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[Solved] 8800GT OR 9800GT OR HD 5670

Forum Graphics & Displays : Graphics Cards [Solved] 8800GT OR 9800GT OR HD 5670

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I am A Normal Gamer,I play Games like Dirt 2(also Dirt 3),Grid,F1 2010,AND OTHERS LIKE MEDAL OF HONOR,BLACK OPS,COD ETC
I HAVE FOLLOWING PC:
INTEL PENTIUM DUAL CORE E5200@3.33GHZ
2GB RAM CORSAIR XMX EXTREME MEMORY 800MHZ
MSI G31-P21 MOTHERBOARD



I AM LOOKING FOR A GRAPHICS CARD,THAT CAN HOLD 2011 FULLY,FOR GAMING AND OTHER PURPOSES,MY RESOLUTION IS 1024 X 768,AND MY SUGGESTED GPUS ARE 8800GT , 9800GT , HD 5670,I AM ON A TIGHT BUDGET,I AM BUYING THESE GPU'S FROM SELLERS,I AM PAYING MORE ATTENTION ON HD 5670 BECAUSE OF DX11,AND 1 MORE THING THAT WILL IT DO DX11 FINE ON 1024 X 768,WITH MEDIUM TO HIGH SETTINGS,I AM USING HD 3870,I WANT TO MOVE TO A NEWER CARD,BUT I WANT THE SAME PERFORMANCE THAT I GOT WITH HD 3870,NOT TO BE DOWNGRADED?
PLEASE SUGGEST ME A GOOD GPU OUT OF THESE THREES. :sol:

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first, take off CAPS.
then, what is you power supply.?

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Reply to malmental

That's not amazing, does your tight budget mean no power supply upgrade?

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Reply to plastichairball

yeah but it can hd 3870 really fine!!!doesnt that cook something good to hd 5670 and 8800gt or 9800gt!!!!it has 6 pin power connector

Reply to mrjericho1991

amd reccmommends a 400 watt psu for a 5670

http://www.amd.com/us/products/des [...] iew.aspx#3

the 5670 > 9800gt for sure btu i'd reccomend a psu upgrade with the gpu upgrade if possible

5670 would be fine for any game in 1024 X 768

Reply to g00fysmiley

Well as I said, it's not bad but not amazing either. I like to be safe, and have a margin of approx 50-100W higher PSU over what I need. If you're sticking with the PSU, I'd go for a 5670. Very tolerant on power supplies, gives decent performance (about the same as the Nvidia options). All round, not bad at all.

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Reply to plastichairball

1 more question,will dx11 sound good on 1024 x 768 by that xfx hd 5670

Reply to mrjericho1991

nvidia really doesn't hav an answer to the 5670 thats dx11 compatable

they have a hole
gurrently it goes

5550 (ddr3)< 430< 5550(ddr5) < 5570 < 5650 < <5670 < 5750 <450<5770

ther price gets close in there but there's definatly a price gap to fill between the 430 and the 450 dx11 market that nvidia has nothign to offer in ... one might however argue they don't want to spend the resources on goign after this market as its the 100 even mark with the 430 falling in the 75ish and the 450 falling into the 125ish

point being if he wants dx11 in the price range of 100 bucks nvidia isn't for him :D

and the 9800 does compete with the 5670 but i'd take the 5670 due to it being mroe energy efficient and edging it out in performance, the dx11 is just an added bonus

Reply to g00fysmiley

so means it will run dx11 very good on 1024 x 768,if so means this is the card that i ve been looking for,there is another gpu named gt 440,is it out for local buyers?

Reply to mrjericho1991

GT440 is an OEM card only, check eBay if available..
http://www.nvidia.com/object/produ [...] em-us.html

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Reply to malmental

one more thing, grab a HD5670 512MB GDDR5, not 1GB DDR5, the increased memory won't make any differences in gaming

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Reply to greghome

the size does in fact matter but get the 512MB version because of running 32-bit OS and only have 2GB of installed RAM..

