HD3450 or 9600XT

[vcarpio2]

I have the option of replacing an old ATI 9600XT 128MB with newer HD3450 256MB on my Vista machine. Should I? Which is faster in gaming and movie watching? Thanks!

 

[SolMiester]

HD3450...

 

[vcarpio2]

Originally posted by: SolMiester
HD3450...

OK thanks. That was quick. Must be a no brainer...

 

[error8]

A HD 3450 is hardly any good for gaming. It can display your desktop, it will probably decode your movies, but it's not going to play games for you. Only old games, on low resolutions, will work fine .

 

[yh125d]

the 3450 is a bit faster, but both are pretty horrible still for any sort of gaming. If you're wanting to do a little gaming on the dell, it'd probably be most cost effective to buy it with the integrated graphics and add in a video card you buy through newegg or something. Taking the money you'd spend upgrading from integrated to a dedicated card through dell can usually be spent online to get an even better card. If you don't want to do that, there's usually an option for a 3650 for maybe $25 more than the 3450, I'd go for that

 

[bigsnyder]

How about the HD3850 or HD3870 if budget is a concern?

 

[vj8usa]

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
How about the HD3850 or HD3870 if budget is a concern?

If budget is a concern, why would he want to get a 3850, which is pretty much the best/most expensive AGP card out there? As for a 3870, I don't recall ever seeing an AGP 3870 on the market.

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: vj8usa

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
How about the HD3850 or HD3870 if budget is a concern?

If budget is a concern, why would he want to get a 3850, which is pretty much the best/most expensive AGP card out there? As for a 3870, I don't recall ever seeing an AGP 3870 on the market.

Who said AGP? He'd be replacing his old AGP 9600 with a new pci-e 3450 in his new computer

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Originally posted by: yh125d

Originally posted by: vj8usa

Originally posted by: bigsnyder
How about the HD3850 or HD3870 if budget is a concern?

If budget is a concern, why would he want to get a 3850, which is pretty much the best/most expensive AGP card out there? As for a 3870, I don't recall ever seeing an AGP 3870 on the market.

Who said AGP? He'd be replacing his old AGP 9600 with a new pci-e 3450 in his new computer

He... never says that? He is actually quite vague about his situation, but my assumption is that he has a computer with Vista and a 9600XT installed. Since the HD3450 also comes in AGP flavor, he is going to replace the 9600XT with the HD3450. So... I don't think he's getting or has an entirely new computer, because a new computer wouldn't even have the 9600XT in it!

 

[vcarpio2]

Oops sorry for being vague. I am salvaging parts from an old Dell. It had the Asus AH3450 so I figured I'd take that and put it in a P4 PC I use as a secondary PC that only have the 9600XT. Both cards are AGP. I was just wondering which card is faster. I don't intend to play games on it but I might load Far Cry or NBA Live.

Thanks for all the replies! I'll post my benchmark before and after the switch. However, I am also salvaging the P4 2.8 proc to replace the P4 2.4 so any difference in benchmark scores will be due to 2 factors: proc and video card changes.

 

[yh125d]

I must have been thinking of another thread when I posted that. Or maybe I thought I was replying to another thread. My mistake, I look at alot of these threads and I think I need a break :|

 

[tcsenter]

Originally posted by: vcarpio2
Both cards are AGP. I was just wondering which card is faster. I don't intend to play games on it but I might load Far Cry or NBA Live.

Neither, really. HD 3450 is roughly comparable to 9600XT, perhaps slightly faster. Faster as in, 10% at best. Though, we don't really know how each performs relative to the other in newer vs. older games. Very often, an older GPU will be faster at older games, while the newer GPU will be faster at newer games.

the 3450 is a bit faster, but both are pretty horrible still for any sort of gaming.

No games worth playing existed before circa 2004~2005? Weird.