Buying a new card next week, question

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I am hearing that my PNY9800GT 512MB GDDR3 card is more powerful over card i am buying HIS ICE 5670 1GB GDDR5

The specs for the 5670 are about 30% more poweful than the 9800gt, so how it less powerful?
Just looking for a small upgrade over the 9800gt, which btw is working perfectly. Just wanted another card for my dual core thats all.
 
Personally I would just keep the 9800GT, I don't think you'll see much, if any, performance difference. Wait until you can make a bigger jump to a faster card or CPU.
 
Nah i am keeping my 9800gt. I usaully end up with about 2-3 video cards for my system. Now that i have a new dual core, which i recently build, my 9800gt is perfect. but i want another card, a ati one.

Let me ask you this, would i see a performance boost, doesn't matter small or big one, just curious.
 
The 5670 would be about comparable to the 9800GT.

I would recommend saving up and getting a 5750 or a 5770 instead. More bang-for-your-buck.
 
I will second that.I built a machine replacing a 9800GT with a 5770, like Rage said, Its probably the jump you want to make to have any discernible difference. The 5670 has DX11, but not the horsepower to effectively make use of it.
 
^, seconded.

The 5670 draws much less power though and runs cooler, owing to its 40nm GPU vs 65nm for the 9800GT.
 
So i guess i will just pick up a HIS 5670 1GB card, and it comes with a game :)
I just wanted a ATI card to go along with my dual core(secondary rig) thats all, that also works with my PSU, which i have no plans to change.

On another note, i do plan on buying a GTX 460 card for my six core i am building soon( my main rig)
 
512mb is better.

Actually using my 9800gt 512mb card i have no problems playing any games at 1280x1024 all max with full aa or aax2, so 512mb seems to do the trick. But nothing really wrong with using a 1gb video card. On the bright side, 512mb is way cheaper, so i will look into it.
 
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