Graphic Cards Sapphire HD4670 - can i go ahead with it?

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Hi, I will have to classify myself as a new gamer at the moment. I last played those PC games that didn't need a gfx card. :-)

I'm just in the mood to play some stuff like FIFA, Cricket, Tennis. Don't even know which new titles exist + I hate 3d games so will never play them even in the future.

MY PC Config is
1. Intel Pentium Dual Core
2. Gigabyte G31 mobo
3. 2 GB DDR2 RAM
4. Standard 400W PSU
4. Samsung B2030 LCD (1600 x 900)

Based on the feedback I have recvd from TE users I think 99% are advising the HD4670. Just want to know if I should be taking the 512MB or the 1GB one. Also if the GPU has its own DDR3 RAM I hope there will be no issue if my mobo has DDR2 RAM on it. ( No LOLs pls .. its just something i wanna confirm before spending the 3.5-5k .. so asking the Q however silly it may be :) )

HD4670 512 MB - 3900/- & 1 GB - 4700/-

I was contemplating buying a PS2 but again the feedback was that the grafix on the PC games would be much better and hence worth the investment in just the gfx card.

Lastly, just want to know if most PC games use the numeric keypad (up, down, left, right arrows) as control or alphabtets like Q, E, S, Z, C .. i can never manage even the simplest games that have alphabet keys as controls.
 
HD4670 1GB now costs 4-4.1k

just bought one an hour ago for a friend.

you will require a psu to go with it.

settle for FSP Saga II 350W which shall cost around 1.5k
 
Checked with Rahul from ITwares

Sapphire HD4670 for 4250 & Asus HD 4670 for 4050. Which one to finalise? Hope there are no heating issues, etc with this.
I read somewhere that some PCI-E connector is also needed for this. Isn't it provided along with the card?

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?? Hey guys ... waiting for ur feedback. I hope there is no heating issue with the card / any other issue / compatibility issue considering my PC config.
 
Yes definitely you can go with it, In fact my question was also on similar lines. I have a PC which is a little bit outdated than yours. You can check my link & advices TE guys had provided to me at this link
http://www.techenclave.com/graphic-cards/s-graphic-card-reqd-suggest-urgently-168939.html
And also you can attach the DDR3 graphics card to your MOBO.. No problems in that in fact you can even attach a DDR5 gc to it without any probs.. Its just your PSU should handle it.:clap:
amitmk said:
Checked with Rahul from ITwares

Sapphire HD4670 for 4250 & Asus HD 4670 for 4050. Which one to finalise? Hope there are no heating issues, etc with this.
I read somewhere that some PCI-E connector is also needed for this. Isn't it provided along with the card?

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?? Hey guys ... waiting for ur feedback. I hope there is no heating issue with the card / any other issue / compatibility issue considering my PC config.
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Sapphire over asus any day for a ATI graphics card ... and your video card using ddr3 doesnt have anything to do with your motherboard ... so no worries there. Most of the current gen cards use there own power from the PSU hence require a bit more juice ... the default PSU that you will not provide the clean powered required by the card ... hence it would be better to get a decent PSU ... the once suggested above will do just fine.

cheers

Kolguy
 
+1 for 4670HD.Its a very good card for the people with low budget.

Got myself MSI 4670HD (1GB) from SMC International Nehru Place. Played COD MW and COD MW2 at full settings (1280 X 1024) and got 50-60fps constant.

So 4670HD is advisable. Earlier i was thinking of getting 5570HD(low profile) but the SMC guy told me that 4670HD is the most stable card in the market and its got the best reviews.:hap2:

So, i settled for 4670HD.I prefer MSI over sapphire coz MSI's A.S.S. is far better than Sapphire in Delhi.

No heating issues at all and using it with 300W HCL PSU :yahoo: and Core 2 Duo proccy and 2 HDD attached.
 
Yup as madnav says get a Sapphire HD4670 and a decent PSU like the FSP SAGAII 350w. The HD4670 deosnt need a external PCI-E power connector. That said go thru this link to see how pathetic "Standard 400w" that comes with PC cases are.

Our generic 500 W power supply died when we tried pulling 275 W from it, so the maximum amount of power we could extract was 250 W – half the labeled amount! This value matches the components that were used. In the table below we summarize how tests with this power supply delivering 250 W. The value listed under “total” was the total amount of power the unit was actually pulling, as measured by our load tester
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But the main problem with this generic unit was noise and ripple. This is something regular users don’t even think about: most users choose a power supply solely based on its wattage, paying no attention on how clean the outputs are.

Outputs from the power supply are continuous voltages and when watching them on an oscilloscope they should be a straight line on the screen. This, however, doesn’t happen; outputs aren’t perfectly continuous. They can have a little oscillation (called ripple) and, on top of that oscillation, some little spikes (called noise). If the value of this oscillation and spikes are low enough they won’t offer any risk of damage to your equipment.

The problem with this generic power supply is that its noise level was above those values all the time! When we started at 50 W noise level at +5 V output was already at 105 mV! When delivering 250 W noise level at +5 V output was at 220 mV and at +12 V output was at 180 mV!

So even if your equipment isn’t pulling a lot of power – for example, you have a very basic PC with a low-end video card or even on-board video –a generic power supply can cause you trouble because of the amazingly high noise level (caused by the removal of the coils and capacitors from the filtering stage in order to cut costs). Have you ever heard of instability problems solved by replacing a generic power supply with a “branded” one, even when the computer wasn’t pulling a lot of power? Well, this explains it. The bottom line is: wattage is not everything.
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How Much Power Can a Generic 500 W Power Supply Really Deliver? | Hardware Secrets
 
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