HD6670 vs Pentium4

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Hello everyone! This is my first Thread and english is not my first language, sry about that.

I have some knowledge in hardware, but I need to know if someone has experience in this particular scenario.

I have a Pentium 4 3.2 HT! I can overclock it a little with my H50... something @3.5 stable because my ram and my mb can't help me.

I live in Brazil, and a New Gaming rig, even a i3 or 4100 based rig is very expensive, so I wanna give some more life to my old rig, till I can get the money to build a proper gaming PC like 2500k and a gtx660 maybe.

So, my PC:

Corsair 400w
P5QPL-AM
P4 3.2HT@3.5
3Gb DDR2 667
Win7 32Bits Ultimate

I want a video card... I know about the bottleneck of the P4, and I know that this is not the best way to go... thing is, I can't build another rig right now, and I want to make light gaming, on board video is sux even for 720p movies in jungle or fast scenes.

Im thinking about a HD6670... but I can't find any tests online to see if it is worth to get a 6670 other then the 6650, of course, for the next build, the 6670 i gonna save some money to start, but I don't worry much about it, I just want the best I can have for my Pentium 4 and Corsair 400w.

The doubt:

Is it worth to get a 6670 for a Pentium 4? Or will it performe the same as the 6570 because of the CPU bottleneck?

Tyvm any help or experience is apreciated, and sry again for my bad english.
 
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I can't quite remember but it was something from the x1 series as it had an AGP slot, but it was quite a while ago, atleast 5 years.

For cost/performance have you looked at APUs?

But here is what I think: buy the 6670 if you plan on reusing it in your newbuild, if not go with the cheapest you can find like a 5450 or something.

Check out some benchmarks the 6670 isn't a bad card by any stretch I was using one to game at 1920 x 1080, most games played atleast medium.
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Ty Supermuncher85.
At first, I was thinking about geting e8500, but the prices around here don't help at all. Its half the price of the 2500k, just don't worth the money. I just need to make a little more use from my P4 in the next feel months.
 
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Isn't the 6670 or 6570 better then the gt 240 even with the Pentium4 Bottleneck? Thats my doubt what is the best I can get for a Pentium4 and a 400w Corsair.

Tyvm
 
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I'd have to say go ahead and grab one, can't be that bad even if it does have a bottleneck via the pentium 4, I had a P4, played GTA SA/VC/NFS underground, most wanted fairly decently.

Either way it will be loads better then integrated graphics + you can use it in your new build.
 
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Ty for your help. What GPU did u use with the P4?
 
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that is pretty much speculation. i usually say, " d4mn the bottleneck full GPU ahead!" but if you are saving up to upgrade your platform; it might be better to spend as little money as you can now so you have more money later . .just a thought.
 
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I can't quite remember but it was something from the x1 series as it had an AGP slot, but it was quite a while ago, atleast 5 years.

For cost/performance have you looked at APUs?

But here is what I think: buy the 6670 if you plan on reusing it in your newbuild, if not go with the cheapest you can find like a 5450 or something.

Check out some benchmarks the 6670 isn't a bad card by any stretch I was using one to game at 1920 x 1080, most games played atleast medium.
 
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