My son (Eight years old) is wanting to use his allowance to upgrade his graphics card. He has $20. I have told him that i would cover taxes and shipping but are looking for something that is better than what is currently in it. Here is his pc. I have put 3 gigs ram with a 2.9 dual core cpu. It does have a limit to long cards. I have a spare Geforce GTX 260 but it wont fit because of the length. He doesn't really worry about what the graphics look like rather than the ability to play things functionally. Any assistance would be very much appreciated.
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Son wants to upgrade his Dell Optiplex GX 620 gfx card
- Thread starter akira022
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To be brutally honest, theres not much if any gpu that would work well. The only one I can suggest is the AMD HD 5450, that will get his foot in the door with some games.
If you can kick in 10 bucks, this would be what I would get.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150565&cm_re=5450-_-14-150-565-_-Product
A gaming powerhouse? Absolutely not. It'll work for older titles though.
If you can kick in 10 bucks, this would be what I would get.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150565&cm_re=5450-_-14-150-565-_-Product
A gaming powerhouse? Absolutely not. It'll work for older titles though.
Can't be too much on a p4 chip honestly.
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The 620 he has is faster than the 5450 dude...
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I don't see where there's any graphics card listed in the build.
I think he's running the onboard graphics of the GX620 motherboard (whatever it is). Nearly anything would be better than the onboard graphics chip on that board.
As to the poster of the thread, there aren't many graphics cards out there you can get for $20.
I'd look into a minimum of something like a GTX 460, GTX 470, GTX 550Ti, or GTX 560Ti. Though all of those are above the budget of $20, even before shipping, and they're all fairly old technology now.
How? lol
Its not even remotely close
, even with a 5450...http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...pare=radeon-x1300-xt-vs-radeon-hd-5450-1024mb
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A 7750 would probably be superior to all of those given his computer. The 400/500's are laughable with power consumption. The 7750 is pcie powered and just as potent for gaming.
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I was thinking it had a GT 620...
That said, here you go:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/17175338207...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=171753382079&_rdc=1
That said, here you go:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/17175338207...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=171753382079&_rdc=1
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I was able to get an pcie extender to hook up the gtx 260 but I feel leaving the case open to keep it hooked up for an 8 year old with a 5 year old sister is probably a problem. He can run pretty much anything with it though. I will see what I can do to help him out. Thank you all for the advice
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I cannot help too much without him knowing. Probably not more that a couple of dollars. I am trying to help him with his work ethic ^_^. Also it is not a low profile. It takes the regular sized desktop gfx cards as long as they are not too long.
actually reading the system configs helps you get the best advice to others. Its ok, we all make that mistake from time to time.
For example, the GX620 uses a proprietary motherboard that wont fit another case as you suggested. It's also a half height gpu.
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You obviously can't read. I clearly stated to check the board and PSU before buying a case to make sure they're ATX or not.
It's $3 to get a full height bracket for one of those GPU's. Big deal.
Irony.
Yeah, its not your money or time, why would it matter?
Barring shady "refurbished" or well used units on Ebay, he's gonna have a tough time finding a gt 620 for 20-30$. the 5450 can be purchased new in box from newegg for that, and actually come with a warranty if anything goes wrong.
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Funny to hear "irony" coming from you of all people.
Having used a 5450, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I sold it for basically the shipping cost just to be rid of it.
That thing (the one I had) was a nightmare for drivers and performed terribly.
