Geforce 9300 chipset or P45 Chipset

[dhanraj]

Hi All,

I am Planning to buy Motherboard, Processor and Ram.

Here are the 2 options i have in my mind.

Zotac Geforce 9300
Intel Core 2 Duo 3Ghz 6mb cache (Please suggest if going Quad would be better - Q6600/Q8200)
Corsair 2 Gb 800 mhz
+ Graphics card (at a later stage with a HybridSLI supported card)

Gigabyte GA EP45 DS3R / Asus P5Q-E
Intel Core 2 Duo 3Ghz 6mb cache
Corsair 2 Gb 800 mhz
+ Graphics card (Budget aound 4k. Need your suggestion on this)

Please which of the above 2 option would be better to go for.
Also Please provide approx cost for each of the above products.

If u have any better alternative's within 20 to 22k price range. Please suggest

Thanks in advance for your valuable responses.

 

[Power_user_EX]

Go for P5Q-E. I'm having P5Q Deluxe and it overclocks to the max! P45 is a more stable chipset.
U can go for 8500/8600Gs or better within 4k.

 

[dhanraj]

How much would a P5Q-E board cost me...
would it be a better option then going for Nvidia Geforce 9300 chipset series boards?

 

[acewin]

you will get 9500GT in 4K why go for 8500 or 8600
P5Q-E costs around 10-10.5K
P5Q Pro costs aroun 9K

these do not have SLI, but do have Crossfire.

 

[dhanraj]

wht would be difference between P5Q-E and P5Q-Pro Board...
and as they support CrossFire i should be going for ATI Based Gfx cards right?
which 1 would u suggest?

How is the board MSI P45-Neo2 FR in comparison with the Asus P5Q series?

 

[acewin]

well if you spend 10K then MSI P45 Zilient is better than these.
MSI P45 series is good, you can check the specs for the differences pretty easily.

 

[dhanraj]

Since P5Q-E/MSI P45 Zilent/MSI P45 Platinium is a crossfire enabled.. wht gfx card should i go for??
ATI or nVidia??
and which 1 would u suggest?

 

[hellgate]

if u hav any plans to setup crossfire then get ATi else get nvidia.

 

[dhanraj]

how is ati HD4670 compared to nVidia 9600 GT?

 

[hellgate]

i wud go with the 9600 GT.the 128bit mem bus of the 4670 is a bit crippled.

*www.guru3d.com/article/ati-radeon-hd-4670-review/10

 

[dhanraj]

Thanks Hellgate for the review link... was helpful
from the review it seems 9600 GT stands well above HD 4670 in almost all areas..

Would it be a good idea to Hybrid SLI tht card with 9300 Series motherboard internal GPU?
how would be the performance compared to a P45 with 9600GT single card?

(not sure if 9600GT Supports HybridSLI with that board..)

 

[acewin]

still not sure if Hybrid SLI is enabled in this mobo. has only one PCI 2.0 slot

 

[dhanraj]

by HybridSLI i meant external gfx card + internal onboard 9300 gpu
the motherboard has that feature...
but am not sure if it can be done with 9600 GT...

 

[hellgate]

just hav a luk at wat MS has to say:

*www.custompc.co.uk/news/605145/hybrid-sli-and-crossfire-unstable-says-microsoft.html

 

[dhanraj]

On reading that article it seems Hybrid-Sli or Hybrid-CrossFire isnt stable system as of now on Microsoft OS's.

Thanks hellgate for link of tht article...

I guess i should be better go for Asus P5Q-E or MSI P45 Zilent with 9600 GT...

 

[dhanraj]

I have been reading around the forums that ATI has slashed its gfx card prices.
Like for HD4850 from $199 to around $139.. is it true?
when can we expect to see its effect in Indian Market (approximately)?

Is it worth waiting for prices to get reduced in india and get hd4850 instead of 9600GT ?

 

[shyamno]

What would be a nice choice to go for between
1)HD4650
2)9500GT

and between
1)HD4670
2)9600GT

 

[desiibond]

among those three, I pick 9600GT. If you can put another 2k, get HD4850. Huge amount of difference between these two cards.

2k or 3k

 

[dhanraj]

What would be a nice choice to go for between
1)HD4650
2)9500GT

and between
1)HD4670
2)9600GT

As per my understanding..
9600GT > HD4670 > HD4650 > 9500GT (Members Please correct me if i am wrong)

I have been reading around the forums that ATI has slashed its gfx card prices.
Like for HD4850 from $199 to around $139.. is it true?
when can we expect to see its effect in Indian Market (approximately)?

Is it worth waiting for prices to get reduced in india and get hd4850 instead of 9600GT ?

Guys Please Reponsd ur views on this too..

 

[shyamno]

guys plz tell me how much power do i need to power up HD4650/9500GT/9600GT ?

I do not need any high end PSU ,only that which is sufficient to power them.