HD 6670, GT620, possibly others, $120 budget

[m7priest]

Hello all,

I'm trying to put together a budget (although not super low budget) rig. Gaming's not the primary purpose but I hope to do some with it.

Relevant specs:
SandyBridge G540 CPU, Intel H61MH mobo
8GB ram (DDR3 12800)
450W PSU (I can upgrade this to 600W for $25 more)
Display Resolution: Not settled yet. Probably won't be 1080p. Maybe 1440x900 or thereabouts. Buuut I do photo editing so I may splurge a bit here and go IPS 1080p afterall.

The two cards I'm primarily considering are the GT620 ($65) and HD6670 with DDR3 1GB ($87). I'm leaning a little more towards the 6670 at the moment, sounds like a pretty decent card. I'm open to other suggestions too - budget is not a hard limit, I just don't want to spend too much if I can help it.

Games I play atm are Guild Wars 2, Mech Warrior Online, and some Source engine stuff. I'm not particularly concerned about high end eye candy (though it is nice), just looking for something that'll look decently good, say midrange settings, and keep a decent, preferably 30+ frame rate.

All that said-
Is the HD 6670 good enough for that? Could I even go with the GT620 and still get good performance? Or, possibly, is the 6670 too old or low end?

All suggestions welcome, but the country I'm in, prices tend to be a little higher than in the US.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Hi.

What country do you live ? Maybe we can find you a good deal from a shop you can buy from.

 

[Regor245]

You can get a GDDR5 6670 under $90.

HD 7750 around $100-110 USD

 

[m7priest]

Hello.

South Korea.
G-market's prices aren't terrible all said and may be the best in the country - the prices listed above are taken from there.

 

[Kamen_BG]

Hi.The HD 6670 is a pretty good card but it's really not that expensive.
The GT 620 is TERRIBLE for gaming don't even bother looking at it.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
Here's the graphics card's Hierarchy.Try getting a card thats as high on the list as possible.

 

[m7priest]

You can get a GDDR5 6670 under $90.

HD 7750 around $100-110 USD

The 7750 is $135+ here, more commonly about $150-$160.

Not completely out of the question, but how good of a card is it?

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

I would go for a GTX550ti, prices in SK are much better for them than for the 7750. ( and is a better card anyway )

I would upgrade that psu to be more safe for future upgrades.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Make sure it is a 1G version though, i see also 512mb versions ????

 

[Regor245]

6670 is good enough for 1440x900, you should be able to run most games on High Settings. Get the GDDR5 version.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

He has not decided yet bout res. Go for the 550 and 1080 imo.

 

[XXStavrosXX]

550Ti is not always better than 7750, especially in new DirectX11 games. For 1440x900 6670 is fine, for 1080p you would appriciate a stronger GPU and I recommend 7750, unless there is a major price difference with the 550Ti.

 

[m7priest]

Hi.The HD 6670 is a pretty good card but it's really not that expensive.
The GT 620 is TERRIBLE for gaming don't even bother looking at it.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html
Here's the graphics card's Hierarchy.Try getting a card thats as high on the list as possible.

This is an awesome list^^ Thank you for pointing it out, and for pointing me away from the GT620

6670 is good enough for 1440x900, you should be able to run most games on High Settings. Get the GDDR5 version.

I decided on the GTX550Ti. The DDR3 version of the HD 6670 is only $10-$15 cheaper here. The DDR5 version is the same price as the 1GB 550Ti.

He has not decided yet bout res. Go for the 550 and 1080 imo.

I'm thinking I'm going to go with the 1080p IPS. It's not that expensive and the higher res would be useful for the graphics work.

550Ti is not always better than 7750, especially in new DirectX11 games. For 1440x900 6670 is fine, for 1080p you would appriciate a stronger GPU and I recommend 7750, unless there is a major price difference with the 550Ti.

The 7750 is about 50% more expensive than the 550Ti here^^; -I'm gonna call that major and just go with the 550Ti, which is the same price as the GDDR5 version of 6670. That said, I appreciate your input - if the price difference wasn't so big, I may have picked the 7750 instead.



Thank you everyone for your input!

 

[m7priest]

Best answer selected by m7priest.

 

[GreenDutchAlien]

Your welcome and like i said ; with those prices the 550 is best bang for buck you can get there.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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