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Reply to malmental

malmental wrote :

the size does in fact matter but get the 512MB version because of running 32-bit OS and only have 2GB of installed RAM..



actually no,
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1187/7/
http://www.legitreviews.com/images/reviews/1187/re5.jpg

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Reply to greghome

same card different manufacturers..
one is solely nVidia and the other is sapphire.

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Message edited by malmental on 12-09-2010 at 07:08:44 PM
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Reply to malmental

malmental wrote :

same card different manufacturers..
one is solely nVidia and the other is sapphire.




:lol:

Since when does Sapphire manufacture Geforce cards,
and I never knew Nvidia made RAdeon Premium Graphics :lol:

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Reply to greghome

I AM ASKING THAT WILL DIRECTX11 RUN FINE ON 1024 X 768 WITH HIGH IN DIRT 2?

Reply to mrjericho1991

greghome wrote :

:lol:

Since when does Sapphire manufacture Geforce cards,
and I never knew Nvidia made RAdeon Premium Graphics :lol:


that's not what I'm saying..... :heink:
just nevermind and move on. :sleep:

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Reply to malmental

mrjericho1991 wrote :

I AM ASKING THAT WILL DIRECTX11 RUN FINE ON 1024 X 768 WITH HIGH IN DIRT 2?


stop typing with caps..!

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Reply to malmental

the 1 gig vs 512 meg the 1 gig will preform a tiny bit better in a handful of title usually ones with larger draw distances... however in general you will not see a difference so unless its the same price or within 5 bucks of the 512 meg i wouldn't go for the 1 gig


http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1187/15/

*add*

"I AM ASKING THAT WILL DIRECTX11 RUN FINE ON 1024 X 768 WITH HIGH IN DIRT 2? "

yes but you don't have to yell >_<


Message edited by g00fysmiley on 12-09-2010 at 07:22:58 PM
Reply to g00fysmiley

mrjericho1991 wrote :

I AM ASKING THAT WILL DIRECTX11 RUN FINE ON 1024 X 768 WITH HIGH IN DIRT 2?



http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 33-15.html

It should be fine with DX11 on 1240*768

http://media.bestofmicro.com/6/H/236105/original/DiRT2_1280.png
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5670,2533-15.html

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Reply to greghome

why not you guys recommended me the 8800gt,i am wondering that it was the best gpu in 2008 and in 09,is it over rated now?or is it not capable of playing games?

Reply to mrjericho1991

^
not anymore but if you can get one for $50 or less on e/bay.

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Reply to malmental

8800gt or 9800 gt was great in thier day, but now they are a bit obselete and they don't even support the latest vertion of directX (dx11) also the 5670 would run much mroe efficiently

Reply to g00fysmiley

i am going to buy as soon as possible,please again confirm me that will this gpu have no problems in upcoming games,and will it be better than my hd 3870?

Reply to mrjericho1991

which one.?
there all better anyways.

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Reply to malmental

If u have a HD3870, grabbing a HD 5670 would only give u a more power efficient card, performance wise , it's not a realy big leap forward,
dont buy the HD5670 then, unless ur current CPU is broken.

 


Here's Toms Graphics Card Hierarchy chart , Have Fun!


Message edited by greghome on 12-11-2010 at 05:35:30 PM
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Reply to greghome

no i am not looking for a gpu which will leap me forward,i am looking for a gpu which can play games like my hd 3870,but i just want to add directx11 bonus,i just want directx11.

Reply to mrjericho1991

HD 6850 would be my recommendation if u want a upgrade, dont bother going DX11 if ur GPU alreay is so good

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Reply to greghome

enough with all the overkill cards you keep suggesting....
let it go.

 

OP - only has 2GB of RAM and a 32-bit OS.
the 1GB HD6850 besides needing a better power supply will even lower is left available RAM.
and the HD6850 will be too much for his current cpu causing a bottleneck...
HD5670 is the only card you need..


Message edited by malmental on 12-11-2010 at 06:52:09 PM
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Reply to malmental

^Performance leap will not be much,
maybe a HD5770, but not a HD5670 if u already have a perfectly functioning HD 3870.

and OP, if u only wanted DX11 in the beginning, why bother asking about the 8800 and 9800 anyways?

