Reddit reviews HIS Radeon HD 6670 1 GB (128bit) DDR3 HDMI DVI-D (HDCP) VGA PCI Express X16 2.1 Retail (RoHS) Video Card H667FS1G

The 6570 is probably your best choice with only going up $5, if you can go up $20, the 6670 is going to be the cheapest upgrade.

http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Radeon-128bit-Express-H667FS1G/dp/B0056G66LK

I haven't used HIS but the Radeon HD 6670 should do "okay" with GW2. Sadly $70 is not much to work with. Why would you want to use a laptop as your primary computer?

I think I am going to stay with the 6870, it's just kind of up in the air as to when I can purchase it, it might not be for like 6 more weeks, or at the soonest 1-2 weeks. It depends on how the next couple weeks go.(I'm getting married April 10th, so I'm kinda trying not to spend atm, but if a good deal comes up on one, I'm going to buy it if the money is in the bank). Do you know if prices should be going down soon since a bunch of cards have just recently been announced? If not, I might as well wait until the end of April. :/

Edit I just found this card also and people have been saying good things about it, but no one has mentioned how it fares in BF3, which BF3 and FFXIV are the main reasons I'm even wanting to upgrade my computer in the first place. Have you heard anything about this card? It's only 60$ after the rebate which I wouldn't mind sacrificing some for 100$ in savings essentially, but if it's not even a comparison I think I'd rather hold out.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0056G66LK/ref=asc_df_B0056G66LK1920918?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=pg-469-34-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395097&creativeASIN=B0056G66LK

If you have a Micro Center near you, they have great prices on motherboard/processor combo's where you could build a decent PC for maybe $380 (along with buying sales items from online stores).

But if you're buying everything online, $350 is going to be tough to build a pretty good PC. I threw this together in a few minutes to hopefully give you and idea of what you're looking at:

Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | Intel Pentium G620 2.6GHz Dual-Core Processor | $69.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard | Biostar H61MGC Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard | $49.99 @ Newegg
Memory | G.Skill Value Series 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory | $19.99 @ Newegg
Hard Drive | Seagate Barracuda 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $74.99 @ NCIX US
Video Card | MSI Radeon HD 5770 1GB Video Card | $107.55 @ Newegg
Case | Apex TX-373 MicroATX Mid Tower Case w/300W Power Supply | $39.99 @ NCIX US
| | Total
| Prices include shipping and discounts when available. | $362.50
| Generated 2012-03-23 03:10 EDT-0400 |

That RAM is actually just one stick, not four. Also, a lot of people don't like the built in power supply into cases, because a lot of times those power supplies are cheap quality. You could save maybe $10 on a cheaper case without a psu, and then buy a quality psu on sale for hopefully $30 (probably closer to $40). But that will then put you up to $380 for this budget build. You could also save some money by going with a radeon 6670 for only $65 after rebate. That would put you really close to your $350 budget.

However, if you raised your budget up a little higher, for $50 more you can get an i3 2100, and for $20-50 more, you could get a radeon 6850/6870. That would put you at $450-480, but you would be getting significantly higher performances.

Meh, this should handle his Netflix and flash games. I mean the computer in my kitchen would full fill his needs and it is dumpster find, running a

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+,

4GB Ram

Onboard ATI Radeon X1200 Series

I use it as my business computer and does everything that you said your dad needs.

Part list permalink / Part price breakdown by merchant

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD FX-4100 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor | $109.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard | $49.99 @ Amazon
Memory | Pareema 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory | $17.99 @ Newegg
Hard Drive | Patriot Pyro 60GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | $69.99 @ Microcenter
Case | Foxconn TLM-436(H+A)+ISO-400-4SS MicroATX Mini Tower Case w/300W Power Supply | $38.99 @ SuperBiiz
Optical Drive | Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer | $17.99 @ Newegg
Monitor | Asus VH197D 18.5" Monitor | $90.80 @ B&H
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (64-bit) | $99.99 @ Newegg
Keyboard | V7 KC0B2-6N6 Wired Standard Keyboard | $8.84 @ Amazon
Mouse | Kingwin KW-04 Wired Optical Mouse | $5.49 @ Amazon
| | Total
| Prices include shipping and discounts when available. | $510.06
| Generated 2012-03-15 10:04 EDT-0400 |

you could always go with a 500GB 7200 HDD for close to the same price too and for 70 bucks add a Radeon HD 6670 DDR3

You currently have integrated graphics at the moment so I would upgrade your GPU without question first. If that still doesn't satisfy your FPS craving, then your next bet is a good budget CPU since after the GPU upgrade, your CPU will be the limiting factor. In my opinion, the best budget would be to get the Radeon 6670 for $80 ($65 after rebate), and then the Phenom II x4 955 for ~$100 off eBay. This will help immensely with games and even better generally computer use. If you are even low on RAM (less than 4GB), you can get some DDR2 memory for cheap for $20-30. All this is only $200 and would make your computer jump few generations ahead from where it is.

It's very well possible that your PSU might not handle this either. All of this is uncertain and depending on your rig, it might just be best to get a whole new setup if adding the Radeon 6670 doesn't help much.

I'm not too sure of the PSU, it came with a pre-built HP computer, and on the specs it just says "300W Power Supply". I have been looking at the 6670's, particularly on Amazon (cause I have a $20 promo credit), do you have any experience with HIS video cards?

I'm looking at this one:

http://www.amazon.com/HIS-Radeon-128bit-Express-H667FS1G/dp/B0056G66LK/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1323718060&sr=1-4