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Is this video card any good?

I grabbed a Powercolor 5450 for $10 MIR a few months ago. I love it... has HDMI output and is fanless/low profile. For $10, it's a great spare! But looking at its specs, I would not expect it to be able to run any games smoothly unless they were made more than a decade ago.
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- Post #5
- Apr 28, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Help Undervolt MSI R9 270

MSI afterburner works for both of my 7870s. It definitely works (unlike some other utilities) since my temps are significantly lower while mining.
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- Post #5
- Apr 28, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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GeForce GTX 750 ti vs Radeon R9 270

270 is hands down the faster card. If it was 265 vs 750Ti it might be more debatable, but the 265 should also still come out on top as far as performance is concerned. 270 is also an amazing overclocker, and you can easily get it up to 270X speeds which would absolutely blow away any 750Ti.
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- Post #21
- Apr 22, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Best Video Card For i3 530

I honestly would not recommend a whole system upgrade since you're not even gaming at 1080p resolution. For $200 you could upgrade your CPU to an i5 or i7 and video card to GTX 750Ti or equivalent which would even be able to handle 1080p should you choose to upgrade to that resolution anytime soon.
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- Post #34
- Apr 21, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Best Video Card For i3 530

What are the prices of the card options that are available to you? I would say just get a GTX 750 Ti and get it over with. No PSU upgrade needed. It might be a little too much for your CPU, but that leaves you with the option to upgrade to an i5 or i7 without having to upgrade the GPU again.
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- Post #27
- Apr 20, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Best Video Card For i3 530

What is your budget for PSU and video card?
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- Post #8
- Apr 19, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Best CPUs Under $150

If we exclude used options then I would say... If you have no specific (high end) requirements then the best price/performance CPU is a Celeron. Low power consumption, capable of handling all everyday tasks including HD video playback with onboard graphics. What more could you ask for from a...
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- Post #14
- Apr 16, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Help on Buying GPU

A radeon 270 would be an ideal match for it. But, I think a 7850 for only $110 after MIR is the best bang for the buck at the moment. A 270 is not a very significant step up in performance, but it is a pretty significant step up in price. About 40% price increase for only a 10-15% performance...
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- Post #2
- Apr 15, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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What graphic card should i get

You first need to clear up the PSU confusion before anything else. Look inside your case and read the PSU model number from the PSU sticker. If you have a 450W generic PSU, odds are the highest you will be able to go is a GTX 750Ti since it uses extremely low power while providing decent...
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- Post #3
- Apr 13, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Coboc 6 ft. HDMI® A Male to A Male Cable $1.49 Shipped @ Newegg

Just dug up my old DVD player. Not of fan of all the component cables, noticed it has HDMI. In for one, perfect timing... Thanks!!!
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- Post #2
- Apr 10, 2014
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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AMD R7 265 Confusion

The R265 uses the same GPU core as the 7870 & 270, except that it has some shaders disabled, similar to the 7850. Whether or not these can be successfully unlocked remains unknown. Officially speaking, all Radeon 265s have 1024 SPs but might potentially be unlocked to 1280 SPs. However...
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- Post #4
- Apr 8, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Former Netburst Celeron's vs todays Celeron's / Pentium's

I remember Celerons back in the day were absolutely terrible. I got burned a few times with a Celeron and afterwards avoided them like the plague and just used AMD Athlon XP, Sempron, & 64 x2 based desktop CPUs. I actually had a sempron server rig which would host source based games and it was...
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- Post #18
- Apr 8, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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How does this $80 AMD stack up against a Core i3 540?

I had a 512mb HD4870 with my i5 3570k. I played d3 with it for like a day. It wasn't too bad. I was able to run maxed out most of the time with some fps dips, usually down to the 30s. An i3 would be comparable in performance. You really shouldn't go down any lower than a pentium though if...
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- Post #37
- Apr 7, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Gigabyte R9 270 Open Box Microcenter $132

$179 for an open box 270 is overpriced since that's how much brand new ones sell for. Also because most brand new 270X's can be had for less than $200 now.
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- Post #6
- Apr 5, 2014
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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matching gpu to cpu?

Keep checking newegg's open box deals. I grabbed an open box Asus 270 two weeks ago for $140. A few days ago, I saw a Powercolor 270X for $160. Can't go wrong with either one of those two deals. Asus 270 runs great. OCed to 1050/1500 right out of the box with stock voltage, no powertune...
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- Post #10
- Apr 3, 2014
- Forum: Graphics Cards

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