Thinking about Buying Starcraft 2. Need some help with PC

[Squilliam]

SpartenOmega117 said:

Squilliam said:

SpartenOmega117 said:

I am not looking for something too spectacular. I am just looking for something that at least matches the xbox 360 or possibly the ps3 in graphics.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Visiontek - ATI Radeon 5670 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card/9975432.p?id=1218211781152&skuId=9975432&st=5670&cp=1&lp=3

Is available to pick up. Im assuming you don't have access to a credit card for online purchases, is that right? Because otherwise you could get something from Newegg for signficantly cheaper.

i was thinking about getting it from newegg but i have many best buy gift cards to use :) So how does this graphics card compare to the xbox 360 and ps3 graphics? Also are positive it will work with a 250 wat psu

Well why not buy things which Best-Buy has the same or cheaper prices on like say games for your PS3 and use the gift cards for them and buy the graphics card from Newegg which is cheaper?

For the power: I ran an HD 4670 with a similar processor (2.5Ghz X2) and 3 HDDs with a crappy microatx no name PSU. Im certain the HP is better than they one I had and I had no problems.

For the performance: I figured the HD 4670 was about twice as fast as the graphics processor in the Xbox 360, the HD 5670 is about 30% faster again. As an added bonus the HD 5670 will likely last longer as it is a more balanced and more up to date architecture. I would roughly say that its about 2.5* faster than the GPU in the Xbox 360.

Anything else you'd like to know?