Is Gigabyte GeForce GT220 OC 1GB a good gaming card?

i wanna be able to max everything in these games:

Fallout 3

Crysis

Crysis Warhead

Oblivion:TES

Napoleon:Total War

GTA IV

COD6

and some more i cant remember right now

but will i be able to max those games with Gigabyte GeForce GT220 OC 1GB?|||No; even OC'd it's still a low-end card. Crysis and GTA 4 will give you more slowdown than the other games mentioned too.|||NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Don't let the 1gb of memory fool you. That is a very poor performing card - If you want to play something like crysis and COD6 you'll want at least a GT250 to be able to even think about maxing out those games. you would only be able to play those on LOW at best and medium with a GT240.|||Before you read all, Ill give you a resource that will change your life:

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So now with the answer from 4745454b at tomshardware:

If you want to really play games, better not to get a GT 220.

If you want Nvidia, I'd say get a GTS 250. If you're open to all brands, then a 5770 or 4870 1GB are both good cards for gaming that can be had in the $140-160 dollar range. A 5750 is decent as well and goes head to head with the GTS 250 and costs less than a 5770. You also get DX11 and Eyefinity with the 5700 series card, so you can play any game you want!

the GT220 can play these games. There is a difference however in being able to play the game and PLAY the game. Sure the GT220 can run it, you won't get any error messages about missing DX9 or SM3 support. But for many if your going to play, it should look as best as possible. This means every detail setting should be on max. You should have at least 2/4AA enabled as well. You should also be playing on 1680x1050 or better. For example, I play TF2 on my 8800GS. I have every detail setting on high, with the exception of AA which is at 2xMSAA. I play at 1680x1050. This is an example of PLAYing the game. I used to have an x1800XT, and could do the same, but only at 1280x1024. Going to 1600x1200 was to much for that card.



If your willing to turn settings off, or you play at a lower resolution, you don't need anything more then the GT220. If you want everything to look good, then your going to need the hardware to do it. And as much as some in this thread have claimed, its not the GT220.