Help with HD4670 vs 9500gt vs 9600gt

[nazmaz]

I'm a moderate gamer, I mostly play Battlefield 2, I'm looking for a card that can play it at high (maybe with AA). Now I have a 22in monitor (5ms) and a 300 power supply with 18A on the +12v rail. My 3 choices are the HD4670, 9500gt, and the 9600gt. 4670 cause it uses less power than all the others listed. I'n looking for 30+ FPS at MAX everything maybe at 1920x1080 or maybe a little lower... Please Help, thanks in advance!

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

If you want to play at that high resolution, you are going to be needing something more like a 4870, or better and a better psu. Maybe on BF2 you can get away with less, but the thing is at that high a resolution, those cards for most games will not cut it.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

9500GT < 4650 < 4670 < 9600GT

 

[edeawillrule]

Like ohiou said a 4670 or 9600 GT will be fine in Battlefield 2 but any new games won't do very well at a resolution that high.

 

[edeawillrule]

The 4670 I recommend:
512mb HIS IceQ Radeon HD 4670 Turbo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161252

 

[nazmaz]

how about 1600x1200 or 1280x720? and im more on the 4670 side because its sorta of affordable and I don't need to buy a new power supply. This is the one im looking at here

 

[edeawillrule]

Don't get a card with 1gb of memory unless it's a 4890 or something.
Anything cheaper isn't powerful enough to use it.

 

[edeawillrule]

And 1280x720 is fine and 1600x1200 is iffy. I use mine at 1440x900

 

[nazmaz]

well i heard having more memory helps when you play on bigger monitors.

 

[edeawillrule]

If you're playing at like 2560x1600 on a 30 inch monitor.

 

[Bluescreendeath]

^ It doesn't matter if the GPU isn't powerful enough to use that memory.
The 4670 doesn't need more than 512mb since it's not powerful enough to use more.

 

[nazmaz]

ok thanks but will the 4670 work on high at 1280x720? Maybe with AA?

 

[Bluescreendeath]

Yes, at that resolution it should be fine. You can probably go up to 1280x1024 with maxed out GFX and AA with ease, since Battlefield 2 isn't extremely GPU intensive.

 

[edeawillrule]

ok thanks but will the 4670 work on high at 1280x720? Maybe with AA?

Yes and excellently at that.

 

[nazmaz]

just asking, is it HDCP compatible?

 

[edeawillrule]

Yep

 

[nazmaz]

will this version work with a 300watt power supply with a 18A? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161273

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

I'm thinking this card will be better, it's memory is faster, even though it's only 512, but again, it's not like a 4670 can fully utilize 1 gb of memory.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102818

 

[nazmaz]

well run games with a 300watt pwr supply w/ 18A? Because I have a Dell Inspriron 530 and when you customize it, there is a choice to choose the HD4670, im worried about the non-reference coolers on the overclocked ones, so I have to make sure it doesn't use more power. Thanks in advance

 

[nazmaz]

^ bump ^

 

[edeawillrule]

The card I provided a link to will work just fine with your power supply.