Radeon HD 4650, 1gb or 512mb?

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:42 am

ok i'm sure you heard this question often, but i want to know, is it a waste of money to buy a Radeon HD 4650 with 1gb? or should i go with 512mb?

it's to make a small and probably the last upgrade on my 2nd computer in my bedroom, it have a Radeon HD 3450 256mb right now

shleepy · Post by **shleepy** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:20 pm

1Gb makes no sense for this card. 1Gb+ only makes sense for much faster cards that are running very high resolutions (e.g., 2560x1600).

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:31 pm

so if i have the choice between a Radeon HD 4570 or Geforce 9500GT, both are 512mb GDDR3, which one should i take?

also is it possible to control fan speed on these cards? (maybe lower-priced cards don't have a fan speed control on them)

rhys j · Post by **rhys j** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:22 pm

The Radeon is probably the best out of those two. I think it almost certain you will be able to control the fan speed using RivaTuner, with greater flexibilty than with the bundled software.

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:37 pm

well finally i bought the 9500GT, it was lower-priced, mail-in rebate and the cooling seem to be good on it, Zalman-like heatsink-fan on it:
http://www.directcanada.com/products/?s ... e=GIGABYTE

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 3:21 pm

i got it yesterday, and yes it's a Zalman cooler on it!

here's the cooler model used on the Gigabyte GV-N95TD3-512I:
http://www.zalman.co.kr/ENG/product/Pro ... sp?idx=138