GeForce 8400GS Graphics Card

Jayster · #1 1st Feb 2008, 19:44

I've been looking for the perfect graphics card that'd fit my computer. I have a Dell Dimension C3521, and it's slim. I'm looking for a good low profile video card. I've been looking at the GeForce 8400GS Graphics Card and I decided to come here and ask the professionals for their personal opinion about the card. I just want something that could handle Call of Duty 4, and Crysis. I'm also looking for something $100.00USD or less, I can't afford anything more. Feel free to post your opinions, or recommendations.

Thanks in advance.

Warm Regards,
Jayster

**Carbon** · #2 1st Feb 2008, 22:01

It will not handle Call of Duty 4 or Crysis. It will have a tough time handling Quake 3. Don't bother if you only have $100.

**link590o** · #3 1st Feb 2008, 23:42

it might handle call of duty 4. i've heard of cards like the 7600 handling call of duty. that one isn't the issue. crysis is. no card short of the 8800 series or the ati 3850/3870 will be able to play crysis with decent detail and good framerates. carbon has already told you the obvious. you won't get anything good for 100 bucks. but at least i'll give you an idea for what you'd need to look at in order to play those games.

perhaps you might be better off buying a new case so you won't have to bother with low profile cards in the first place. dell cases have tended to be ill-designed. not enough airflow. if i were you, i'd invest in a decent case with good cooling that will hold all your parts, and save up for the 8800 or 3850/3870. get ready to spend a good 300-400 dollars bud.

sorry for the bad news. but that's the reality if you want to play games like crysis. and IMO, crysis is not worth the money. people have called it the 500 dollar game. because you'd have to spend like...60-70 bucks for the game itself, and then another 400 to buy a new graphics chip that could play it. and the actual gameplay/plot isn't all that spectacular. it's another veritable piece of ***** that EA games has put out. focused way too much on the eye candy and didn't develop it enough for me to want to play it.

of course, if you like it anyway, i won't stop you from getting it. but my advice is don't waste your time with it.

Jayster · #4 2nd Feb 2008, 05:33

Well it'd be nice if someone could post some sort of recommendation for another card, it needs to be low profile, though. And one-hundred dollars and down, I have nothing more and I need this card ASAP.

Jayster · #5 2nd Feb 2008, 06:03

Oh, and another problem is that I have a 22'' 1600x1200, I need something that'll run smooth on games.

I've also looked at the GeForce 8400GS Graphics Card reviews and found this:

Quote:

"I picked up this card to use in one of my backup computers, and boy was I surprised at the performance increase. I'm usually weary about smaller cards like these, because they usually have never given me the performance gain that the larger cards have. But I was wrong. It can run Half life 2 with everything on max, and the frames per second never die down during busy or intense battles (usually stays above 50 fps). Quake 4/Doom 3 can run on Ultra high pretty good, about the same as Half life 2.
The installation of the card was a snap and it worked right off the bat. Stays below 45 C during gaming, and remains under 40 C while not gaming, so no worries about it overheating.
I was quite impressed at how much kick this thing has. While there are other cards in the Geforce 8 series that could out perform this one, this is more of a budget card for someone looking for great graphics and high frames per second, but not willing to empty their wallet for it."

What I'm going to do is buy the card, and return it if I don't like it.

Jayster · #6 2nd Feb 2008, 06:22

Also, would it run well on most Steam games?

**Carbon** · #7 2nd Feb 2008, 06:27

No, your card will not run CoD4 on low at 1600x1200 by any stretch of the imagination. The reviewers were likely running it on all low settings at 1024x768 or lower res.

Source games, perhaps around 15-30fps because of the resolution.

Jayster · #8 2nd Feb 2008, 06:29

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Originally Posted by Carbon

No, your card will not run CoD4 on low at 1600x1200 by any stretch of the imagination. The reviewers were likely running it on all low settings at 1024x768 or lower res.

Source games, perhaps around 15-30fps because of the resolution.

Do you know any better PCI-E low-profile cards?

That'd be very helpful.