Call of Duty 4 or Modern Warfare 2 on ati 4550?

[dewc1]

I want to get a cheap graphics card to play call of duty 4 or Modern Warfare 2. I have a core 2 duo 2.93, 4gb ram, vista 64. I am looking at an xfx ati 4550. I know it's not a great card, but I only need to run it at 1024 x 768 on a 15" monitor. I really don't need 60fps or max graphics. Has anyone tried either of these games on this card?

 

[Alex The PC Gamer]

The video card might be a little too low for the game. Your CPU/RAM/OS seems good enough but the videocard seems a little too low.

Here's a link for MW2 benchmarks (look at the bottom of the page) and this will give you an better perspective on how certain cards perform.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5570,2552-7.html

The lowest I would recommend would be the Radeon HD 4650 but I would highly recommend the Radeon HD 4670 or higher. There's nothing more frustrating than spending 50$ just to get a card that either can't run the game or lags just when you need it the most (deaths due to lag). Pay a few bucks more and get better/consistent performance results.

Make sense? Have fun shopping.

Alex