economical, low end gpu

[doomgiver]

hey guys,
my mobo's onboard graphics went kaput and it wont show any red color, so i'd like to hear your recommendations for a new gpu.

budget : 2-3k
use : some photoshop, casual gaming, dont care much about eye-candy.
location : delhi/ncr
company : any, i lean both ways

 

[abirthedevil]

ATI Radeon 5450 and nvidia 9500GT are the only ones that come to my mind in that price range, if gaming is a priority over an hdmi port i would go for nvidia 9500gt it can run almost all games on low settings and provides very playable fps

 

[cute.bandar]

there is also ATI 4650 , not sure how it compares to 9500GT

 

[coderunknown]

below 3k, 9500GT 512Mb DDR2 as HD4650 isn't as freely available & also the performance is more or less the same.

 

[cute.bandar]

according to this 4650 trumps 9500gt by quite a margin.

 

[coderunknown]

on average (if you read Anandtech review), 9500GT 512Mb DDR2 is slightly better or on par with HD4650 512Mb DDR2.

 

[abirthedevil]

9500GT is widely available while 4650 might be somewhat hard to find

 

[vickybat]

try 5570 gddr3 @ 3.5k

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

vicky gddr3 one is for 3.5k AFAIK.

 

[vickybat]

ok my bad post edited.

 

[doomgiver]

hmm, thanks, i'll keep that in mind when buying.
@vickybat : dude, i dont have that kind of money ^_^, somehow i scraped together 6k bucks, 500 went for ep 630, 2700 for 1tb seagate hdd, and the rest is for the gpu.

 

[vickybat]

Ok buddy then settle for a 4650. Do some serious bargaining with the vendor.

 

[doomgiver]

@vicky, sure man, i intend to.