Q6600 gfx complement for crysis2

Hi

I am an occasional gamer, have been using integrated cards so far to play
such games as most wanted, doom3, quake4 or swat.

It seems though that to run crysis2 there is no chance with integrated stuff.

I would appreciate your help in choosing for me the right card.

here are my specs

q6600
3 gb ram
winxp pro
1024/786 crt
nexus value 430 PSU
gigabyte ga-g31m-s2l MOBO

I want a economical choice, I see that there are quite cheap gt8800 cards, which probbably will not need a stronger PSU. Ideally, I wouldn't have to buy a new psu.

Thank you

5670 or 6670. Unless you can find an "eco" 88/9800GT cheap enough.

Thank you.

5670 are available from gigabyte and sapphire (and 6670 only from sapphire)

does the brand make a difference here?

No up grading psu, get to play the game and a few more. You should be good to go for a while.

When dealing with cards this low end, having oodles of ram won't make any difference. I'd go for the 512MB DDR5 over the 1GB DDR3. Having the extra ram will help applying higher levels of AA, but the 5670 is to slow to do that.

Why not get an 5770 for 15-20$ more? It's 2-3x faster than the 5670/6670, and your PSU will handle it, the 5700's (6700's) don't require a powerfull psu.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 0&Tpk=5770

5770 - if it additionally may strain my "value" psu, I had better stay with 6670 512 ddr5.

Newbie, what is your fps average and minimum? Are you getting a smooth performance in Crysis2? I hope, with 1024x768 it might be slighly better.

Cool. This strikes a golden mean. Are there any games yet that will prove unplayable at this resolution?

Overclock your Q6600 too , it will really make a nice difference with your new card

If you're a begginer don't risk it with that psu and mobo, they're low end and not sufficient for oc'ing, plus your 5670 will still be the bottleneck, that q6600 will bottleneck something like a 6950/gtx560 ti, not a 5670.

Yes, I have done some search. Messing with voltage is not my game.

I don't think that CPU would require any overclocking. Besides, you'd need to get an aftermarket cooler, as well as a new PSU and motherboard to make sure that overclock is a good one.

Here is the calculation:

System Type: 1 physical CPU
Motherboard: Regular - Desktop
CPU Socket: Socket LGA 775
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 2400 MHz Kentsfield
CPU Utilization (TDP): 90% TDP
RAM: 2 Sticks DDR2 SDRAM
ATTENTION: FOR PERSONAL, NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY
IDE HDD 7200 rpm: 2 HDDs
Regular SATA: 2 HDDs
CD-ROM Drive: 1 Drive
DVD-RW/DVD+RW Drive: 1 Drive
56K PCI Modem: Yes
PCI SATA RAID Card: Yes
Additional PCI Card (avg): 1 Card
USB: 2 Devices
Fans
Regular: 1 Fan 120mm;
Keyboard and mouse: Yes
System Load: 90 %

Minimum PSU Wattage: 259 Watts
Recommended Wattage: 309 Watts

I wonder if it is reliable.

Looks like that PSU is a good one.
You could try out an HD 5770/6770. Which is more powerful than a HD 4850 and consumes less power too.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150540
You an get it for $90 after rebate.

I have bought 4850

on 1024x768 Crysis 2 plays at gamer settings, portal 2 maxed out. I am going to try Need For Speed Hot Pursuit2.

Visual side is STELLAR. I didn't expect there would be such a fantastic difference between Quake 4 and Crysis2. I have reached the site with 3 alien pods and so far animation has been seamless.

I am in doubt whether to close the computer, don't want it to fry.
And the loudness is higher than I expected.

Temperature is 52 and fan speed 44%.


I will close the cover and reduce the fan to 32% and see what happens.

**

After lowering it to to 32%, the temperature rose to 55 degrees.


Finally a warnig for others inexperienced. This is another effect of my inexperience with computer components - the mobo setup does not allow 2 pcis and pcie*2, because of the arrangement of ports - second part of the card covers the pci port. This thing is regardless of the card - all the new ones take two rows, it's onloy now that I realise that.

The system gets too hot, as I close teh box, too loud if opened.

I tend to think I don't want such a computer. I use it for the net, for some job stuff, and such a card appears to demand more messing around than I can spare.

I have ten days to take the final decision.

just want to share my system
got i3 2100 and 4670 card and i can play crysis 2 at advance setting w/ 30fps,MWF3 maxout 30 t0 40 fps,battlefield 3 high auto settings 25-30fps at 1366x768 res..,so i think 5670/6770 can afford wat you want in most games. You should pick this rather than 4850

sory i mean 5770/6770

Hello again

I eventually resigned from 4850, because it was too hot and unbearably loud even at the lowest fan speed (either the volume or maybe the sountd of the fan - doesn't matter).

I finally decided to get back to what I was recommended here from the very beginning: hd5670 512 ddr5. I found a sindgle height one, ata good price. So far, I am VERY HAPPY about the choice. Thank you, all the ppl who responded in this thread. That's much appreciated.

Now I realise the card is not MSI, contrary to what the serial no suggests.

Here are the data given by the seller at an electronic auction:

Karta wideo MSI R5670
BIOS Version 012.020.000.033.000000
Nazwa kodowa procesora graficznego Redwood
Numer części 113-AC83300-100
Urządzenie PCI 1002-68D9 / 1462-2207 (Rev 00)
Liczba tranzystorów 627 milion(ów)
Technologia wykonania 40 nm
Rozmiar procesora (Die Size) 104 mm2
Typ magistrali PCI Express 2.0 x16 @ x16
Rozmiar pamięci 512 MB
Częstotliwość taktowania układu graficznego 650 MHz (oryginalny: 650 MHz)
Częstotliwość taktowania przetwornika RAMDAC 400 MHz
Liczba potoków pikseli 4
Texture Mapping Units 20
Unified Shaders 400 (v5.0)
Sprzętowa obsługa DirectX DirectX v11
Pixel Fillrate 2600 MPikseli/sek
Texel Fillrate 13000 MTekseli/sek
Typ magistrali GDDR5
Szerokość magistrali 128-bitowy(a)
Rzeczywista częstotliwość taktowania 1009 MHz (DDR) (oryginalny: 1010 MHz)
Efektywna częstotliwość taktowania 2018 MHz
Przepustowość 31.5 GB/sek

Given that i did not get a box, I suspect the card is a noname?


There is however a strange behavious in Catalyst.

I enabled overdrive to set hi perf gpu to 650mhz and mem clock to 100mhz, as it reads in the technical data quoted by the reseller and in the current values below the figures are respectively 157mhz and 450mhz. How come?

I see. If I leave the card to self regulate, with games like NFS Most Wanted (a game even my integrated gfx card could handle) according to SpeedFan software it reaches no more than 70degrees C, so I guess it's okay. But with Crysis 2 SF reported even above 80. As I set in catalyst the fan to a constant 65%, it remains below 70degC. A simple conclusion: speed up the fan manually before Crysis. But isn't there a more automatic way, so that as the temperature approaches 70dCelsius, the fan should speed up?