Gaming Which Video Card Is Better

[Westside]

definitely the Radeon 4670.

However, trust me, even with that card, you will run GTA IV at 800X600 resolution with everything turned medium or even low, or it will be unplayable.

GTA IV is not THAT beautiful, it's just a horrible port.

well then whats the best card you can get below under 80$ that plays gta iv good

Nothing.

You can't really get anything under $150 that plays GTA IV good. Unless you get second hand on ebay and risk getting a DOA, there is nothing else you can do. 8800GT is like a minimum to play it good. If you don't mind a choppy game, them 4670 should do. Even my 8800GT struggles when I turn the settings to a medium-high.

 

[sonic209]

i have finally chosen which video card i want and its gonna have to be the Radeon HD 4670

 

[coolbho3000]

GTA 4 needs at least 8800gt...well, maybe not if you can play at 5fps.

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this guy is playing gta iv on a 8500GT perfectly

He is playing at low settings at a very low resolution. Which is crap. It's better to get something decent if you want to play the game. At least a 8800 GT which will have problems on higher resolutions.

My 8800GTS 512 while overclocked to 9800GTX+ speeds struggles on medium settings at 1440x900 on that game, with Securom off.

 

[sonic209]

how many FPS will need for speed undercover get on medium settings on the HD 4670

 

[Westside]

how many FPS will need for speed undercover get on medium settings on the HD 4670

Better than GTAIV, but not that much. However, that game is not better than Need for speed carbon IMHO. It's definitely playable on medium settings. I can play it on high settings on my 8800gt and considering that 4670 is better than 8600GT, I say it's pretty close in terms of performance to my 8800GT.

 

[sonic209]

how many FPS will need for speed undercover get on medium settings on the HD 4670

Better than GTAIV, but not that much. However, that game is not better than Need for speed carbon IMHO. It's definitely playable on medium settings. I can play it on high settings on my 8800gt and considering that 4670 is better than 8600GT, I say it's pretty close in terms of performance to my 8800GT.

thanks for the info,gonna order my HD 4670 on thursday

 

[Scorpei]

how many FPS will need for speed undercover get on medium settings on the HD 4670

Better than GTAIV, but not that much. However, that game is not better than Need for speed carbon IMHO. It's definitely playable on medium settings. I can play it on high settings on my 8800gt and considering that 4670 is better than 8600GT, I say it's pretty close in terms of performance to my 8800GT.

thanks for the info,gonna order my HD 4670 on thursday

If you are already upping your budget why not up it a little more and look for an 4850? At least that way you will make the stepup to the rv770. If prices are around the same there as here you should be able to get it for around 120-130. Yes that's 50 bucks more but it is simply much better.

Personally always found that when buying a vid. card it is best to either spend in the current midrange (above midrange will make prices sky-rocket, from midrange prices grow exponentially) or get the previous mid-top cards 2nd hand. That way you don't spend a crapload of money on a card but still get the best bang4buck.

 

[Votkrath]

how many FPS will need for speed undercover get on medium settings on the HD 4670

Better than GTAIV, but not that much. However, that game is not better than Need for speed carbon IMHO. It's definitely playable on medium settings. I can play it on high settings on my 8800gt and considering that 4670 is better than 8600GT, I say it's pretty close in terms of performance to my 8800GT.

thanks for the info,gonna order my HD 4670 on thursday

If you are already upping your budget why not up it a little more and look for an 4850? At least that way you will make the stepup to the rv770. If prices are around the same there as here you should be able to get it for around 120-130. Yes that's 50 bucks more but it is simply much better.

Personally always found that when buying a vid. card it is best to either spend in the current midrange (above midrange will make prices sky-rocket, from midrange prices grow exponentially) or get the previous mid-top cards 2nd hand. That way you don't spend a crapload of money on a card but still get the best bang4buck.

Yeah, but he seem not to be able to afford it but it's a better card yes. But no, it's just better, it's not just slightly but it's not just much, it's just better. Tom's have been pretty inaccurate lately. And yeah, there is no reason to not get a older card to be honest... from older series because some cards are better than cards from newer series so you shall not pick a card by release date.

 

[Scorpei]

That's always been the case, as long as you compare apples with pears (and not counting in Direct X support of course)

. In the case of Nvidia however pretty much the entire 9 series (at first) was rebranded 8 series.

In the case of the 4850, why I say it is much better as opposed to the 4670 is that it is based on the rv770 gpu series instead of the rv730 (aside from toms which indeed seems pretty quirky, having a single GTX260 over 2 in SLI

). The rv770 has several advantages, not to mention it is pretty overclockable (provided you watch the temps or replace the stock cooler at some point).

Granted though the 4670 isn't a very bad choice when on a budget as it IS a 7 series.

 

[Joe88]

bad SLI drivers and that games dont even take advantage of them is the main problem

 

[sonic209]

wheres a good place that show a FPS benchmark excepts for toms

 

[Joe88]

well I dont know about every card out but you can just search for the specific card and most likely tons of reviews with benchmarks to similar cards from nvidia to compare

 

[Scorpei]

wheres a good place that show a FPS benchmark excepts for toms

Tweakers.net has a few benchmarks on there, but it's in Dutch

.

 

[sonic209]

wheres a good place that show a FPS benchmark excepts for toms

Tweakers.net has a few benchmarks on there, but it's in Dutch

.

i cant find the benchmarks

 

[Votkrath]

hardocp.com, guru3d.com and overclock.net

 

[sonic209]

how do you know how many watts or the PSU thingy you have on your computer

 

[sonic209]

oh shit i only have 250 watts on my pc and the hd 4670 requires 400 or above according to their site but will it still work

 

[Diablo1123]

It shouldn't
Had to upgrade my cousins power supply because his new graphics card need more power.

 

[sonic209]

It shouldn't
Had to upgrade my cousins power supply because his new graphics card need more power.

**** why did this have to happen to me now that i already ordered it

 

[sonic209]

so when i install the video card whats gonna happen like is the computer not going to start up or something