and the capitalization by the way.

[deathsled]

I would say both of you guys failed to pick up the meaning behind my response to the OP. I don't care if he didn't want to be told to get a different card, I was trying to express that if he is on a budget then buying a whole new system with a dinky card may not be the best route. I was trying to suggest that a really good card can made a world of difference on a lesser processor.

We don't even know what he's starting with honestly.

You guys would rather argue with me about reading comprehension than offer meaningful advice in this thread.

[jeffro11]

I agree with you on that point. But that's not what he wanted.

More importantly we don't know what he is currently running except for the video card. For all we know a pre-built system like that will yield a 50% increase over what he is running now.

[Droid party]

Stop picking on the new kid guys. He still needs some time to settle into the level of etiquette we (normally) extend one another.

Like reading posts properly before commenting negatively.

[Gnashvar]

Oh boy...

[neilencio]

I'm back. I'm sorry if my thread started a bit of a friction.

I got them to replace the GT 220 with a 9800 GT (the green edition that doesn't need an extra molex conn) by asking them to take out the generic DVD writer in the package. Don't need it, since I have an external one. Plenty happy with what I've got right now (Currently playing Darksiders on max settings).

As for the bit about just building a PC instead of buying everything premade, I think the case is very different in my country. We don't have overpriced brands like Alienware, Dell, and HP stuff in here (we do, but they're usually imported and the taxes actually make them WAY more pricey than they are).

The prebuilts in here don't differ much from PCs that enthusiasts build on their own - the components are picked and built by the shop, and you get to see every single part that goes in the rig (they even assemble the thing in front of you, if you want to watch them for an hour or so). They allow buyers to mix and match parts (like what I did) up to a point.

This has a couple of advantages. First, for guys like me who are slightly knowledgeable but are still liable to end up breaking things due to poor motor skills - there's nothing to worry about. If something breaks or doesn't work right, I can take it back to the shop and show that the seals are untouched. They can't blame it on me.

Second advantage is the price itself. None of the components are made locally, and have to go through customs. With import taxes and shit the stores put on top, buying individual retail parts will end up costing more than just buying a premade one built out of OEM parts and packaged components (otoh, retail CPUs in here cost more than the boxless ones OEMS use). Also, they use cheap korean/taiwanese OEM components in some of the less important parts, like the optical drives.