Looking for a SUPER budget graphics card.

[AznKeo]

So as I said, I'm trying trying to find a super low budget graphics card that can at least run new games on low at a smooth frame rate and can also play older games at medium or even high at least at 30fps.

How low is a super budget you say? Under $50. I encourage you guys to summon up ebay or whatever used parts place online you can find. I'm talking used parts.

I really appreciate you even taking your time to read this in the first place. Thanks in advance.

 

[okcnaline]

Um... No. Just not possible. xDDD Well, integrated graphics.

 

[BadActor]

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3747-RX

 

[AznKeo]

Um... No. Just not possible. xDDD Well, integrated graphics.

Well honestly, anything would be an upgrade because I'm already running integrated graphics.

 

[AznKeo]

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3747-RX

Is there not any older hardware that for the same price would outdo this?

 

[BadActor]

Used market, Craigslist, Ebay, maybe.

 

[AznKeo]

Used market, Craigslist, Ebay, maybe.

Any cards you know off the top of your head though as I am a complete noob, I've no clue what's good and what isn't,

 

[BadActor]

You can use the hierarchy chart to compare different cards and see where they fall in terms of performance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

 

[BadActor]

You'll also have to be mindful of whether your PSU has the right connectors and enough watts to power whatever card you get. What are your system specs?

 

[AznKeo]

You'll also have to be mindful of whether your PSU has the right connectors and enough watts to power whatever card you get. What are your system specs?

Well, hopefully people won't judge me too much for this because this is literally my first desktop, I am a student so I usually use my laptop as a daily thing but I just got this desktop for $50. It's an older Dell Optiplex 960 with an Intel Core duo E8400 @ 3ghz, I'm not worrying about power requirements too much yet because I'm getting a new PSU for this thing because it's current PSU doesn't have any extra cables for a graphics card.

 

[BadActor]

Is it the desktop, mid tower, or small form factor? And what wattage is the PSU?

 

[Epicness937]

you could maybe find a used r7 250 for around 60 that's the best i can think of

 

[AznKeo]

Is it the desktop, mid tower, or small form factor? And what wattage is the PSU?

It's a full on desktop. The current PSU is a 300 watt but I'll be upgrading it anyway as the only extra cable present is a SATA power cable.

 

[IInuyasha74]

Under $50 you will have a hard time. This is probably the absolute cheapest you should go:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133542&Tpk=N82E16814133542

That should be able to handle modern games with low settings.

 

[BadActor]

The B stock GTX 750Ti runs $89.99 and wouldn't require changing out the PSU as it doesn't use a 6 pin PCIe connector. It would give way more performance than what you're after. A more powerful card would be bottlenecked by the CPU anyway, so I would just use it until you can afford a better system.

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=02G-P4-3751-RX

 

[AznKeo]

Under $50 you will have a hard time. This is probably the absolute cheapest you should go:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133542&Tpk=N82E16814133542

That should be able to handle modern games with low settings.

Tell me about it, It's pretty crazy checking almost every card on that hierarchical thingy. So far the best thing I found is the GT740 off of evga's website. I also found a 7850 for $67 but that's a little over the budget.

 

[IInuyasha74]

A Radeon 7850 would be better, and for $67 that is a great deal. You would need to upgrade your PSU though. 300 W is just too low for that graphics card.

What was the price of the GT 740? The GT 740 is faster than the GT 730 I recommended. They are essentially the same graphics card, but the GT 740 has a 128-bit wide memory interface vs. a 64-bit memory interface, and that helps to push up performance quite a bit.

A 750 Ti is faster than the GT 740, but it is slower than the Radeon HD 7850. The big plus to it is that it doesn't need a different PSU like BadActor mentioned, but for about $25-$30 you could go ahead and buy a decent budget PSU and the Radeon HD 7850 and come out just a few bucks short of $100.

 

[AznKeo]

A Radeon 7850 would be better, and for $67 that is a great deal. You would need to upgrade your PSU though. 300 W is just too low for that graphics card.

What was the price of the GT 740? The GT 740 is faster than the GT 730 I recommended. They are essentially the same graphics card, but the GT 740 has a 128-bit wide memory interface vs. a 64-bit memory interface, and that helps to push up performance quite a bit.

A 750 Ti is faster than the GT 740, but it is slower than the Radeon HD 7850. The big plus to it is that it doesn't need a different PSU like BadActor mentioned, but for about $25-$30 you could go ahead and buy a decent budget PSU and the Radeon HD 7850 and come out just a few bucks short of $100.

I was considering the 750ti then I learned the price total would be $105 bucks and as you said I can just get the card and change out the PSU. Appreciate it man.