What is the best graphics card I can get for $40?

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I making a budget build and need a cheap $40 graphics card. I will be using it for some gaming, but not anything graphically intense like Crysis 3. So what is the best graphics card for around $40 and what settings will I be abale to play games on?
 
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I'd think this will perform nice compared to that
APU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113333&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Faster RAM (for the APU) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=20-104-469
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For $40 you won't get something useful to be honest. Since you're still building a budget system, I suggest you go with an APU. It's basically a CPU with a built in graphics card. No stand-alone $40 card will surpass the built-in graphics card of an APU anyway.
 
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Why is that? Even the A8 7600K offers decent performance compared to that setup.
 
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There's a chance the integrated graphics of your CPU would be better than any $40 graphics card (My HD 4600 chipset ran anything I tested at 30 fps, 720p, low-high settings depending on the game). If you can really spend that little and want a dedicated card, you'd have to get one used off of a site like eBay to make it worth the money at all.
 
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Processor: http://www.amazon.com/AMD-A6-6400K-Dual-Core-Processor-AD640KOKHLBOX/dp/B00CPLGFM4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407783160&sr=8-1&keywords=amd+a6

Case: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BW469KS?psc=1

Motherboard: http://www.amazon.com/MSI-Computer-Corp-A55M-E33-Motherboards/dp/B00HGLX81O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407783124&sr=8-1&keywords=msi+a55m-e33

Hard drive: http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Barracuda-3-5-Inch-Internal-ST1000DM003/dp/B005T3GRNW/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1407783223&sr=8-3&keywords=1tb+hard+drive

Power supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=17-139-027

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239901&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=PPSSKFSRSRTTAB-_-20-239-901-_-Product

OS: http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-8-1-Full-Version/dp/B00EDSI7QO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407783274&sr=8-1&keywords=windows+8+os

Graphics Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150673
 
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That CPU is a complete waste if you're adding a graphics card anyway. Never get an APU like that if you're just going to use it as a CPU. The Pentium G3220 is much, much stronger for the same price.

Either get the Pentium G3220 and add a used graphics card for $40 (better performance).
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=89866&vpn=BX80646G3220&manufacture=Intel&promoid=1248
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-Geforce-GTS450-EVGA-1GB-GDDR5-PCI-E-Video-Graphics-Card-B29-/390908917784?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item5b03fcb818

Or just get this instead for $100 and don't get a graphics card (don't have to get a used part, but inferior performance).
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113281&cm_re=amd_a8-5600k-_-19-113-281-_-Product
 
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well would the AMD Athlon X2 370K be a better choice with a graphics card?

http://www.amazon.com/AMD-Richland-Desktop-Processor-AD370KOKHLBOX/dp/B00CPLGFME/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407902832&sr=8-2&keywords=amd+athlon

and a EVGA GeForce 8400 graphics card?

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Express-Graphics-01G-P3-1302-LR/dp/B0049MPQA4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1407903366&sr=8-2&keywords=graphics+card
 
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No, and no.
The Pentium G3220 is the best CPU within your $60 limit.
The 8400 is an extremely old GPU that can just barely run HD DVDs - not suitable for newer games at all, and in fact outdone by modern integrated CPU graphics.
 
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get a geforce 210
 
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The GT 210 is weaker than many integrated chipsets now. Combining the $40+$60 CPU and GPU budget into a $100 APU would perform better than that.
 
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GT 730 would perform the same as the 560 ti benchmarked below
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/bioshock_infinite_graphics_performance_review_benchmark,6.html

now compare this to the A8 7800 benchmarks on the same site (I assume they would use the same test scene)
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_a8_7600_apu_review,10.html

Look at the 1080p ones on both, the A8 has a lower FPS, even though it's a lower setting of the same game.
 
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ok, I think I finally found a good build. A Pentium G3220 CPU, a GIGABYTE GA-H81M-H Motherboard, and a Galaxy - GeForce GT 620 2GB for the graphics card

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Pentium-Processor-G3220-BX80646G3220/dp/B00EF1G9DW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1407938603&sr=8-1&keywords=Pentium+G3220

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128693

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Galaxy-GeForce-GT-620-2GB-DDR3-PCI-Express-2-0-Graphics-Card-/390908756632?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item5b03fa4298
 
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There's no way the GT 730 is similar to the 560ti.
The 560ti has more than 3 times higher memory bandwidth (134.4 GB/s vs 40 GB/s)
The texel rate of the 560ti is more than 4 times higher (60.8 GTexel/s vs 14.4 GTexel/s)
The 560ti has 32 ROPs while the GT 730 has only 8.
The 560ti has double the FLOPS, double the pixel rate, and four times the memory bus width (256 bit vs 64 bit).
And 64 vs 16 texture mapping units...
 
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