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Budget graphics card question

Posted on 4/19/20 at 6:55 pm
Posted by Bama Shadow
Member since Jan 2009
675 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 6:55 pm
I am in the market for a budget graphics card and power supply. Would like to stay under 250 for both. Here is the setup I bought for gaming...

Used Dell Optiplex Windows 10 pro
Intel I5, 3470 3.2ghz, 1TB hard drive 8gb memory.

I only have 1 game right now and these are the requirements...

OS: Windows® 7 64bit / 8 64bit.
Processor: Quad-Core 3.5 Ghz.
Memory: 8 GB RAM.
Graphics: Graphics Card with 2 GB Video RAM: Nvidia Geforce GTX 750 or equivalent.
DirectX: Version 11.
Network: Broadband Internet connection.
Storage: 20 GB available space.

I was looking at This Card and This power supply. I can get both local and if possible I'd prefer that over ordering online due to ease of returns. I am not opposed to ordering something different if there is a better bang for my buck out there.

Will these both work in the PC I have now ? I know they are overkill for the only game I have now but was thinking I may try more in the future. I currently have a 1gb card and game is choppy. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. I also plan to upgrade RAM and maybe an SSD hard drive in the future as funds allow so any suggestions there are also welcome. I'm not a heavy gamer, no need for perfect graphics just want the game to run smoothly on basic settings.
Posted by LSU Fan SLU Grad
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2006
4893 posts
Posted on 4/19/20 at 7:18 pm to
Radeon RX580 8GB is a sub-$200 beast of a card. Check out some benchmarks on YouTube to get a feel for how it handles AAA titles. I’d snag one of those and a <$75 power supply.
Posted by Bama Shadow
Member since Jan 2009
675 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 3:26 am to
Well the one I posted was on sale but now appears to be off again. They do have the RX 580 GTS Black edition for 180.00. Is that something like you were talking about ? LINK
Posted by LSU Fan SLU Grad
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2006
4893 posts
Posted on 4/20/20 at 4:58 pm to
After reading some amazon reviews, I’m having concerns about quality with that particular card.

Check out the newer 5500 XT. Around $200 but seems to be a solid card.
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