Can I run good games with a Radeon 6670 card?

[Ray Liotta From The Bee Movie]

So I am thinking of a getting a better graphics card for my computer and this one is pretty cheap, but can it run good game? (Goat simulator, Skyrim, COD, BF 4, Watch Dogs, etc)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

It's way too old, not to mention low-end
Aim for R7 260 or R9 270 at the very least. Otherwise u just going to be disappointed.

For something like Watch_Dogs you'd need something more like 280/280X

[Ray Liotta From The Bee Movie]

Btw this is my Processer: Intel(R) Core i5-3210M @2.50 GHZ and 6 GB of ram.

[upcoast]

http://www.techspot.com/review/467-skyrim-performance/page4.html

Skyrim sort of depending on cpu.

http://www.techspot.com/review/601-black-ops-2-performance/page3.html

COD BO II no, older one probably but not the greatest.

Watchdogs no. BF4 no.

It'll play Dirt 3 great but not the games on your list. Sorry.

Ps, is this a laptop if it is you can't upgrade the gpu.

[upcoast]

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

I game fine on a HD 6870. Haven't had to upgrade.

Ya but he's talking about a 6670 quite a bit behind the 6870.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

He may not need to buy the latest and greatest though if a 6870 will suit his purposes.

Yea but only way u gonna find those GPUs (which are 2 generations old now) is buying it used. U might get lucky and still find em cheap new in the box. But seriously why would u want to. Thats fine and all for some folks but buying in that way usually means no returns and things of that sort.


OP: is this a pre-build?
Only way you have i5-3210M CPU is if it is Laptop or an All-in-one type of Desktop; neither of which can be upgraded as far as GPU goes.

[Bloody Mizzlepix]

The "M" is indicative of a laptop - in which case, upgrading the graphics chip would not only be quite difficult but also produce limited returns on your investment.

A dedicated graphics chip has it's merits, but a 6670 is quite weak. You perhaps could run those games, but likely you would need to lower the quality settings significantly, maybe even to the bare minimum in order to obtain an acceptable frame rate.

What I can tell you from exeperience is that I have a macbook pro with intel hd 4000 integrated graphics on my windows bootcamp partition and fallout new vegas runs at about less than or equal to 24fps on the lowest quality settings at the lowest resolution possible with the game on an SSD and 16GB of RAM. The 6670 should be more powerful than an intel hd 4000, but I suspect not by a very large margin.

Basically the 6670 should facilitate your gaming, but you will have to lower your quality settings significantly.

[Pomelo]

wait wait wait. i5 3210M is a laptop CPU. You can't put a discrete graphics card into a laptop. The whole topic is basically done for.

You can't upgrade the GPU in most laptops.

[_I_]

here is what you can expect out of the 6670
http://www.notebookcheck.com/AMD-Radeon-HD-6770M.43830.0.html

Originally posted by Nightenhelser:

I game fine on a HD 6870. Haven't had to upgrade.

the 6870 is alot stronger
http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-HD-6870M.43733.0.html
3dmark 06 score is up over 35%

[Pomelo]

He can't upgrade to a desktop graphics card. He's using a laptop!

[_I_]

correct, but the guy with the 6870 said he can play games, but thats a completely different card

[Pomelo]

Originally posted by _I_:

correct, but the guy with the 6870 said he can play games, but thats a completely different card

absolutely right on that, yes.
However if I see that right you posted links of 6770M vs 6870M while he was talking about desktop cards, no? Either way though it'd be a quite noticeable difference. 6870(M or not) is midrange to high end while 6670(M or not) is entry level. In their respective series at least.

[_I_]

6870 and 6850 are desktop cards too, but i linked to the mobile cards