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Reply to greghome

^
that's is true about the DX11 and 88 or 98 models..

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Reply to malmental

i was wondering that what if i compete hd 5670 with 8800gt

Reply to mrjericho1991

i will be adding 2gb or 1 more gb ram in a month or two whenever i get my pocketmoney

Reply to mrjericho1991

At the resolution the op is at, his current card is probably great. DX11 only comes into play if the game supports dx11 correct. The op might be better off going to a 64 bit OS and getting a ram upgrade.

Reply to ohiou_grad_06

no,but i want directx11 to be in my pc,because its future and having it will save my money.so that i wont have to spend next year,and then when windows 8 will be coming out in 2012,i will buy another same standard gpu with directx12,so the game here is just that i want to run games in directx11,the ones who support it.and then 1 more thing is that i am not looking for an upgrade,i just want to buy the same standard gpu like my hd 3870 and i think hd 5670 gddr5 is that card.what you all say?

Reply to mrjericho1991
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Honestly dude, I would almost consider staying where you are. How many games are really going to be coded for DX11? A lot of the developers finally just got dx10 down I think.

Reply to ohiou_grad_06

but some upcoming games including dirt 3,crysis 2, far cry 3,smackdown vs raw 2011 will be directx11,so i want to do that,and most of all i have resolution of 1024 x 768,so i think hd 5670 will be my best bet,what you say?

Reply to mrjericho1991

just get the HD5670 and be done with it.......

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Reply to malmental

yes. i have and also have and had the HD4670 and HD5770..
as far as nVidia I have had and have:
GT8600, GT9600, GT240, GTS450 and GTX460.
I speak from experience....


Message edited by malmental on 12-12-2010 at 03:35:12 PM
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Reply to malmental

ok then how will hd 5670 perform with directx11 at 1024 x 768!!!

Reply to mrjericho1991

EXAMPLE

 

Performance
If considering an upgrade from your old DirectX 9 or early DirectX 10 graphics card, or even on-board graphics,
the Sapphire HD 5670 will boost your performance.
You will also be able to take advantage of DirectX 11 and the enhancements that come with it.

 

Reviewer's Opinion
Many of the people who I know that are main-streamers, or shall I say casual users, have computers with on-board graphics.
This limits them to playing games that do not require much to do with graphics and, even with those games,
they still cannot play at resolutions over 1024 X 768. The Sapphire HD 5670 is a perfect upgrade at a price of less than $99.00 USD.
It is a video card that is easy on a budget and gives the option to play games that demand a discrete graphics card.
As seen in the benchmarks, AA and AF was used, as well as shaders, and all frame rates, including those at resolutions of 1680 X 1050, were playable.

 

There are many who have been waiting to upgrade their operating system from Windows XP that skipped Vista.
With DirectX 11, you get the power of DirectCompute, which harnesses the power of the GPU for video trans-coding and HD up-converting.
The Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 is DirectX 11 and will work with DirectCompute to make those editing tasks a little easier.

 

You may have heard of Eyefinity - using three monitors and an ATI 5000 Series graphics card to render a single image across the screens for an immersive gaming experience.
This is something that you normally would not be able to do with an entry level graphics card but with the HD 5670 -
Yes you Can

 

Pros

 

* Direct X 11 Compatible
* Affordable Upgrade
* HDMI
* HDCP
* Eyefinity Multi Display Capable

 

Cons

 

* None


Message edited by malmental on 12-12-2010 at 05:24:22 PM
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Reply to malmental

sapphire,but only xfx is available in my city.

Reply to mrjericho1991

that's even better..

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Reply to malmental

ok,is there any other card,that i should look instead of hd 5670,but i want directx11?or should i wait for nvidia to launch a gt 540?

Reply to mrjericho1991

when is that coming.?
I think that's a mobile graphics and not a tower card..

 

see if you can fit a dual slotted card and if so then just get the GTS450...

 

FYI - I looked up your board, it will fit.


Message edited by malmental on 12-12-2010 at 07:44:56 PM
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^If he lives in america, why cant he find other versions of the 5670 on newegg or amazon ?

:/

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