Thread: Gts 250 or 9800gt

ok hey guys new to the forum just wanted to ask a few question after long thinking ive come to the conclusion of buying a 9800gt or gts 250 graphic card but since i live in india i dont have alot of choices therefore very limited and newegg or amazon dont ship here anyway my question are as follows if possible please answer me question wise
1. Is it worth getting a GTS 250 over a 9800gt because i will not play above 1440x900 resolution as i have a 19 inch so i dont know because if i have to get a gts 250 i will get it through a friend who is coming here because in india the 9800gt is 7500rs whereas in bestbuy & newegg they are 100$-150$ so why in india is it so expensive compared to america when it is manufactured in china ? will it be cheaper in china or america??
2.i have a HP A6450IN ok now i just wanted to know if the gts 250 or the 9800gt will fit in my case as both cards are approximately 9 inches or 23 cm as it says the motherboard is 9.6 inches so does that mean it will fit ??
3. just wanted to know if i have to install the gts 250 which is a dual slot as seen from my motherboard picture will this cause any problem as i dont have anything occupying the pci slot or the express x 1 so is there any problem installing the gts 250
4. i have a pci express x 16 ver 1 will tht bottle neck the gts 250 or the 9800gt in anyway thnxxx
5 AND also could you recommend me a good place in bangalore to get it at its lowest price tnxx
6. also what is the rough cost of the 9800gt and gts 250 respectively and if possible where o buy online

Get an ATI 4770 512MB card. Its about Rs7000. Its a LOT faster than a 9800GT and about 5% slower than a GTS250. also, ATI 4770 consumes a lot less power. This card is pretty short, which anayways was not a huge issue.
Your PCIe version 1 slot will not bottleneck the card at all. Only some high end cards (GTX280, ATI 4870X2, GTX295) will saturate the pcie slot.

Just make sure that your power supply (a.k.a smps/PSU) has 1 PCIe power connector.

U can but any of the three cards frm here:
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U can buy the GTS250 512MB for Rs 9500 or the 9800GT 512MB for Rs6500 from computer warehouse on MG road, Barton center.

I would strongly suggest that u got for the ATI4770 card, its totally worth it.

OR, if u r willing, w8 till Late oct, ATI will release some DX11 cards. U can skip DX10/10.1 .