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HTPC - Gaming Card
- Thread starter Stelly
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ATi 4670's are quite the perfect HTPC cards as they are small, passive cooling on certain models so extra slience, offers great performance for low resolution gaming, and of course, cheap as hell.
But if you want to go a step-up further with a card that can handle some 1080p gaming, then the ATi 4830, the low end of the 4800 series would be a much better choice. Its a great sub-£100 card for gaming on the budget yet still offers wonderful performance, epsecially when you can overclock to 4850+ speeds.
The XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB is the cheapest and is not that much more expensive compared to the best 4670 at the moment.
If your budget will allow for it, then my pick would be this one, the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB. I have this version for my HTPC and the their party cooler makes a lot of difference. 1080p HD movies and gaming (With some good tweaked settings) will be no problem with this.
But if you want to go a step-up further with a card that can handle some 1080p gaming, then the ATi 4830, the low end of the 4800 series would be a much better choice. Its a great sub-£100 card for gaming on the budget yet still offers wonderful performance, epsecially when you can overclock to 4850+ speeds.
The XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB is the cheapest and is not that much more expensive compared to the best 4670 at the moment.
If your budget will allow for it, then my pick would be this one, the Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB. I have this version for my HTPC and the their party cooler makes a lot of difference. 1080p HD movies and gaming (With some good tweaked settings) will be no problem with this.