Radeon 9500 or Ti 4200? Need a response.

I am in a dilemma whether to keep my Sapphire Radeon 9500 which seems to have a bad power supply (ie. sometimes shorts out and won't turn on whent he power is turned off then on) or exchange it for a MSI Ti 4200 with 128 MB.

Which would you guys do? Which is faster/more powerful, and I'm talking without the Sapphire hack. Battlefield 1942 seems to run slow on my comp, but that's probably because I only have 256 MB of RAM.

Can DirectX 9 features be used with the MSI vid. card?

Oh, and if I have a broken product does newegg still charge the 15% return fee for a money return?

Thanks.

1. The Ti4200 is a DX8 card so no, DX9 features will not work. DX9 games will still run but without the extra features.

2. Performance is very similar at stock. However if you get a new card back from newegg then you could use the softmod to make the 9500 at least a 9500Pro in which case it would be far superior to the 4200.

3. I dont think the 15% will be charged but i do believe you have to pay shipping.

Imho i would keep the 9500

yes had same dilemma upgrading my father in laws comp. i went with the 9500 seemed more futureproof to me.

anytime 9500 funny have already covered all the major points which will help you make up your mind

Keep the 9500 for sure or RMA it for a new one. The 9500 has more features than the 4200 and will last you in the long run due to its DX9 Support which the 4200 doesnt have.

Keep the 9500. It's a better card. Newegg won't charge you a restocking fee, but you will have to pay to ship it back...big deal..