Care to elaborate? 🙂 I guess the first turn isn't anything crazy, but if they slow down that last corner, maybe there's a better shot since both cars might struggle to find equal traction 😉
Lately, the races have been pretty much deathly boring to watch on TV, so I’ve been playing around with some track redesign ideas to encourage more overtaking. I wonder if any of this would actually work? 😁
I mean, there’s always someone looking for those parts; not everyone is a hardcore gamer... it’s probably an excellent 🙄 For 2500, you could actually put together a decent rig that might even run Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on high settings 😛
Michael Reed72 said:Just make sure your cousin actually needs a card like that. I know a case where someone bought an Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 512MB DDR2 as a gift for a kid who already had an Nvidia GTX 260.
The Nvidia GeForce GT 430 is roughly on par with an Nvidia 9800 GT (which I definitely wouldn't pick), while all the others here are a bit better. The best one is probably the HD 5750, though there aren't huge differences between those four cards.
Personally, I’d lean toward the HD 5750 or the Nvidia GTS 250. The HD 5750 supports DirectX 11 and uses newer tech, plus it seems to overclock pretty nicely, whereas the Nvidia GTS 250 just has a little more raw power.
That way, he can actually relax while he's saving up for a new monitor.😉
I'm playing on a 19" monitor myself, and even with everything cranked up to High, I barely hit 25 fps in Shift on a Radeon HD 5750—and that card is noticeably faster than the HD 4830.😛
I think people might be overestimating the Radeon HD 4670 a bit. Not every game is as well-optimized as Call of Duty😁, so having that extra bit of power might actually be worth it.
The 512MB and 1GB versions pretty much offer the same performance; I guess having that extra 1GB only really matters if you're pushing a 1080p resolution or higher. Since the Radeon HD 4670 versions seem to be priced the same, you probably can't go wrong either way...
Uh, just grabbing a new GPU isn't going to fix your issues with newer games. Your CPU is definitely going to be a bottleneck, and honestly, I doubt you'd even be able to run Call of Duty: World at War. You're also running pretty low on RAM for any real gaming, so you might want to think about a whole new build... upgrading the processor probably isn't worth it anyway since you're on an old socket 462 or 754 motherboard.
I’d go this route if you’ve got the budget, but if things are tight, just grab the GPU ($240-AMD); it's a massive step up from an HD4670, and you can always upgrade the RAM later on 👍.
Well, I’d say Assassin's Creed is a pretty demanding title. You might get decent performance on medium settings if you're running an HD 4730, though I haven't actually come across a benchmark for it yet... 🤔 Having 2GB of RAM would definitely help, but 4GB is pretty much the baseline for gaming these days; you'd likely notice a real difference there... 🙂
Maybe just let me know what kind of budget you're working with first? We might be able to find an HD 4730 for the same price, which would probably be a bit better than the one you've got your eye on anyway.
fadedheron28 said:I've got an old rig running an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500/x1050Series 256 MB AGP, an Intel Celeron at 1.41GHz, 1GB of DDR400 RAM, and a 400W power supply. I can't get Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to run on this GPU because it lacks DirectX Shader Model 3.0. Is it worth just swapping out the graphics card, or should I go ahead and upgrade the processor and add some more memory too?
I'm not sure if upgrading any single part is even worth it. If I were you, I'd probably just sell the whole thing and put that money toward something new... you could probably find a decent budget PC for around $450.🙂 I ended up replacing my motherboard, CPU, RAM, and PSU, but I only just realized I still need a better GPU and a case with decent cooling, which are 👎
The HD 4890 is definitely a step up from the HD 5770, and you can grab it for about the same price 🙂. Since the tasks you mentioned are pretty heavy, I wouldn't suggest going anything lower than an HD 4890...
You'll probably need to swap out your power supply too, since this card is quite a bit hungrier for wattage, like:
I've been running an EVGA 600 W, and honestly, it’s been a pretty solid unit so far—no issues at all.🙂 I guess I don't know much about their specific specs, though.😛
