Full disclosure I am an ATI fanboy who has an ati 4890 (had a total of 3 crossfire 4890 in the past, bought 2 and won the 3rd, eventually sold the 2nd and 3rd). That said I am recommending the nvidia geforce for they are great cards and are better bang for your buck right now. Now if you install an nvidia card instead of the ati card you may return make sure to uninstall the old ati drivers before installing the new nvidia drivers.
I especially like the breakdown of FPS/$, as that's basically the useful bit that all the hardware stats boil down to. The GTS450 looks like a better value in the <$100 range... I also saw a few GTX465 <$200. That card is supposed to be OCable to close to the 470's speed (even though it's 256 bit vs. 320).
I'm still in the process of building my system (on paper) and juggling around the parts trying to figure out where to spend more and where it's not necessary. This post was really helpful.
In need of graphics card advice. (edit with update)
- 29/10/2010 04:01:37 PM
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That's the card in my new iMac. Well, according to Apple, at least...
- 29/10/2010 04:45:19 PM
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A 9800GT is roughly equivalent to a 5670. *NM*
- 29/10/2010 04:58:07 PM
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I've no problem deferring to someone more familiar w/ recent cards.
- 29/10/2010 05:44:20 PM
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Your card isn't an ati hd5670, it is about 75% as fast as an 8800gt
- 01/11/2010 01:34:47 AM
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ATI Mobility HD5730 is almost the same as the desktop ATI HD5670 but it is closer to ATI HD5570
- 01/11/2010 01:32:01 AM
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One thing you didn't mention is what resolution you're trying to run at.
- 29/10/2010 05:07:38 PM
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System specs:
- 29/10/2010 05:39:19 PM
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Glad to hear it's working. That kind of performance is much more what I'd expect from a 5670. 
*NM*
- 31/10/2010 01:45:45 AM
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*NM*
- 31/10/2010 01:45:45 AM
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That didn't stop me from getting the 5770 so that I would have a "buffer zone" of peformance gains
- 31/10/2010 01:11:35 PM
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- 31/10/2010 01:11:35 PM
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The HD5670 is meant to be a casual gamer card
- 31/10/2010 02:23:45 PM
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Nice to know that someone selling these actually knows what they're talking about.
- 01/11/2010 01:42:31 PM
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Re: Nice to know that someone selling these actually knows what they're talking about.
- 01/11/2010 09:29:38 PM
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If you do return the card, these are the cards I would recommend (links inside to newegg)
- 01/11/2010 02:32:23 AM
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Excellent post
- 01/11/2010 05:06:10 PM
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And FPS per dollar isn't the only important stat
- 02/11/2010 03:14:10 AM
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Re: And FPS per dollar isn't the only important stat
- 02/11/2010 12:52:46 PM
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Don't get me wrong, I agree the HD5770 is an awesome card
- 02/11/2010 06:14:16 PM
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Re: Don't get me wrong, I agree the HD5770 is an awesome card
- 02/11/2010 09:19:44 PM
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Do you already have a computer or are you building a new one? If so what are the specs? And ....
- 03/11/2010 10:49:35 AM
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Well
- 03/11/2010 08:31:11 PM
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If you are not going to overclock, you should really consider this computer
- 04/11/2010 12:28:44 AM
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Slickdeals thread claims it's no longer available. Was a good deal, though. *NM*
- 04/11/2010 01:28:09 PM
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Re: If you are not going to overclock, you should really consider this computer
- 04/11/2010 06:02:57 PM
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