is the Zotac GT 710 2GB graphics card a good card?

[shane_mamba24]

I was thinking of buying a Zotac GT 710 2GB card for my build to play counter strike on high settings and gta 5 on medium.(along with intel i7 3770 and 8GB RAM).Will it be OK?

 

[kwa-e]

It's only an HTPC card for HD video playback at best, the DDR3 onboard is significantly much slower than the 730's GDDR5 and will likely only run the games you want at the lowest resolution.

 

[Gingerbread]

Will run pretty much the same way, the integrated GPU of the i7 will run, so not really.

 

[shane_mamba24]

It's only an HTPC card for HD video playback at best, the DDR3 onboard is significantly much slower than the 730's GDDR5 and will likely only run the games you want at the lowest resolution.

what about the AMD 5450 2gb?

 

[kwa-e]

The GT 710 is faster than the 5450

If you're extremely strapped for cash and you need a card for cheap consider saving up for this, $50 rebate which should run High CS:GO and GTA 5 at 720P at medium settings pretty well.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133542&cm_re=gt_730_gddr5-_-14-133-542-_-Product

 

[holyprof]

Anything below GT750 or R7 260 is a waste of money, especially paired to such a powerful CPU. With the 710 you will need to put all quality settings on low and i doubt you will get more than 30-40 FPS in CSGO.

 

[kwa-e]

Getting an older used card is also an option.