hd 6670 ddr3 or gddr5

[Yachint]

I am planning to build a new pc and I needed to know that is an hd 6670 ddr3 version will be good for gaming at 1280x768 resolution at med settings (with 30-40 fps for bf3,max payne 3 ,prototype 2,black ops 2) or should I take the gddr5 version (I'm also a little tight on my budget).

Plan build:
i3 2100 @3.1 ghz
Gigabyte GA B75M D3H
Transcend 4gb ddr3 ram
Corsair VS450
WD Caviar Blue 500 gb hdd
LG 18 inch monitor resolution-1366x768

Thanks in advance .

 

[LoveMachine]

I'd definitely get the GDDR5 version. For the same price, it may have less memory available, but at that resolution, higher bandwidth is probably more important that buffer size.

 

[ShintaiDK]

What I could find.

3DMark11 - Performance 2479 marks Radeon HD 6670 GDDR5
3DMark11 - Performance 1594 marks Radeon HD 6670 GDDR3

Give or take for inaccuratecy. But I see if you cant afford the GDDR5 version.

 

[DominionSeraph]

I wouldn't suggest either. Get a G2120 for $79. Use the savings to get this 7770:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161402

Comes with Sleeping Dogs, which has some good reviews.
You lose maybe 10% on the CPU side, but gain ~80% on the GPU side.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/613?vs=536

 

[ShintaiDK]

^^ I agree with this.

 

[BoFox]

Avoid DDR3 like the plague!!!

I didn't realize that there was a DDR3 version of it.. I guess I should add it to the Voodoopower ratings list.

 

[BoFox]

What I could find.

3DMark11 - Performance 2479 marks Radeon HD 6670 GDDR5
3DMark11 - Performance 1594 marks Radeon HD 6670 GDDR3

Give or take for inaccuratecy. But I see if you cant afford the GDDR5 version.

Even if it's $20 more expensive, just look at the 3DMarks! The GDDR5 version is a whopping 56% faster! Definitely worth $10-20, by a mile!!! In Heaven Benchmark in the last chart, it's 115% faster!

 

[BoFox]

I wouldn't suggest either. Get a G2120 for $79. Use the savings to get this 7770:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814161402

Comes with Sleeping Dogs, which has some good reviews.
You lose maybe 10% on the CPU side, but gain ~80% on the GPU side.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/613?vs=536

+1, definitely go for at least 7770 instead!!! :thumbsup:

 

[frozentundra123456]

+1, definitely go for at least 7770 instead!!! :thumbsup:

+2 for the HD7770. I got mine for 90.00 after rebate. Maybe you can find a similar deal if you shop carefully or wait a bit to save up a few dollars more. Looks like the 7770 is almost twice as fast at the 6670 in anand's bench, although I dont know if the 6670 was ddr3 or ddr5.

At your resolution, you should be able to run pretty high settings, and if you wanted to move up to a 1080p monitor later, the 7770 would be adequate with settings lowered in some games.

 

[Yachint]

Thanks! u guys really helped me out to decide now I'll definitely go for the hd 6670 gddr5 version. I'll even try going for the 7770 as u guys have said.
I just wanted to ask one more thing should I leave i3 and get this instead?-AMD Athlon II X2 270 @3.4ghz
Would I lose frames if I put this processor instead?

Thanks again

 

[Red Hawk]

Thanks! u guys really helped me out to decide now I'll definitely go for the hd 6670 gddr5 version. I'll even try going for the 7770 as u guys have said.
I just wanted to ask one more thing should I leave i3 and get this instead?-AMD Athlon II X2 270 @3.4ghz
Would I lose frames if I put this processor instead?

Thanks again

Nooooo, stay away from the old AMD Athlon II processors if you're going to be gaming. You probably want at least an i3 for gaming.

 

[BoFox]

Maybe the best thing for your budget, if you live anywhere close to Microcenter:

(in-store deal only, with free motherboard)

http://www.microcenter.com/site/products/amd_bundles.aspx

I'd go for at least FX 6100 and overclock it to at least 3.8 GHz.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Nooooo, stay away from the old AMD Athlon II processors if you're going to be gaming. You probably want at least an i3 for gaming.

