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Depends on your monitor resolution. A 4670 is a minimal gaming card that will be OK at low resolutions (like 1024x768).

If you give your monitor resolution and the games you want to play you will probably get some graphics card recommendations.
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It will get you in the door but it won't put you at the front of the line. The 4670 is more of a multimedia card in that it gives good performance over most things, but when it comes to games it just gets you in the door. The lower the resolution you are playing at, the more you will be able to turn up the graphic settings, but you will want to leave AA and AF off, for the most part. It is a good card if you just need something to get you playing games at "OK" graphics.

Is this a general questions, or are you planing to make a purchase? If so, list your specs, what resolution you will be playing at, what games you intend to play, and your budget.

Of course i want to purchase ....

My pc specifications is { INTEL CORE 2 DUO 2.13 GHz , 3 GB OF DDR2 RAM /800 MHz , and the mainboard INTEL DG965RY , WITH 1066 MHz front side speed bus }

i'm using 17 inch monitor with { 1280x1024 } ‎

and i want to play games like { NEED FOR SPEED SHIFT , CFD4 , ASSASSIN CREED , EMPIRE , etc
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What Power Supply do you have?

A 4670 will play those game, but I'm not sure at what resolution. A 5750/5770 might suit your needs better, they run $145/$175. We just need to make sure your PSU can handle it. What OS do you have?

At 1280x1024 a 5770 should play anything at maximum. You might even get away with a 5750 at that resolution. If you upgrade to a larger widescreen monitor you would want the 5770. If your power supply has a single 6pin PCIE power cable and your motherboard has a PCIEx16 slot your computer will handle a 5770.

I don't want 5770 OR 5750 because they are very big and maybe they will make a touch with the ram slots .. They are very close ....

Give me your final opinion and i'll be thankfull ...

4670 or 4850 ?

4670 have a faster core frequ , 128-bit interface but the 4850 have a huge number of stream process ....and 256-bit interface .

Desertstorm1 said:
I don't want 5770 OR 5750 because they are very big and maybe they will make a touch with the ram slots .. They are very close ....


The HD5750 is shorter than a HD4850 and about half an inch longer than a HD4670...

the 4850 works fine, its all about taste, if you are a previous ATI owner then you should be fine with the 4850, if you prefer Nvidia the get yourself one of the above =)

GPU's will get hot regardless, it all comes down to what case you have (airflow), cable management and ambient temp.

Desertstorm1, you have not given us nearly enough information to help you.

First and most important is how many PCIE power cables does your power supply have?

You mentioned a space problem inside your case, you need to measure how long the card can be from the back edge of computer. Your Case and PSU models or links to them would be rally useful to have. Cards like the 9800gtx+ require 2 PCIE cables and are 10.5 inches long. It may just not be an option.

It would be nice if you could list the cards you have available and their prices so we could make some judgement if one is ridiculously overpriced compared to another.

At 1280x1024 a 9800 GTX+ is strong. At 1680x1050 its only OK. I just replaced a 9800 GTX+ with a 5770 and went from playing at high settings/no AA to ultra high with AA at 1680x1050. Since it only has 512MB RAM you will want to turn of AA to improve performance.

I dont know about 1280x1024 or the games you play. I know it can not run 50FPS smoothly with AA/AF at 1680x1050 in the MMORPGs I play. A Radeon 4870 (1GB) would be a much stronger card at about the same price in the US.
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