Graphic Card – Advice for a simple graphic card
August 1st, 2016
Below are my specs, can you please advice guys ?
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System Information
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Time of this report: 2/7/2016, 19:41:05
Machine name: PC-HOME
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_gdr.140330-1035)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MSI
System Model: MS-7788
BIOS: BIOS Date: 01/10/13 11:31:38 Ver: 04.06.05
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU G630 @ 2.70GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8082MB RAM
Page File: 3977MB used, 5385MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.16384 64bit Unicode
I found two cards (at a fair price) on ebay, but i ain’t sure about them:
-MSI GeForce 210
-Vamery GT630 2GB DDR2 128Bit HDMI DVI VGA 40nm Graphics Card 3D for Desktops PC
-Vamery GTX760 2GB 128Bit GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/DVI Graphics Video Card 2 Fan New
P.S: i ain’t no gamer and don’t want to spend that much on a card.
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
Passmark is the site ive listed above has users benchmark each video card and send the results in and ranks them accordingly. The GTX760 is ranked reasonably well. Even though you say you aint a gamer, if you chose to, it would run the majority of games out at the moment, and is reasonably priced. It will also be good for video editing etc, and has the 3 outputs (id use the HDMI as well as the DVI slot)… Only other thing id get you to do, is find the length measurement of the card and make sure you have the room inside your case to ensure the card will fit (had to hacksaw parts of my old case out to make my last card fit, so talking from experience lol..). The length of the card will be 9.5 inches
Also have to make sure you have at least a 500w power supply..
GTX660 is the lowest you should go..So as said..Go for the GTX760…
1-Vamery cards are Chinese fakes.
2-The 210 and 630 are very old and very low power.
3-A legit GTX760 will only run at half bandwidth on an H61 motherboard and be severely bottlenecked by a G630 CPU. And it’s a power pig. 4-Look at a GDDR5 version of the GT730.
You should consider getting Gt730 1gb with GDDR5. But be informed that there are 3 types of Gt730, don’t get the DDR3 128 bit with 96 cuda cores and 700MHz (slowest).
Here is a GT730 that should meet requirements..
EVGA GeForce GT 730 DirectX 12 (feature level 11_0) 02G-P3-3733-KR 2GB 64-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487052
Power requirements are fairly modest too.
300 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 20 Amp on the +12 volt rail.
You’ll find a list of Nvidia graphics cards here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units
It might help you out.
I have a very old x86 PC but I had to upgrade my graphics card to overcome a small issue with Windows 10 so I bought a second hand Quadro FX 370 which sorted the issue out …. It cost £10.00 on ebay including P&P and it works just fine for me.
Look for GT 740 GDDR5 with 2GB VRAM.
As you don’t like to play games this is the best option for you.
Hello All, Thanks for you advice Here is a GT730 that should meet requirements..
EVGA GeForce GT 730 DirectX 12 (feature level 11_0) 02G-P3-3733-KR 2GB 64-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 Low Profile Ready Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487052
Power requirements are fairly modest too.
300 Watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 20 Amp on the +12 volt rail.
@: sadly Newegg does not ship to my country and on ebay the card cost $120 (including shipping) I found a 730 gfx card at a local store for $90 appox.
You'll find a list of Nvidia graphics cards here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units
It might help you out.
I have a very old x86 PC but I had to upgrade my graphics card to overcome a small issue with Windows 10 so I bought a second hand Quadro FX 370 which sorted the issue out .... It cost £10.00 on ebay including P&P and it works just fine for me.
@SaturnSid : Nice idea, will try to look one to keep in spare on ebay.
I had 2 monitors and work with Photoshop, Movie maker…etc, with Gt630 with no problems. Forget about games with that card.