He doesn't need i3. The Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge Pentiums are nearly as good in gaming. If the ~$40-50 difference means the difference between a 6670 and a 7770, it's a no-brainer to go with Pentium.
Do stay away from the Athlon II X2's, OP. The Pentiums are ~25% faster and they're around the same price.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/190?vs=404

Look for a G840, G850, G860, G870, G2020, G2120, G2220. G2130. Post prices for what you can find in your area (I'm assuming non-US [India?] from that 240V PSU.)

Looking at flipkart, I see they have the G2010 for RS3400
http://www.flipkart.com/intel-g2010...FFHZ&ref=1db3a7b8-856c-466b-b96b-4442d03995d4

That's the best price/performance I see on that site. If you have another site, I'll take a look at it.

 

[Yachint]

Thanks for your help I'll definitely check out the intel Pentium cores
and yeah I'm from India
But if I go for a Pentium would it be good to leave 6670 gddr5 and take the gtx650 1gb gddr5 or should I just take an hd 7770?

 

[NTMBK]

Avoid the Athlon II x2, but the Athlon II x4 is a good buy: http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-640...s=athlon+ii+x4

The Pentium only has 2 threads, so it struggles in modern game engines with lots of threads, like Battlefield 3. (Take a look at some of Tech Report's articles on stuttering on Pentiums.) I'd personally recommend the Athlon.

Of course, if you plan to upgrade to a better processor in the future, go with the Pentium. It lets you upgrade all the way to an i7-3770k.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Thanks for your help I'll definitely check out the intel Pentium cores
and yeah I'm from India
But if I go for a Pentium would it be good to leave 6670 gddr5 and take the gtx650 1gb gddr5 or should I just take an hd 7770?

7770. It's only RS400 more than the GTX 650 and quite a bit faster.
http://www.flipkart.com/gigabyte-am...FEGK&ref=9daca736-69ec-4bc3-890a-178a10fc66a0

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/681?vs=536

Also, you can save yourself RS200 by going with the Spinpoint F3:
http://www.flipkart.com/samsung-spi...GVNF&ref=01f8e9c6-4173-4fd9-9e19-e6aea3932170

But spend the extra RS300 for CAS9 DDR3 1600 RAM
http://www.flipkart.com/g-skill-rip...4WC8&ref=ee4106c9-1ba2-43c5-a922-cf7c736174ad

 

[Yachint]

Just thinking of cuuting down costs- would an G630 @2.7ghz would be good to replace an i3 2100 @3.1 ghz

 

[DominionSeraph]

Avoid the Athlon II x2, but the Athlon II x4 is a good buy: http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Athlon-640...s=athlon+ii+x4

The Pentium only has 2 threads, so it struggles in modern game engines with lots of threads, like Battlefield 3. (Take a look at some of Tech Report's articles on stuttering on Pentiums.)

Conversely, the much lower single-threaded performance of the Athlon II means it struggles in many more games. The X4's don't seem to be available in India, anyway, and if they were they'd likely cost a fair sight more than the G2010's RS3400, given that the X2's go for RS3100.
G2010 is also going to use a lot less power.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Just thinking of cuuting down costs- would an G630 @2.7ghz would be good to replace an i3 2100 @3.1 ghz

How much are you saving over the newer 2.8GHz G2010?
Also, unless you have some great price on that i3 2100, it's the Ivy Bridge i3's that you should be looking at:
http://www.flipkart.com/intel-i3-32...CWR&icmpid=reco_pp_same_processor_processor_2

 

[Yachint]

If I took the G2010 I am saving rs3766 over the ivy bridge i3 3220 but I don't think its worth saving because if u take an i3 ivy bridge its better future proofing than the G2010 and it will handle games much better.
I think I should rather cut costs on my screen im buying which is a dell 18.5 inch monitor - http://www.flipkart.com/dell-18-5-inch-lcd-d1920-monitor/p/itmd9thcexfty9kn?pid=MOND9TJ7YMC4M8YT&ref=a9c3d2a0-497c-4dd5-a2ce-779b5ad78ae9&srno=m_1_1&otracker=from-search&query=Dell%20d1920

 

[DominionSeraph]

If I took the G2010 I am saving rs3766 over the ivy bridge i3 3220 but I don't think its worth saving because if u take an i3 ivy bridge its better future proofing than the G2010 and it will handle games much better.
I think I should rather cut costs on my screen im buying which is a dell 18.5 inch monitor - http://www.flipkart.com/dell-18-5-inch-lcd-d1920-monitor/p/itmd9thcexfty9kn?pid=MOND9TJ7YMC4M8YT&ref=a9c3d2a0-497c-4dd5-a2ce-779b5ad78ae9&srno=m_1_1&otracker=from-search&query=Dell%20d1920

