Looking for video card

I think it'll play WoW well. Other than that, I'd say you'd have to spend about 130-150 or more for something gaming level.

Not a bad card for a super budget gaming pc, though.
 
Depending on your monitor resolution:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102824&cm_re=4850-_-14-102-824-_-Product

Go with that if you're gaming on 1680x1050 or lower.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131163&cm_re=4850-_-14-131-163-_-Product

Grab that if you're playing on a resolution higher than 1680x1050.

The 4850, while technically being a "last gen" card, is still an excellent performer and can handle anything out there, most with pretty decent settings.
 
It also depends which OS you working with.

You see some older cards on XP will outperform newer cards on Windows 7.

Since those cards were optimized for XP and such.

So this is what I need to give you some better guidance...

OS.
Budget.
Type of games you will be planning to play.
 
I'd reccomend the Saphire Radeon 4860 on Newegg.

It runs anything in full HD with no problems, including Bioshock 2 and Crysis: Warhead.
 
Not IMO. I was talking about the 4860 anyways, not the 4850. The 4860 has 1GB VRAM, instead of the 512MB of the 4770.

I also can't vouch for either the 4770 or 4850 since I have never used them.
 
[quote name='Megazell']It also depends which OS you working with.

You see some older cards on XP will outperform newer cards on Windows 7.

Since those cards were optimized for XP and such.

So this is what I need to give you some better guidance...

OS.
Budget.
Type of games you will be planning to play.[/QUOTE]

do you think that will change with driver updates at all?
didnt the 4670 outperform the 5770 at launch but drivers have fixed that a bit?
 
[quote name='paz9x']do you think that will change with driver updates at all?
didnt the 4670 outperform the 5770 at launch but drivers have fixed that a bit?[/QUOTE]

Yes it probably will but there will be games that will run better on XP with older cards vs Win 7.
 
The 4770 for $92 is not that bad of a deal. Its performance is on par with 4850 and 5750. The 512MB onboard memory won't be a factor until you run games at 1920x1080 with anti-aliasing turned on. My other system had a 4850 512MB for a while and it ran games like COD4 and Source games fine (60-80fps) at 1680x1050 with all high details. I think it's a good buy if you're trying to keep it under $100, I don't think you can find a better card at that price.
 
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