Low cost Video Card

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Kasper1234

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Hi there
These days I am purchasing a new stationary computer for myself and family, and I hope to get some help from you guys how to upgrade the graphic power of this machine.
It is primarily going to be a working computer, but we also want the possibility for the occasional gaming :)
Since the funds for the computer and for the upgrade for the video card are limited, I am looking for a graphic card, below 420-ish danish kroner. (55 Euro or 75 US-dollar)
The system we are looking at hsa the following details:

Intel Core i5-3570 4x3.40GHz
Gigabyte B75M-D3H motherboard (Sata3 & USB3.0)
Kingston 4 GB DDR3-1600 RAM
1000GB Sata3 6GB/s harddisk (7200rpm) Fluid
Intel HD2500 Graphic Card

At the moment we are looking at upgrading the video Card to this:
GeForce GT 630 - (around 73 dollar).

What would be your advice when it comes to upgrading this computer system with a low-cost video card? And what should I look out for? Power supply perhaps?

Thank you so much for your help :)
 

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The card you picked looks like a nice card, it should be ok for gaming, and although most of the people on this forum are going to hate me for saying this you can also get a much more powerful card from an older generation. Like the gtx 285, you can get it for around $70 and it's much more powerful than the gt 630 except it's really old and only supports dx10.
 
SpringWater said:
The card you picked looks like a nice card, it should be ok for gaming, and although most of the people on this forum are going to hate me for saying this you can also get a much more powerful card from an older generation. Like the gtx 285, you can get it for around $70 and it's much more powerful than the gt 630 except it's really old and only supports dx10.
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This is somewhat true, but you have to like eBay. Also, keep in mind that for a card like the GTX 285, you would need a pretty hefty power supply. If you want to get a newer card, however, the Radeon HD 6670 would probably be a good deal faster than a Geforce GT 630.
 
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