Oh holy cow, no. The i3's advantage over the pentium is hyperthreading, which isn't going to future-proof anything.
Look at the Sandy Bridge versions (i3 2100 vs G840):
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/289?vs=405

The i3 is only 10-20% faster. It is by no means worth rs3766 when you're scrimping every rs1000. If you want to spend more money, the monitor is where you SHOULD spend it (after the 7770). Get this 20" 1600x900 for rs1200 more than that 1360x768 18.5 inch:
http://www.flipkart.com/dell-20-inc...HAZ2&ref=87d5d42f-4a26-4267-ab32-632b1797a9d8

 

[Madpacket]

I would grab a 5800K with some cheap 1866 RAM and then grab a cheap 6670 DDR3 (RAM on the videocard won't matter as only system memory is used) to enable dual graphics. This will give you around 7750 level performance but you are future proofing with the 4 newer cores which is really staring to benefit gamers and you won't be stuck with a dead socket (1155) in 6 months. Down the road you can always upgrade to Kaveri and a better graphics card if required.

My 2 cents.

 

[Yachint]

Final Build:
intel pentium G840 or G630
amd radeon hd 7770 gddr5 1gb
4 gb ram CAS9 ddr3 1600
Samsung spinpoint F3 500gb 7200rpm
Gigabyte GA B75M D3H
Corsair vs450
Dell 20inch monitor 1600x900

Will this build be able to handle games at med settings at 1600x900?

 

[Madpacket]

Final Build:
intel pentium G840 or G630
amd radeon hd 7770 gddr5 1gb
4 gb ram CAS9 ddr3 1600
Samsung spinpoint F3 500gb 7200rpm
Gigabyte GA B75M D3H
Corsair vs450
Dell 20inch monitor 1600x900

Will this build be able to handle games at med settings at 1600x900?

Yeah that should be able to handle most games fine at 1600x900. Just keep in mind heavily threaded games may suffer with that CPU.

Consider the following builds. I put this together as a quick comparison, I'm sure you could find better deals but it's interesting.


Intel vs AMD

Pentium Build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GCXg - $495.77 after $30.00 rebate
Trinity Build - http://pcpartpicker.com/p/GCSY - $493.00 after $10.00 rebate

Pros of Intel:

-The Pentium CPU will be a benefit for some single threaded games and applications and the 7770 will overall be faster and have less issues compared to dual graphics.
-Power consumption under load will be a little lower.

Cons:

-Highly threaded games such as BF3, Crysis 3, GTAIV will suffer.
-Slightly more expensive (basically a wash after rebates).
-Socket 1155 will be soon be replaced by new sockets so your upgrade path is non existent when new CPU's are released.
-Lower number of SATA ports

AMD Build:

Pros:

-Faster overall CPU in multi-threaded games, video encoding, photoshop, 3dmax etc.
-The recent improvements with AMD drivers and support for dual graphics allows this -combination to provide great framerates in modern games and with the CPU games such -as BF3 would likely have a higher minimum framerate over the Intel in the more demanding maps.
-More SATA ports and all high speed 3.0 (also good for file server).
-Better idle watt efficiency (where most PC's spend their time).
-Slightly cheaper (a wash after rebate).
-AMD has promised two more CPU refreshes for socket FM2 so likely have a decent upgrade path if desired.


Cons:

-Higher energy consumption under load
-Dual graphics can be problematic with older titles and some complain about microstutter (although Rivatuner can mostly alleviate this by forcing vsync at specific framerates).


Overall I think the AMD system is a better balanced system and you get more for your $$$ but the Intel system will be great for today's games (minus some of the more heavily threaded ones).

Just thought I would do the comparison for you

 

[DominionSeraph]

Final Build:
intel pentium G840 or G630
amd radeon hd 7770 gddr5 1gb
4 gb ram CAS9 ddr3 1600
Samsung spinpoint F3 500gb 7200rpm
Gigabyte GA B75M D3H
Corsair vs450
Dell 20inch monitor 1600x900

Will this build be able to handle games at med settings at 1600x900?

Yes. But get the G2010. Ivy Bridge is faster clock-for-clock, meaning a 2.8GHz G2010 is faster than a 2.8GHz Sandy Bridge G840.