Upgrade From 4650 DDR2 to 5670 1GB GDDR5

[inforis]

I was just wondering what the differences would be like.
I heard all sorts of things from it being 20% faster to over 70% faster and i even heard someone say it was a repacked 4670.

 

[jaguarskx]

The HD 5670 is not a "repacked" HD 4670.

Roughly speaking, on average the HD 5670 is about 30% - 40% faster than the HD 4670 depending on the game and the resolution. Also, there is hardly any difference between 512MB and 1GB of RAM versions. See following review

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Axle/Radeon_HD_5670/1.html

 

[iceclock]

get the 1 gig version and it will give u a nice performance boost

 

[jaguarskx]

get the 1 gig version and it will give u a nice performance boost

There is virtually no performance difference between 1GB and 512MB of VRAM for the HD 5670.

 

[g00fysmiley]

5670 will be a pretty big performance jump from a 4650. as stated over 50% btu note its still going to be a budget card and not going to be doign gaming at high and even medium settings dependent on resolution... but yea 1 gig vs 512 meg on a 5670 is margional at best unlett you plan to use a multi monitor setup, if you plan to go multi monitor use the 1 gig otehrwise only get it is its a few dollars difference

here's a review comparing the 5670 512 to 1 gig

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

 

[iam2thecrowe]

In australia i can get a 5750 on clearance for cheaper than a 5670, id suggest you look into that.

 

[iceclock]

there is if the game requires more than 512 megs of videomemory,

 

[g00fysmiley]

the issue is as the review i linked showed not whether the game will uuse the memory but rather if the card can process that muchinfo ... which i can't really, i mean there was a very small performance increace with 1 gig ram and i'd attribut that to more memory density than increased memory capacity