How good is the 4770 for games in 1920*1080

config;
amd pII x4 810
msi 790gx motherboard
2gb kingston ddr3
msi 4770 video card
aoc f22 monitor
windows 7

my problem is that most games run perfectly in full hd, while some games like need for speed undercover give very slight lag..
planning to get 'shift',
IS MY RAM A PROBLEM?
cuz when ever i see the task manager it shows around 500mb free.

plz help....

Add a second 4770

If it's W7 64 then add RAM, if 32 bit get the card.

Ahh, the third option, of course.

The 4770 was designed as an energy efficient, mid-level, general purpose card. Two 4770's in Crossfire mode did fairly well during gaming. However, do not expect it perform like a high end card.

hybyprime - They do? Strikingly close to 5870 performance? According to the Tom's Hardware article a single 4770 did not do well against the other cards. It took two 4770's in Crossfire mode to smoke a single 4890. They never compared two 4770's against two 4890's. In fact, the 4770's were not compared with any other cards in dual mode. The way I understood the article it was the low price and low power consumption that really made two 4770's look good. At the time you could get two 4770's for $30.00 less than a single 4890.

An HD4770 is only slightly less powerful than an HD4850 and two in crossfire should give performance similar to a GTX 280;
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 88-11.html

thanks guys, make more sense now.. selling off the 4770 and getting a 4870. buying another one would come to the same thing almost, and with the 4870 also have to scenario of upgrading. But is dx 11 and the 5 series worth it?

fail,
go for the extra video card
the 2 gb Ram should be enough for now....

sold the 4770 and got a 4870, plan to cross it in sometime. and the ram as well. I still don't think i can play crysis in full graphics even if i crossfire.. sad..
thanks a lot everyone :-)