What video card to get? Nothing major. <65-70$

[headsh0t]

Originally Posted by 0o0

I can tell you that I have a 4650 and while it can run l4d2 at 25fps, it is laggy like hell. Move the mouse, the character responds literally 1 second later. ATI cards boost statistics such as fps, but l4d2 is actually unplayable with a ati card at 25fps. With ati, blow up a barrel and fps drops like crazy. Blow up a barrel with a nvidia card and fps drops a bit, no noticeable change. I would highly suggest anything other than ati for gaming... get a used 8800gt or 9800gt for $50-$70, it will be able to play crysis.

Can you quit flaming all over the place? You're going to burn this place down.

[cruisx]

well thansk for the input guys, I might be able to get a 8800GT for 50$ ofr a gt 240 for around the same. Ill see how it goes tomorrow. If not ill prolly buy a hd 4670.

[cruisx]

Hey so i have decided to go with a 4670 as it seems to be good for my needs.
Can i use the gddr3 card with my mobo?

Which should i buy?

Newegg.ca - SAPPHIRE 100295HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card


or

Newegg.ca - BIOSTAR VA4673NH51-B Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

or

Newegg.ca - XFX HD-467X-ZDF2 Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

thanks.

[Bond007]

Originally Posted by cruisx

Hey so i have decided to go with a 4670 as it seems to be good for my needs.
Can i use the gddr3 card with my mobo?

Which should i buy?

Newegg.ca - SAPPHIRE 100295HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card


or

Newegg.ca - BIOSTAR VA4673NH51-B Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

or

Newegg.ca - XFX HD-467X-ZDF2 Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

thanks.

Go with sapphire (NOT XFX). Biostar may be fine, but I have no experience with it. I have installed this sapphire hd 4670 in a friends computer and it works exactly as advertised. XFX is a great company, but this is a ddr2 version of the card which is much slower than the ddr3 versions.

[Delavan]

Blow up a barrel with a nvidia card and fps drops a bit, no noticeable change. I would highly suggest anything other than ati for gaming

Guess that 0o0 is blowing up PHYSX barrels with blocks of fermis explosive...

[_dangtx_]

Del man, let the dead sleep in peace lol.

seems Oo dude is a firm believer in his hardware.i prefer nv for some things(folding and...hmm...), ati for others.

[Digikid]

Originally Posted by cruisx

Hey so i have decided to go with a 4670 as it seems to be good for my needs.
Can i use the gddr3 card with my mobo?

Which should i buy?

Newegg.ca - SAPPHIRE 100295HDMI Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card


or

Newegg.ca - BIOSTAR VA4673NH51-B Radeon HD 4670 512MB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

or

Newegg.ca - XFX HD-467X-ZDF2 Radeon HD 4670 1GB 128-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

thanks.

Hmm....XFX is the best brand out of those but the DDR2 instead of DDR3 is a major downer.

Hate to say it but the Sapphire looks to be the best out of those three.

[CroSsFiRe2009]

Dont understand the hate for the GSO, it's about the same as a 4670 and can be had for cheaper. It's also almost on par with the 9600gt when overclocked.

However in this case, I say find an 8800GT. They can be had relatively cheap used and offer better perfromance than all the cards you listed.

(You also mentioned a GT 240 is almost the same as 9600GT performance and would not be my top choice.)

[jcmaz]

The 9600GSO (96SP) is pretty good in shader intensive games ie: GRID but struggle in memory intensive games IE: COD4 when compared to the 9600GT