GT 440 or HD 5670

My videocard broke and it is a 8800GT, I know its a little crap but it ran Elder Scrolls: Skyrim on medium settings smoothly. Recently I found a decent videocard for my PC but I have no idea if it will perform better or have problems. Here is Geforce GT 440 specs:

Product: Nvidia Geforce GT 440
CUDA cores: 96
Graphics Clock (MHz): 810
Processor Clock (MHz): 1620MHz
Memory Clock (MHz): 3200MHz
Max Memory Amount: 1GB GDDR5
Memory Interface: 128 bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 51.2
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec): 6.5
HD 5670 1GB GDDR5 had the same price with GT 440 http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=915&pid=1371&psn=&lid=1&leg=0#
Link: http://www.epinions.com/prices/evga-geforce-gt-440-1024mb-ddr3-pci-express-2-0-graphics-card-video-card-01g-p3-1441-kr
^but I will buy it from another website something I found worth only $70-75
my current specs are:

Intel C2D 2.66Ghz
4GB DDR2-RAM
Nvidia Geforce 8800 GT(broken)
Realtek HD sound
500GB SATA-2 HDD
do you think I can run 2011-or-later games on max in this videocard?
Do all Geforce GT 4xx cards have backwards compatibility or something I have no idea if my motherboard will support it though
Mine motherboard is Asus P5VD2-VM SE its ancient but it does the job
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5VD2VM_SE/
It can only support C2D processors so I can’t go for quads but maybe upgrade to 3.2Ghz but that is waste of money. Will the videocard be backwards compatible with this motherboard?
Please don’t suggest “go buy a new PC blablablah” I’m only a casual player and I don’t have budget for a brand new PC its going to degrade quality over 3 years anyway
Answer #1
From the two stated, HD5670 is faster.
Both the cards are pretty weak, so you might only be run the newer games in all settings low-med.
As long as your MoBo has a PCIe x16 slot (which it does) you can install a graphics card without a worry.
If you wish to buy a Graphics card then consult the chart below and try to buy a card as high in the chart as possible by your budget. Before you buy a new card, make sure that your case and power supply can accommodate it.

If the above chart is NOT showing then kindly use the link below
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/91/febn.png
Also make sure your drivers are updated to the latest version.
AMD (ATi) Driver: http://sites.amd.com/US/GAME/DOWNLOADS/Pages/downloads.aspx
nVidia Driver: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
You can also try using softwares Like Game Booster.
http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html
Answer #2
I would reccomend getting a second hand gtx 260 or hd 5770 off ebay for £50
Answer #3
@Shan_Jahn
Thanks for the details
Answer #4
From your current selection i would take a : HD5670
Is there any particular reason you are getting only these ?
Answer #5
You want to get a reasonable card to keep up with your old one, which was top of the range only a few years ago!
Your machine can support a nice mid range card OK.
Answer #6
infomedia0 replied: From your current selection i would take a : HD5670
Is there any particular reason you are getting only these ?
I already stated this in the 1st post I’m only a college student and using only the savings
if it werent for my cheap parents I could have played Battlefield 3 a long time ago