Choosing A Video Card

[danyal]

I'm not real a really picky gamer, even when I'm playing on my dad's computer with a really good video card, I usually lower the settings to about medium and turning the anti-alias completely off, would this benefit me If i end up getting the 5670 512MB?

Funny you should ask.......

I just started playing Blur and Split second. COD,4,WAW,Modern warefare2 I finished a while back.

I play Split Second/Blur at the highest settings @ 1600x1200 with my 5750.
A 5670 is a good card for these games and should run it just fine.

By the way Blur sucks! Split Second is one of the best race games I've played in a while.
http://www.game1010.com/video/video/CpJPJsYU39A/Gameplay-Split-Second-HD-5670.html

EDIT: FYI, HELL NO MAN . Blur get's really intense if you plan out what you're going to do, but Split Second is pretty good, and better , but Blur is right underneath it

 

[toyota]

I'm not real a really picky gamer, even when I'm playing on my dad's computer with a really good video card, I usually lower the settings to about medium and turning the anti-alias completely off, would this benefit me If i end up getting the 5670 512MB?



EDIT: FYI, HELL NO MAN . Blur get's really intense if you plan out what you're going to do, but Split Second is pretty good, and better , but Blur is right underneath it

even on high settings at 1600x900 there are only 3 or 4 games that will surpass 512mb of vram and thats usually with 4x AA or more too. so yes a 5670 512mb seems to be the right card for you.

 

[danyal]

One last question, I looked at the requirements:

System Requirements Minimum 400 Watt or greater Power Supply Requirement

How do I check to see if my CPU has that?

 

[happy medium]

I'm not real a really picky gamer, even when I'm playing on my dad's computer with a really good video card, I usually lower the settings to about medium and turning the anti-alias completely off, would this benefit me If i end up getting the 5670 512MB?



EDIT: FYI, HELL NO MAN . Blur get's really intense if you plan out what you're going to do, but Split Second is pretty good, and better , but Blur is right underneath it

Run this video in 720p. Its the 5670 running Split Second. Looks much nicer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MnXGw5m4CA

I'll give Blur another try. I played a few levels and thought it sucked. I'm on episode 5 in Split second and It just keeps getting better.

 

[happy medium]

One last question, I looked at the requirements:

System Requirements Minimum 400 Watt or greater Power Supply Requirement

How do I check to see if my CPU has that?

Your Dell will run the card just fine ,no worries there.
The 5670 card uses little power.

 

[danyal]

Alright, thanks a lot! You guys really helped a lot

 

[toyota]

One last question, I looked at the requirements:

System Requirements Minimum 400 Watt or greater Power Supply Requirement

How do I check to see if my CPU has that?

you can just open up your case ans look at the power supply. its probably a 300 watt psu with around 18amps for the 12v. thats plenty for your very basic pc with a 5670.

 

[happy medium]

Alright, thanks a lot! You guys really helped a lot

Make sure you let us know how it works out for ya.

 

[danyal]

Will do, I'm ordering it as I write

The installation should be easy right? I watched some youtube videos, and all they do is plug in the video card, and install the drivers.

 

[happy medium]

Will do, I'm ordering it as I write

The installation should be easy right? I watched some youtube videos, and all they do is plug in the video card, and install the drivers.

You might have to disable the integrated graphics in your bios.

Other then that yea, just install card and drivers.
Make sure you get the latest drivers off the AMD web site.

 

[danyal]

You might have to disable the integrated graphics in your bios.

Other then that yea, just install card and drivers.
Make sure you get the latest drivers off the AMD web site.

Yeah I heard about that, there are problems with running two graphics card right?

 

[toyota]

Will do, I'm ordering it as I write

The installation should be easy right? I watched some youtube videos, and all they do is plug in the video card, and install the drivers.

you might have to go into bios and set pci-e as the video display.

as you have seen in the videos you need to disable(not uninstall) your onboard video in the device manger. then turn off the pc install the card, connect your your monitor cable and reboot. then install drivers and you are done.

 

[happy medium]

Yeah I heard about that, there are problems with running two graphics card right?

Yes, you have intel integrated graphics on board your mother board.
It's the worst graphics in the world. The 5670 is 10x better.

 

[danyal]

you might have to go into bios and set pci-e as the video display.

as you have seen in the videos you need to disable(not uninstall) your onboard video in the device manger. then turn off the pc install the card, connect your your monitor cable and reboot. then install drivers and you are done.

Thank you! I was actually going around asking for retail installation prices... these people can be really expensive sometimes :|

Yes, you have intel integrated graphics on board your mother board.
It's the worst graphics in the world. The 5670 is 10x better.

LOL thanks... I wonder why I got it with my PC :/. It's really not good, I can barely run Halo CE.... <.<

 

[f4phantom2500]

EDIT: nevermind...also the 5670 is probably more than 10x better.

 

[toyota]

well you edited so never mind for me too. lol