I'm shopping for a new graphics card but I'm in a budget Thats about $50 and need to stay within my PSU range (375W) (its all i can afford) and i found to great cards but i found something odd. One of the max powers is 69W and requires a 300W, 22 amps, the other ones max power is 66W but needs 400W, 27 amps. How does that work?

Source of cards
http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=450&gid2=328&compare=radeon-hd-6670-vs-geforce-gt-240

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$50?
Well don't get a new card then. You'll get a better one second hand for that little of money.

Those old cards you are linking are nearly worthless for most gaming. They aren't a whole lot better than the aging integrated intel 4k series.

edit: OK, not quite - http://www.pc-specs.com/gpu/comparison-versus/1793/328/intel-hd-graphics-4400-desktop-vs-geforce-gt-240
but still take that 50 bucks and either save it for something more useful, or get someone's more modern 2nd hand card they swapped out for a new one and is sitting in their junk drawer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_200_series#Discontinued_support

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I'm not buying it new off of new egg. The cards i have found are good and meet my needs (My benchmark was can it run metro last light at my resolution). I'm just wondering if my PSU can handle the Radeon card.

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I can only second what BrandeX said: wait.

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M:LL has listed a GTS 250 as the minimum, not a 240.

Also, based on your other sepc comments in this thread, are you running a 64-bit operating system?

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brand and model of your PSU. I can guarantee you that 6670 can work even with a generic PSU.

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which processor that you have?

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You mean my CPU? Thats an E600 (I think) 1.86 Ghz, If need i can upgrade it to a 2.4 ghz (hopefully)

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E600?... i supouse you were wrong to write. Please check the info with cpu-z

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Whoops E6300 1.86ghz

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ok, then you will not have problems, the 6670 is a GPU that consumes almost nothing and the rest of your current specs have a ridiculous consuming

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Really? That is great. Now i can finally upgrade my pc, AMD is a reliably brand right?

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yes, indeed!

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Sweet! Now i can finally ditch my crappy Geforce 210.

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please make sure you go to 6670 (GDDR5), because have a notorious better performance than DDR3 version.
You can see some pretty accurate comparison between GPUs here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

PD: sorry for my bad English

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I can't afford a DDR5. I never noticed it was DDR3 until now. This may present a problem

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M:LL - Requires Dual Core CPU (2.2+ GHz Dual Core CPU or better)

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The 240 is a much older card, and the 6670 would be better, but I am not sure how much you want to risk your system. What are your current specs?

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GPU: Geforce 210
OS: XP
RAM: 2GB (Will be upgraded to 4)
PSU: 375W
CPU: 1.86GHZ

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What processor is it? if you pug the specs into a Power supply calculator you can check, just make sure you have the connectors to power the card.

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Wow thanks i never knew about this thing. Btw my cpu is an E6300

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How accurate is this? If it is accurate i've been shitting myself over a PSU for no reason.

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I would not consider it an end all accurate, but a minimum usage. Heck I had a 350W PSU running a Q6600 overclocked and a 6600GT for a while before I ran into stability issues due to most likely an underpowered PSU. for safety I would look for a 100w overhead approx (hopefully someone will correct me if i am out in left field)

My system at peak load according to the calc is 466W with an fx-8350 and a 650ti

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For me i don't know exactly what i have so i over estimated on it and at 100% it said my max was 376 (i have a 375) so i feel kinda confident with that.

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You were, I was running overclocked E7500 and 6790 (and 8800GT before that) on 400W PSU without any hiccups.

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Well thats a relief. There's another $30 i can put towards a GPU.

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Both HD6670 and GT240 do not require any additional power connector (as long as you don't buy OCed versions), so your PSU can handle them.

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+1, but in some circumstances the PSU can't deliver the power needed in PCI-e, and the system crash when you open a game.

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The recommended PSU of 300 and 400 watts is for your entire system. They don't know what other parts you will be running so it is pretty much a guess.

You can get better cards than what you listed while staying in your price range if you are willing to do some research and have some patience on ebay. The GT 240 from EVGA has been selling on ebay for under $20, some as low as $10.

You need to do a search to see if you can find a review that shows actual power usage of the card under 100% load and then do the same for all the other parts in your computer and make sure your PSU can handle your entire system when under a full load. There are websites that will allow you to enter all your system parts in and it will calculate how much power it will draw, but I never found them to be that exact.

If you end up getting a power supply, make sure you do some research first. They can be very cheap and you don't have to spend much money, but you want to make sure you get something reliable since if it fails it can take out the rest of your computer with it.

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Okay thanks, I'm very iffy about getting a cheap high-wattage psu because it will most likely be crap,

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It needs to much ram and way out of my price range.

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i dont see how ram has anything do with this, i have hd7790 with 6gb ram and core i3 2120 3.3 2 core 4 thread with 380w antec green psu. if you want get ancient technology thats your choice just wanted save ya from kicking yourself later like i did with gt 440.

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Well my Mobo can only handle a max of 4gb of ram and it said to have 8. But the price is still up there for me,

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i actually dont know what they mean by recommended ram i have 6 and they say 8 for hd 7790 i have but i havent had any problems for past 2 years. anyway perhaps someone more knowledgable can explain to use if what the recommended ram means.

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i would visit a small local pc shop and see if they can part with a slightly more powerful power supply for you they normally have bins just piled over of them in the back from people who upgrade and will likely part with one for a few dollars if not just hand you one for free, i mean i dont think they are going to just hand you a 700 watt one or anything but they will likely have a handful of 450 watt ones that most current pre-built systems come with,and any extra power will give you a little more headroom especially if your 375 watt is aged at all.

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Anyways, first question one has to ask is what do you plan to play with these cards, what resolution will you be playing on and what are your expectations... Because these two definitely are not the best choice for gaming.

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Metro: Last Light, 1280X1024, And my expectations are for it to run at medium settings with little to no lag.

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I have my doubts about their ability to do that; however, it seems to me that for different people 'the smooth' looks differently, so you might be satisfied. After all there are people who tell me about their great experiences with new games on Intel HD graphics.

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I agree with Keenzor, I played Metro 2033 and it was a quite demanding game at 1080p, and I have a GTX 870m GPU (roughly a GTX 760), I ran it on medium to get 60fps.

Well I just hope you can get to run it at least at 30fps, don't know the actual minimum specs to run the game though.

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Not to say you should not get a new video card at some point. Though, why not try playing Metro Last Light on Linux. Free up a little space on your HDD/SSD make a Linux partition of the distro of your choice, install Steam, the game, and leave SSAA off. The game seems to run circles around Windows on Linux with some what older hardware even. At least with SSAA off.

This video has GTX 680 in it, but still it shows how it could make crappy fps dropping game play into a less crappy game play.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab2UI1Iq2w

Skimming your games it looks like a hand full of your games are Linux compatable. Borderlands 2, Risk of Rain, Garrys Mod, Natural Selection 2, et cetera. In fact some of the games you have also run better in Linux than Windows. This is of course the well coded games, so you might be able to get a little extra life out of your current card while you wait. to upgrade or even more life out of the new card given your goal is Metro: Last Light. (Only a suggestion)

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Well you should take a look for AMD R7 line, they are really cheap and more recent! You might find an R7 240 for $50 that's very similar to the HD 6670, but if you can wait and save up some more I recommend you a GTX 750 or an R7 260X!

Here is short list of modern low-end cards that you should check:

  • R7 240
  • R7 250
  • R7 250X
  • R7 260X
  • GTX 750
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