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I am looking at this card, Sapphire Radeon HD 4650 Video Card - 1GB DDR2.

 

My current comp specs is this:

 

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ 2.4 GHz

2Gig RAM

ATI Radeon HD 3850 512 MB

SB X-Fi Audio

XP home edition 32bit

 

I would have to upgrade my motherboard for pci cards that I know are better, so I am looking for a fast and cheap upgrade, that will hopefully bump me up to medium settings and better frame rates. What do you guys think? Would it help enough to justify spending a little over $90?

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Hate to say this, but that's a downgrade, isn't it?

The first digit represents the chipset, the second represents performance. A x6xx card is lower performance than a x8xx card. The 4650 isn't as good as your existing 3850.

 

http://asia.gamespot.com/forums/topic/26760084

 

shows a direct comparison.

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You have already own the best card for AGP, ATI 3850 512 MB ,,if you need more powerful go to PCI-Express card...

also dont ever upgrade to graphic card with DDR2, it's worthless even though using 1gb memory..

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