Is this video card the same as an Nvidia one?

i need a new video card to run sims 3.

ive found this one on a website:

XFX GeForce 8400 GS 512MB DDR2 TV DVI PCI-E



is this the same as an Nvidia GeForce 8400 of is an XFX one different?

The GeForce one is on the supported video cards list for sims 3.



Is XFX the same or is it a copy?|||Nvidia and ATI, GPU manufacturers, do not manufacture the whole graphics card. Just like AMD does not make whole computers. They just make the main chip, the GPU (like AMD makes CPUs). XFX, eVGA, and BFG make the actual card that the GPU sits in. All of them are essentially identical, because they all use the same GPU (for the same model). So a (insert manufactuer here) GeForce is really an Nvidia GeForce.



So Yes, it is the same as an Nvida GeForce 8400.|||Nvidia just designs graphics cards, they don't actually manufacture them. Companies like XFX actually manufacture the cards. So that card was made by XFX using Nvidia's GeForce 8400 GS design. To answer your question, yes it is the same.