The fastest video cards without power cable?

Artas1984 · 07-31-10, 03:28 PM

Looking for a VGA for my cousin..

Radeon HD5670 is the fastest video card that does not require an additional power cable? The second fastest is Radeon HD4670?

What about nvidia cards? GT 240 is the fastest? Or green editions of 9600GT and 9800GT, which are actaully rare to get...

Anyway the PSU of the PC is 300W Asus, but the system uses little W, since only 1 HDD, 1 DVD and single core Athlon 64 LE 45 nm CPU are installed, so he is fine with his 300W.

How good is GT 220? Is it better than a 7600GT?

I want to upgrade my cousin's 7600GT to a video card that does not require addition power and is kinda cheap. 7600GT really sux on AA and higher resolutions. He can't even play FEAR with AA on it, and without AA FEAR looks horrible. He could not get good frames on Battlestations Pacific no-mater how low the settings would be.. I am trying to persuade him to change his 7600GT, because there is some cheap dirt out there for what i know.

Just talk about the cards and their performance please, do not recommend to buy anything from internet, because we will search to buy in local sites or used cards.

David · 07-31-10, 03:42 PM

That single core Athlon is fast going to become the bottleneck in that system. I'd be wary about dropping too much cash on a new GPU as you probably want to look at a new CPU/Mobo/RAM combo in the not too distant future if you plan to use that for games.

MattNo5ss · 07-31-10, 03:54 PM

+1. He really needs a new CPU, at least a dual-core at around the same speed, before he starts upgrading to current GPUs.

ChanceCoats123 · 07-31-10, 03:55 PM

My brother is currently using my old Athlon 64 x2 system with 4gb's ddr2 800 and he has a gt220 in it and he says that he can rip through Mass Effect 2 with a resolution of 1440*900. Obviously, he doesn't play on high settings, but the game is playable none the less.

MattNo5ss · 07-31-10, 04:09 PM

That's exactly why Artas's cousin needs a dual core

Artas1984 · 07-31-10, 04:37 PM

A well then - it means no upgrade for another year, my stupid cousin wants to play new games from time to time, but he does not like the idea of changing anything and spending money.

Ye, i know, that sounds stupid, having in mind he can spend lots of money on new speakers or telephones..

It was hard enough to force him to move from Athlon XP 1900+, 768 Mb DDR, GF 6200, 80 Gb IDE HDD and VIA chipset mobo to Athlon 64 LE-1620, 2048 Mb DDR2, GF 7600GT, 320 Gb SATA HDD and DFI M2 SLI mobo..

It happened only due to the fact hat his HDD broke, and so i said that it ain't worth to buy a new HDD on that old system...

Gosh, he better not ask for me next time to install him FEAR 2..

Anyway how is GT 220 compared to 7600GT? I kinda know how good GT 240 is in genreal..

MattNo5ss · 07-31-10, 04:59 PM

The GT220 is better than the 7600GT in every aspect; memory bandwidth, pixel fill rate, texture fill rate, shader operations, and vertex operations

07-31-10, 03:28 PM	Thread Starter #1
Artas1984 Disabled Join Date: Sep 2009	The fastest video cards without power cable? Looking for a VGA for my cousin.. Radeon HD5670 is the fastest video card that does not require an additional power cable? The second fastest is Radeon HD4670? What about nvidia cards? GT 240 is the fastest? Or green editions of 9600GT and 9800GT, which are actaully rare to get... Anyway the PSU of the PC is 300W Asus, but the system uses little W, since only 1 HDD, 1 DVD and single core Athlon 64 LE 45 nm CPU are installed, so he is fine with his 300W. How good is GT 220? Is it better than a 7600GT? I want to upgrade my cousin's 7600GT to a video card that does not require addition power and is kinda cheap. 7600GT really sux on AA and higher resolutions. He can't even play FEAR with AA on it, and without AA FEAR looks horrible. He could not get good frames on Battlestations Pacific no-mater how low the settings would be.. I am trying to persuade him to change his 7600GT, because there is some cheap dirt out there for what i know. Just talk about the cards and their performance please, do not recommend to buy anything from internet, because we will search to buy in local sites or used cards.
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07-31-10, 03:42 PM	#2
David Forums Super Moderator Overclockers.com Lead Editor Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Hiding from Americans and making pretty colours in a drybox in St Andrews	That single core Athlon is fast going to become the bottleneck in that system. I'd be wary about dropping too much cash on a new GPU as you probably want to look at a new CPU/Mobo/RAM combo in the not too distant future if you plan to use that for games. __________________ David J. Nelson MChem(Edin) PhD(Strath) AMRSC [Academia Profile] OC Forums Super Moderator // Overclockers.com Editor The Workhorse: [Lenovo W510] Intel Core i7-720QM / 8 GB DDR3 / nVidia Quadro FX880M / Crucial M4 256 GB SSD / Windows 7 The HTPC/Server: AMD Phenom X4 9650 / 6 GB DDR2 / nVidia 8300 / 5 TB of HDDs / Antec Solo II Case / Windows 7 The Gaming Rig: AMD Llano A6-3650 / 4 GB DDR3 / nVidia GTX260 / 2x 500 GB HDD in RAID0 / Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 Case / Windows 7 The Benchmarking Setup: Various LGA775 chips / Asus Rampage Formula / 2 GB OCZ 1066 MHz DDR2 / nVidia Quadro NVS 285 / 320 GB HDD / Windows 7 My research fellowship is eating all my time, so I may be slow to reply to emails and private messages.
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MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	+1. He really needs a new CPU, at least a dual-core at around the same speed, before he starts upgrading to current GPUs. __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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ChanceCoats123 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Illinois	My brother is currently using my old Athlon 64 x2 system with 4gb's ddr2 800 and he has a gt220 in it and he says that he can rip through Mass Effect 2 with a resolution of 1440900. Obviously, he doesn't play on high settings, but the game is playable none the less. __________________ Ed - "Aight it's pulling down... Thing is really tuned for LN2 though." This is the team you are looking for...* 1EeNkR3VPihwHCGt2VKSjJHetiKHZt9U1e
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MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	That's exactly why Artas's cousin needs a dual core __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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07-31-10, 04:37 PM	Thread Starter #6
Artas1984 Disabled Join Date: Sep 2009	A well then - it means no upgrade for another year, my stupid cousin wants to play new games from time to time, but he does not like the idea of changing anything and spending money. Ye, i know, that sounds stupid, having in mind he can spend lots of money on new speakers or telephones.. It was hard enough to force him to move from Athlon XP 1900+, 768 Mb DDR, GF 6200, 80 Gb IDE HDD and VIA chipset mobo to Athlon 64 LE-1620, 2048 Mb DDR2, GF 7600GT, 320 Gb SATA HDD and DFI M2 SLI mobo.. It happened only due to the fact hat his HDD broke, and so i said that it ain't worth to buy a new HDD on that old system... Gosh, he better not ask for me next time to install him FEAR 2.. Anyway how is GT 220 compared to 7600GT? I kinda know how good GT 240 is in genreal..
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07-31-10, 04:59 PM	#7
MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	The GT220 is better than the 7600GT in every aspect; memory bandwidth, pixel fill rate, texture fill rate, shader operations, and vertex operations __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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