Is this a good graphics card?

Jonesie85 said:

Razor505 said:

Jonesie85 said:

what motherboard have you got. and what specific hd5670 are you after. pci-e 2.1 cards can fit into pci-e 2.0 slots (not sure if it'll work in pci-e 1 however).

is this your setup?

Acer Aspire AM3400-E2212 AMD Athlon II X4 635 4GB 1TB DVDRW Windows 7 Home Premium Desktop - Acer - PT.SE002.001

Yep, it's exactly the one I have, its not very good for gaming though.

That motherboard has:-

• PCI Express® 2.0 x16 slot - This is the socket you'll need.
• Two PCI Express® 2.0 x1 slots - not sure about this
• PCI™ v2.3 (5 V) slot - or this one

But the PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot is the one you'll use for a new graphics card.

PLEASE NOTE: if there is a chance that the link i posted above is wrong then ignore what i have s

It looks like most hd 5670 cards are either pci-e 2.0 or 2.1. 2.1 cards will fit and work in a 2.0 socket but it'll downgrade to a 2.0 card. Please could you post a link to your choice of 5670

I am going to try out what Solarstarshines picked out for me.

Solarstarshines said:

Razor505 said:

Jonesie85 said:

That motherboard has:-

• PCI Express® 2.0 x16 slot - This is the socket you'll need.
• Two PCI Express® 2.0 x1 slots - not sure about this
• PCI™ v2.3 (5 V) slot - or this one

But the PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot is the one you'll use for a new graphics card.

PLEASE NOTE: if there is a chance that the link i posted above is wrong then ignore what i have s

It looks like most hd 5670 cards are either pci-e 2.0 or 2.1. 2.1 cards will fit and work in a 2.0 socket but it'll downgrade to a 2.0 card. Please could you post a link to your choice of 5670

I am going to try out what Solarstarshines picked out for me.

You won't be disapointed and in future you could save more money get a second card better PSU and go crossfire with a new board of course but you should be good for a long while with what you have

With a mild overclock you will have almost 7850 performance

Its been having problems, in game, where it laggs, and the display driver keeps crashing. Even with lower graphics. I have tried venting it from over heating, and updated my drivers. Or it could just be the 300W power supply.

Solarstarshines said:

Razor505 said:

Solarstarshines said:

You won't be disapointed and in future you could save more money get a second card better PSU and go crossfire with a new board of course but you should be good for a long while with what you have

With a mild overclock you will have almost 7850 performance

Its been having problems, in game, where it laggs, and the display driver keeps crashing. Even with lower graphics. I have tried venting it from over heating, and updated my drivers. Or it could just be the 300W power supply.

Im pretty sure your card is just had it's glory and it can't handle the new stuff if it was a 4870 X2 then you would still have a chance ,It's time for a upgrade and PSU lagging can come from the psu and the card PSU going bad or card just can't hang period

Yeah, I'll just upgrade my graphics and PSU, so it could run better, I think its dying.

Solarstarshines said:

Video card ASUS Radeon 7750 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card : Video Cards - Future Shop 122.00


Psu Cooler Master Extreme 550 Watt Power Supply (RS550-PCARE3-US) : Power Supplies - Future Shop not 80+ but hell of alot better then what you picked trusted brand here <----------59.99
Corsair 600W PC Power Supply (CMPSU-600G) : Power Supplies - Future Shop I would go with the Corsair though just me <----------Gamer Series 77.99

I wasn't sure that the 7750 was enough of an upgrade to be worthwhile, but I guess that it may be:

AnandTech - Bench - GPU12

If you can get a factory overclocked card like this one:

AMD Radeon

without too much of a price premium, go for it.

(the link is to a comparison with a 6670, but I believe that a 5670 and a 6670 are nearly the same).

Solarstarshines said:

Hmmm so you were saying what is the same?????

The Benches clearly speaks for themselves ,Have a nice day (ManKind -Voice)

Sorry, I don't understand your point.

I thought that the 5670 and 6670 were very similar. The benches that you post pretty much bear that out. (The 6670 is a bit better, but not much.)

The 7750 is a different story. It's certainly a great card for its price.

Am I an unclear writer, or was there a reading comprehension problem?