Is nvidia geforce GT 220 good for gaming?

hey guys i'm going to buy a computer soon and i wonder if GT 220 is good for gaming...

the computers specs is:

Intel Dual core E5200
2,5 GHz
4gb ram
Geforce GT220 (1024 mb)
windows vista 64-bit

good or bad?

What games: well games like cod4 or crysis

what res: dont know yet going to buy a new moniter soon

What size moniter: read the above text

how about a hint on the monitor ..1 that goes up to 2500x1900 or what
you wana do better if u can look how far it is down the list ...
personaly i think it sucks
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/ [...] ce+GT+220M

did u read the link ?
did u see how far down the chart that card was rated
what res where these tech specialists on you-tube playing it on? and was the aa on? was all the special effects on?

your question ........is the GT 220 *good* for gaming...

my answer NO
ps what about new games coming out on the market soon will you play those?
... not on that card

What videos? (I'm starting to hate these "but I saw on youtube...) I'm not sure what the GT220 is really. If the GTS 250 is the 9800GTX, drop the s, go down another 30 points, I'm guessing the 9500GT? Without knowing what size monitor your looking it, its hard to guess. If your looking at a 19" monitor, the 4670/9600GSO would be ok. Crysis would be a stretch, but most everything else should be ok. If your looking at 22" resolutions, I'd look for the 9800GT/3870 minimum. I game at 22" with a 9600GSO, but TF2 isn't very demanding.

Ouch. I guessed close. I just didn't go down far enough on the food chain. 1GB on the 9500GS? Yesh, people will buy anything. Avoid the card, not a gaming card by a long shot.

Any graphics card can handle COD4 as i had a cheap $30 512mb BFG 9400 gt and it played COD 4 full graphics highest settings and ran smooth .... New the card, the newer the technology .... so if you want the newest technology goto ATI or Nvidias website and see what there top cards are .... now if your looking at things from a price perspective and u dont really care about the tech involved , you just want a card that will allow you to play all the games with high settings and no skipping ... On Newegg.com the have a 2gb DDR2 9600gt Sparkle card that will do just that for $94 bucks ..... If you want newest tech though check both ati and nvidias websites and see what cards they offer typically NVIDIA has the 200 series GTX cards any of them will do the trick for you, and Ati has the 4800 series cards as well ... NOTE : direct x 11 cards are coming out soon, so all other cards will drop in price

2GB 9600GT? The 1GB model is bad enough. You need two gigs for some games, and only at 2560x1600. No chance the 9600GT can power at that res.

GT220 is a rebranded 9500GT?

In short, no it is NOT good for gaming. Get yourself a ATI 4670 or 9600GSO at the minimum for decent gaming.

Even better are cards such as:
Nvidia: 9600GT, 8800GT/9800GT, 8800GTS, 9800GTX/GTX+/GTS250, GTX260, GTX275, etc

ATI: 4830, 4770, 4850, 4870, 4850x2, 4890, etc

What about... since I am getting a gaming rig from Dell... they offer GTS 240 (which I think is now GTS 250, which in turn is a rebranded 9800GT). Would that be good enough? I don't play to max out resolutions or anything, I just want acceptable framerates for FPS games. And I'm gonna load up my rig with a Quad CPU and 4 Gigs of RAM.

Go look up those games and use the 9500GS as the card. NOT the 9500GT, thats a better card. The card is junk for most resolutions, should have the early CoD games ok. Not sure about the other ones.

erm hes wrong i have it in my new dell vostro and it handles bioshock and grid better than a ps3 or a xbox does so , don't listen to them get the gt220

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/15920/1/
fud said the card is crap and he loves nvidia

I too have recently purchased the 1024MB nVidia GeForce GT220 for a desktop with a 20inch hd monitor. i will be planning on playing World of Warcraft which in my own perspective i cant see as having as big graphics as crysis cod4 etc. would show. so my question is ive been hearing alot of bad things about this card but would it support World of Warcraft on a high resolution 20inch monitor?

The PS3 has the 7900 in it. The 360 has the "xenos" GPU, which isn't like anything. Its similar to the x1900/1950 series, but like modern GPUs it uses unified shaders. Unlike modern GPUs, it can't run DX10 code.

Yes, the GT220 can play games. Seeing as its weaker then the 4670, this makes it to weak in my opinion. If you want to do PC gaming, you need at least the 4670, or the good 9600GSO. (assuming we are talking about 1680x1050, if your at 1440x900 or lower, obviously lower cards are ok.) Sure you can use the GT220, but you'll have to turn effects down/off, not use AA, suffer frame lulls, etc.

Who says it isn't? I said what the card was based off of, not what its capable of. Because it uses its own custom library and something other then a bloated windows OS, its capable of running code much faster then other cards. Have you tried to run GTA4 on a x1900? How did that turn out for you? The original xbox used a GF3, and it could run games better then PC could for years afterwards. Just because the card is based off of a PC card doesn't mean its limited to the same performance. By tweaking the code, it can still do great things.

If you want to play games, DO NOT get a GT 220. It is one of the worse video cards out there on the market. It's just a rebranded old video card design with a die shrink. The number on it doesn't mean anything.

If you want Nvidia, I'd say get a GTS 250. If you're open to all brands, then a 5770 or 4870 1GB are both good cards for gaming that can be had in the $140-160 dollar range. A 5750 is decent as well and goes head to head with the GTS 250 and costs less than a 5770. You also get DX11 and Eyefinity with the 5700 series card, so you can play Dirt 2 and Alien vs Predator in DX11!

AvP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy5WpqETl7o

Dirt 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZAwniLT22U

If you still have the receipt, RUN to the store and return it now. It is a crappy video card for the price. How much did you pay for it? You'd be better off with a 5700 series video card or a 9800GT/GTS 250.

So whats the video supposed to prove? We have no idea what resolution your running, or what the detail settings are. For all we know, the draw distances are a step above zero, and your running at 800x600. Whats your draw distance? Other settings? AA? Resolution? That video shows us nothing.

To expand a bit on what I was saying in one of my previous posts, yes the GT220 can play these games. There is a difference however in being able to play the game and PLAY the game. Sure the GT220 can run it, you won't get any error messages about missing DX9 or SM3 support. But for many if your going to play, it should look as best as possible. This means every detail setting should be on max. You should have at least 2/4AA enabled as well. You should also be playing on 1680x1050 or better. For example, I play TF2 on my 8800GS. I have every detail setting on high, with the exception of AA which is at 2xMSAA. I play at 1680x1050. This is an example of PLAYing the game. I used to have an x1800XT, and could do the same, but only at 1280x1024. Going to 1600x1200 was to much for that card.

If your willing to turn settings off, or you play at a lower resolution, you don't need anything more then the GT220. If you want everything to look good, then your going to need the hardware to do it. And as much as some in this thread have claimed, its not the GT220.

hi
you seem to know alot. so can you tell me is the 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce GT220 ok to play empire total war. i just want to be able to play on a medium level and not that botherd about having amazing graphics.

cheers

btw you can play that on high and with beautiful graphics.
see my other vids.

aali69, do the sensible thing and get either a 9600 GSO or 4670 instead of that crappy 220.

im not into hardcore gaming i just want to be able to play a decent game.

It's still the worst choice imaginable. Why do you want a gts220? It's awful, just get a 9600gso or a 4670, there is no reasonable reason to get a 220 instead of either of those cards.

its already in the computer so i dont got much choice.