Card for GTA IV

Hi. I want to build a new gaming rig with,
Cpu: core i5 750,
mobo: msi p55 gd 65.
I'm doing this upgrade to play gta 4 mainly.
Now i'm stuck in choosing the right gpu. I.e between GTS 250 and HD 5750. 5750 is Dx 11 compilant so i'm attracted towards that. But I've heard that gta 4 is nvidia friendly? Is that right? Which among the two is a better one for gta 4?
5750 is at the dead end of my budget. Right now, i'll game at 1280x1024. May buy a new 22" monitor next year.

I would say 5850 would be a better choice (if you can find one), if you get the new monitor.

Doesn't really matter if you get the 5750...

the gts 250 is older, and it doesn't support dx 11 but it actually performs better than the higher priced 5750 in dx10 games. if all you want to do is gta 4 and dont have future proofing in mind, it's better to get the gts 250, or 4850 for that matter. get the 1gb.

the only thing i have to say against the 5750 is that i don't think it holds enough juice to power the upcoming dx11 games, so i think its dx11 support is negated (for my resolution and detail standards at least)

if you have the money, buy 250 1gb or 4850 1gb (whichever's cheaper), then save up for stronger dx11 cards so that you could enjoy dx11 with all it's glory when it matures. then sell the 250 or 4850.

..but if youre on a tight budget, and could only afford the cards mentioned, just go with 5750.

excellent point here , upcoming dx11 games will require more "juice" (nice use of the word) to play at even 1680x1050 at high settings .

as an example , even the 5870 takes a drop performance when running in dx11 mode compared to dx10 mode in unigine's benchmarks ... lets wait what 3dmark dx11 will say .

ill suggest buying a 4870 1gb , not that much in price over a gts 1gb , and selling it later when dx11 has matured in games . and not to mention , check out all the hd5000 prices then , ull be amazed . the 4870 512 meg launched at 300 dollars last june . a 4870 will do fine at 16x10 resolution when u get the new monitor .

The reduction is frame rates would be very minor to the point you'd never perceive it outside of benchmarking.

Depends on the board. Which motherboard do you currently have?

Typically though it will just get down clocked to 533 Mhz.

MSI, MS 7174 supporting pentium 4.

Sweet, but it makes no sense why they didnt do this is the first place...

You can go up to 800 Mhz with a Pentium 4 in it.

Yes.

According to MSI it supports that speed natively with a Pentium 4.

Back to my old rig, I installed 1Gb of 667 Mhz memory. Everything is working fine, but there is no audio on windows xp service pack 2. After i reinstalled the driver, i got the message, "device is not working properly."
i don't have any other operating system. So, what to do now? Please help.