Best graphic card at 1024x768 resolution

sorry i forgot to post the name of the cards and my specs
radeon 4670
radeon 3850
radeon 3870
nvidia 9600gt
nivdia 9500gt


specs: intel core 2 duo 2.66 ghz, 4gb ram and a 15" crt monitor

No one benchmarks for that resolution so it really is impossible to tell which is best. I would save up for a better monitor before getting any of the new graphics cards, they will all do fine at that resolution anyways.

Why? Would he even see a difference?

At 1024x768? It depends. In Crysis, HD 4670 gets 60 fps and 9500GT 30 fps. That one you'd notice.
http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] 5&p=7&cp=4

In less demanding games, yeah, all 5 of those cards would do nicely.

I totally agree with you he should get a new monitor ASAP, by the way.

Why HD 4670 before 9600GT now - that was the more difficult choice. He mentioned racing games, and I remember reading that those tend to favor ATI cards. For example the HD 4870 1GB totally humiliates the GTX 260 Core 216 in GRID (http://www.anandtech.com/video/sho [...] i=3415&p=7), when in fact the GTX 260 Core 216 is just as good or even better that the HD 4870 1GB in lots of games.

Well it really is impossible to future proof in this case because as soon as you get a better monitor that opens up the door for pretty much any graphics card configuration (assuming you got a monitor that supports at least 1680 x 1050). So it doesn't really matter which card you get now because it would not be so great once you hit that resolution. I would just get whatever is cheapest and try to save for a better monitor.

What graphics card are you using now? or integrated?

+1

1680x1050 is the sweet spot now, with 22" monitors selling best.

What kind of PSU do you have? For example a HD 4830 will require a 450W PSU or better, and a 9600GT 425W, according to Sapphire and BFG respectively.

According to ATI's site they recommend a 450 Watt power supply for the 3800 series.
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonhd3800/specs.html

You may be able to get away with using your power supply depending on the brand.

HD4670 is probably the way to go, it does better than the HD3X00 series when it comes to AA performance plus it doesn't require extra power.

Go with the 4670, and 512 MB is fine. You don't need a GB until you are way above that resolution.

With the cards you can play this games with max settings at 1024x786, but not the gta4 with a core 2 duo 2.66 ghz in fact you cannot play gta4 even at the lowest settings. So you need a quadcore for th gta4.

Yes a quad-core 3GHz perform better than a dual-core 4GHz in gta4.

my frnd plays gta 4 on his c2d with a 9500gt at all the max. settings at 1024x768...not kidding

Get the HD 4670, it's fantastic, and it's nearly guaranteed to run on any PSU.

But DO NOT get the 1gb version, it uses slower DDR2 ram and the HD 4670 needs all the bandwidth it can get.

The 4670 will be a better choice in the year to come as you can easily sell this after you are ready to move on up the ladder (monitor and new card) due to the fact that it can basically be run on any pc that has 300 watt PSU.

It has been shown to be within 5% of the 9600gt and dominates almost all games on the 3XXX series of cards

factor in that it sells regularly @ $80.00 (can be found with free shipping also) versus the $100.00 for the 9800 gt
(add this towards the monitor purchase for later)

Yeah, but those are expensive enough that you might as well get this instead:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102803

Thanks for that info, Kyle. I guess I hadn't looked recently and figured they were as they were at launch. I'll have to remember that.

some people say that 4670 is overhyped.is that true or is it the other way round?
and
do ati cards give better frmaes than nvidia (a myth i suppose)?
plzzz clear the air and thnx once again to all of u for showing so much interest in my thread.appreciate it...

Some ATI cards give more frames than some Nvidia. However, some other Nvidia cards give more frames than some ATI. It all depends on the specific card. That having been said, the 4670 is a great choice for a low power, reasonably high performance card. IIRC, it basically matches the HD3850, but at a significant reduction in power and price.

last question with which i want to sum up the thread
9600gt vs 3870...in terms of future proofing

as i told u i dont hv any more money to buy a new monitor.plzz help me choose between 3870 vs 9600gt....thnx

i am really poor

i got exactly $100

i am from asia...so new egg is out of question

sorry if i am irritating all of u