I'm currently in the market for a new card, I have a 7600GT that just isnt cutting it anymore, and I'd like something faster. Was looking at either getting a HD2600XT temporarily and moving it to a media center PC later, or going straight to a 9800GT or 4850 when I found a good deal on one.
So our computer guy at work (and I use that term extremely loosely, as he is a bit of a goof and doesn't know anything about computers) bought a HD 4670 (don't know what brand yet) because he wanted dual monitor support. He called up tigerdirect and asked for a dual monitor card, and they sold him a 1GB HD 4670.
So, he said he tried to put the card in his PC, but apparently it interferes with something (I didn't ask for an explanation). He went to some PC shop that sold him another card that fits. So, rather than send the 4670 back, he wants to sell it to me.
He offered me $50 off what he just paid for it last week. Assuming he paid about $120, I'd get it for $70, but he gets ripped off alot, so he may have paid closer to 150.
I mostly play Zombie Panic! Source, which I run at some odd resolution (1280x 720 I think) because the 7600GT can't handle the 1680x1050 native res with decent details in that game if there are a lot of players. I've been holding off until getting a new video card to play L4D, FarCry 2, and Crysis. If I can play ZPS at 1680x1050 with full details, that will be good for me temporarily, say, until a year from now.
So, would you buy a 4670 1GB for $70 with no rebate hassles? Is the 1GB version any better than the 512MB version? I only found one review for the 512 version, and none for the 1GB version. The 512 version seemed to be about 30% slower than an 8800GT.
So our computer guy at work (and I use that term extremely loosely, as he is a bit of a goof and doesn't know anything about computers) bought a HD 4670 (don't know what brand yet) because he wanted dual monitor support. He called up tigerdirect and asked for a dual monitor card, and they sold him a 1GB HD 4670.
So, he said he tried to put the card in his PC, but apparently it interferes with something (I didn't ask for an explanation). He went to some PC shop that sold him another card that fits. So, rather than send the 4670 back, he wants to sell it to me.
He offered me $50 off what he just paid for it last week. Assuming he paid about $120, I'd get it for $70, but he gets ripped off alot, so he may have paid closer to 150.
I mostly play Zombie Panic! Source, which I run at some odd resolution (1280x 720 I think) because the 7600GT can't handle the 1680x1050 native res with decent details in that game if there are a lot of players. I've been holding off until getting a new video card to play L4D, FarCry 2, and Crysis. If I can play ZPS at 1680x1050 with full details, that will be good for me temporarily, say, until a year from now.
So, would you buy a 4670 1GB for $70 with no rebate hassles? Is the 1GB version any better than the 512MB version? I only found one review for the 512 version, and none for the 1GB version. The 512 version seemed to be about 30% slower than an 8800GT.