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[coolbuddy1103]

hello friends i am new to digit and seek ur help.my pc specs are:

asus p5rd1-vm(up to 128 mb shared graphics),160 gb hard,dvd rw,i am unable to play cod 5 which seems very good as i seen on my friends system.my system is almost 2 years old.could u please suggest some good 256mb or 512 mb graphics card for me.I heard palit hd 4760 ,sapphire etc are good n' in budget but don't know they work with my system.
pci slots are [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]: 1 PCI Express x16
1 PCI Express x1
2 PCI

currently i am unable to spend on whole system,or should i upgrade .so please give ur suggestions
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[Arnab boss]

U can go 4 hd 4770 or 9600 gt but what psu do u have...?

U should have atleast 500 w psu...' or a good 450 w like Corsair vx 450...'

 

[dOm1naTOr]

HD 4670 can run on normal PSUs and is fine for ur system. Get the 4670 512MB for 4.4k.

u cant fully utilize an hd 4770 or 9600GT with your 2 yr old proccy. And u ll ned a PSU upgrade too.

 

[coolbuddy1103]

thanks Arnab boss and dOm1naTOr for ur suggestions,my power supply is 450 watt( Frontech )which i have bought 3-4 months ago as my last one is broken.can it be able to do the job?? my budget is around 5k n' acc to ur suggestions it would be enough , i have lg 17'' monitor.......so finally i should go for which card sapphire hd 4670 or hd 4770(it is newer)or nvidia 9600

 

[dOm1naTOr]

4670 and 9600GT are somewhat equal. HD 4770@ 6.7k is far supperior.
9600GT and 4770 will need a min of gud 450W PSU.

 

[coolbuddy1103]

4670 and 9600GT are somewhat equal. HD 4770@ 6.7k is far supperior.
9600GT and 4770 will need a min of gud 450W PSU.

Thanks buddy.......i am thinking of hd 4670 but there are three ati cards on amd site named as
MSI ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 , sapphire ATI Radeon™ HD 4670 and gecube ATI Radeon™ HD 4670...??which one two buy n' also what to do with integrated graphics(Radeon x200)?/

acc to web site *theitwares.com/gfxcards/gfxcards.htm 4670's prices are

Sapphire HD 4670 512MB DDR3 4800
Sapphire HD 4670 1GB DDR3 5550
n'' acc to *forums.techarena.in/monitor-video-cards/1154069.htm

Sapphire HD 4670 512MB DDR3 RS. 5250
Sapphire HD 4670 1GB DDR3 RS. 6050

it looks i gb is better option if i could manage....what u say

 

[dOm1naTOr]

512 MB is more than enough for a 4670. and in worst case 1Gb models rund slower than 512MB for low~mid range GPUs.
Get palit 4670 for 4.4k. Its a good one. Besides sapphire one is also gud but lil more expensive.

and ur older integrated gfx will no longer be in use after attaching a card.
4670 is around 20 times faster than X200 IGP.

 

[Silicon Chip]

And you'll need a PSU upgrade too.

Oh really?
With a consumption of 80W, which is just 5W more than 4670. And mobo can supply upto 75W.

 

[dOm1naTOr]

normal PSus has single rail. So its single rail 18A or 19A wont be enuf to power the mobo and the gcard thru the slot itself.
and 4770 needs external power connector so a better PSU is always recommended.

 

[coolbuddy1103]

thanks buddy........

i have read reviews on net which says palit hd 4670 is not a good choice but sapphire has good build quality ,,,...
also if few hundreds more could give 1 gb sapphire hd then why not it be considered
(it must me future proof........what u say)
(as games are becoming more n' more demanding ) e.g ...COD5 also demands 512 mb....

 

[dOm1naTOr]

1GB enud wont decide if it meets the VRAm specification of spacific game. The GPOU shud also be able to perform with it. If u have video editing or other stuffs, then defenitely 1Gb wud be better. For gaming, avg size fast memory is far better that larger and slower memory.
and if u can shell out for a sapphire HD 4670 1GB, then why not get the HD 4770 512 DDR5 itself @ 6.5k.
its an hell of a card and almost 2x better than 4670.

with its 40nm fab,ddr5, other stuffs and gr8 performance its many times more future proof than 4670.