Low end Graphics Card recommendations

[ojha_riddhish]

Dear friends,
I'm looking for low-end ATI graphics cards for my systems (2). I recently purchased a new CPU recommended by Digit-ers on this forum. My budget is very low, so I want a DDR2 & DDR3 based low-end graphics card.
My Config 1: DDR3 based gc
AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.8 GHz
MSI 785GM-E51
2GB DDR3 1033 MHz RAM
500 GB SATA2 HDD

My Config 2: DDR2 based gc
AMD Athlon 3200+
MSI Amethyst-M
768 MB DDR 800 MHz RAM
320 GB SATA HDD

Please help me with options from the low-end segments but quality contents. I'm a casual gamer so I don't want graphics cards from the high-end.

Thanks in advance!

 

[coderunknown]

^^Hd5670 512Mb best for config 1. for the 2nd, get HD4650 512Mb DDR2. or even 9500Gt 512Mb will suffix.

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

yup hd5670.... & hd4650 are best for you

 

[ojha_riddhish]

Thanks but they are still out of reach. My budget is around 2k to 3.5k.

Thanks in advance

 

[celldweller1591]

I suggest you :-

ATi Radeon HD 4350 DDr2 - 256 mb - 2.2k

ATi Radeon HD 4550 -512 mb -2.9k

 

[Revolution]

ATi Radeon HD 4650 DDR2 512MB@Rs.3K and remember never go for 1GB version of any low end card like this.....

 

[ojha_riddhish]

Dear friends,
Thanks for all the help and advise, I appreciate it. Now atleast I have a few options. Thanks guys for helping me out. Hey Revolution, thanks for the advise, any specific reasons for not to selecting 1GB version of low-end gc. Is it because of the low bandwidth these cards have which use the system memory to fulfill its memory needs?

Thanks in advance

 

[Cilus]

No that is not the reason. These low end cards dos not have enough firepower to use that much of amount of memory. Their GPU is low end and can't use the extra memory. So most of the times these excess amount of memories remain unused by your card.
These large memory based cards are mainly created for business purpose rather than performance purpose. Even today, most of the people think Higher memory Graphics card will perform better.

 

[Jripper]

You can get a 5450(ATI) for around 4k I guess.
If you want to be a casual gamer for atleast 2 years(where you want games to atleast run on ur PC even at low resolutions),then go for a 5670.
And a 4550 will do for the low-power rig.

 

[Revolution]

@ojha_riddhish
The difference will be 1%-2% in FPS for low end card at lower resolution.....

 

[Piyush]

Dear friends,
Thanks for all the help and advise, I appreciate it. Now atleast I have a few options. Thanks guys for helping me out. Hey Revolution, thanks for the advise, any specific reasons for not to selecting 1GB version of low-end gc. Is it because of the low bandwidth these cards have which use the system memory to fulfill its memory needs?

Thanks in advance

just like clius said
that card wont reach upto its full capabilities
it is better suggested to go for less memory for these types of cards
if u ca extend ur budget a lil bit i'll urge u to go for hd 5450
if u cant
then go for hd 4650

 

[coderunknown]

just like clius said
that card wont reach upto its full capabilities
it is better suggested to go for less memory for these types of cards
if u ca extend ur budget a lil bit i'll urge u to go for hd 5450
if u cant
then go for hd 4650

HD5450 is a bad card. stay away from it. minimum is HD5570 which is somewhat value. HD5450 is bad for everything except wasting money. these 3 card fall in same region in terms of performance: HD 4350, HD 4550, HD 5450.

 

[ojha_riddhish]

thanks friends for the advise & info. So I have 4650, 5570, 4550, 5670 as the options. Thanks, I'll research about them and buy the perfect one which qualifies price / performance ratio.

Thanks