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How much money are you willing to spend?
If you're intending on mainly using your GPU for FSX, I would recommend NVIDIA, but for other games as well, you can also try ATI.
Also, if you could find out the wattage of your PSU that would be a great help.

I wouldn't have thought there'd be any difference moving from a 4830 to one of those cards to be honest.
Out of that list, I'd go for the 9600GT 1gb version.

The 8800GT / 9800GT are about the same as the 4830.

The 9600GT is significantly slower than the 4830.

It would be a massive waste of money getting either.

Honestly, for $150 you're not going to get something much faster than your current 4830. Wait a few months till Nvidia moves to a new manufacturing process (i.e. faster cards for cheaper). That, or pay more for a Nvidia GTX 260 216, GTX 275, ATi 4870, ATi 5770, or ATi 5850.

It would be nice to know what model power supply you have before getting a new graphics card.

http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/gami ... ,1535.html

Look at that link for the performance of various cards. I have an 8800GT and find it too slow, so I'm upgrading very soon.

Model EA-650
But anyways, I heard Nvida was betterthan ATI is some places, and ATI wa sbetter in AA,
And how much do the new nvidia cards cost when they come out nomrally?

Model EA-650
But anyways, I heard Nvida was betterthan ATI is some places, and ATI wa sbetter in AA,
And how much do the new nvidia cards cost when they come out nomrally?

1. That power-supply will have no problems powering a modern graphics card.

2. Different graphics cards are designed to fill different market segments, such as enthusiast, mainstream, and entry. Some cards might be $50 when they are released, others might be $600 when they are released, depending on how powerful it is, and what market segment it is aimed at. When the new Nvidia graphics card are released, then there will likely be one in your (or any) price range. This applies to Nvidia and ATi.

3. Different graphics cards generally perform differently in different applications. From what I understand, Nvidia generally performs better than ATi, but only in FSX. There are exceptions, for example, an ATi 5870 will obviously be faster than an 8800GT, even in FSX.

4. The newest ATi cards are already released, and can be found for a relatively respectable price, such as the Radeon 5750, 5770, and 5850. However, they are having production issues that makes them hard to find, or more expensive than they might be when production /supply issues are worked out. Also, ATi generally releases cheaper cards than Nvidia.

5. I recommended you to wait, because at the moment, for $150, you are not going to be able to purchase anything that is a significant step-up from your 4830 unless you pay more.