First, the HD 7750 uses no PCIe power, it is the fastest card that runs off motherboard power.
Second, Intel iGPU HD4000 Ivy Bridge grapics are equivalent to HD 6670 DDR3/ GT 630 (renamed GT 440).
Third, Max TDP does not represent power usage under your conditions, you should be looking at idle TDP. Newer card draw less power under light usage than older ones.
i FIND the HD5450/HD6450 and GT520/GT610 underwhelming at any price.
Do you want a worthwhile upgrade or not?
DirectX 11 is not magic, the capability needs a chip that can use it.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5845/...ased-geforce-gt-610-gt-620-gt-630-into-retail
If you are looking for performance my feeling is HD 6550/GT 430, is the place to start for "future proof'.
I doubt, we'll see anything. Geforce 640 is your best bet for the foreseeable future.Again, at 65w TDP for the GT 640 compared to 18w for the HD 6450 these are not in the same price/power consumption/performance class. My question is about future products, not looking for suggested purchases. The 610/620/630 e
g. are not Kepler, just rebadged Fermi. They thus are less efficient and don't have DX11.1 support. When do we see real Kepler versions of these low-end solutions?
Thanks for taking an interest!
First, the HD 7750 uses no PCIe power, it is the fastest card that runs off motherboard power.
Arg. I really didn't want this to turn into everyone throwing in their two cents about upgrade options/telling me to build a new system, else I would have listed the complete system specs and the various inexpensive upgrades I have already made.
In conclusion, no one appears to know anything about either AMD or Nvidia bringing their current-generation 28nm architectures with Direct3D 11.1 support to low-end discrete gpus, by which I mean comparable to Turks 6570 and retailing for $50-60. Thanks anyway.
you do not even know what psu that he has though. it could be a cheap oem unit that cant even make much more than 150 watts on the 12v line in realistic conditions.I already told you the the gtx650 would work just fine with your power supply as long as you are not overclocking anything.
FULL SYSTEM POWER CONSUMPTION WITH OVERCLOCKED HIGH END CPU is 231 watts:
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6359/50600.png
Take off about 20-30 watts for the CPU being overclocked, and you're comfortably under the PSU's rated limit.
you do not even know what psu that he has though. it could be a cheap oem unit that cant even make much more than 150 watts on the 12v line in realistic conditions.
Why do you even need DX 11.1 on such a low end card anyways?
Its like asking for a donkey + cart with a windshield, even if one did exist its never going to go fast enough to be of any use...
What I'm after is general system responsiveness, and smooth scrolling, consistent frame rates on heavy sites like Google+. Nothing that should require a $100 graphics card, or a full rebuild. But I did read a bit on how Windows 8 is using Direct3D 11.1 to improve base OS and IE10 responsiveness, and I'm curious to see if these refinements will make their way down to the actual lowest end cards for people who don't care about gaming. I suspect they will eventually, but instead everyone is just ignoring the question and suggesting $100 cards.Why do you even need DX 11.1 on such a low end card anyways?
What I'm after is general system responsiveness, and smooth scrolling, consistent frame rates on heavy sites like Google+. Nothing that should require a $100 graphics card, or a full rebuild. But I did read a bit on how Windows 8 is using Direct3D 11.1 to improve base OS and IE10 responsiveness, and I'm curious to see if these refinements will make their way down to the actual lowest end cards for people who don't care about gaming. I suspect they will eventually, but instead everyone is just ignoring the question and suggesting $100 cards.
Well, there's the GK208 that's in development. Speculation is that it'll be the successor of the GF119 (520, 610, etc.), so if it is released in retail that might be what you're looking for.
You may end up waiting some time for that though.
I've found the warranty coverage lacking honestly.Pm me, that donkey cart sounds dope
I think you are a bit too hung up on DX11.1. I doubt that it is going to make a huge difference in browser performance, especially since it sounds like you have an older system if you currently are running the x3100 graphics.