- Jun 17, 2013
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My current rig is running close to two years old. I built it from scratch and for the price at the time thought I did great for my money spent. Now it is seeming that is not the case. With my GTS 450 from EVGA even simple games like Minecraft give me issues. Is it just my card or my system?
Current Specs just in case
Biostar TH55B HD
Intel i5 760 2.8 @ 3.37 Ghz
G.Skill DDR3 1600 RAM @ 1600 Mhz
EVGA 1GB GTS 450 @
822 Mhz Core Clock / 1645 Mhz Shader
192 Cuda Cores
3608 Mhz Memory Clock
Corsair TX 750 W PSU
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Current Specs just in case
Biostar TH55B HD
Intel i5 760 2.8 @ 3.37 Ghz
G.Skill DDR3 1600 RAM @ 1600 Mhz
EVGA 1GB GTS 450 @
822 Mhz Core Clock / 1645 Mhz Shader
192 Cuda Cores
3608 Mhz Memory Clock
Corsair TX 750 W PSU
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
With the right combination of settings, you can get decent frame rates, but really, you need to bear in mind, the x50 series part in any NVIDIA line up is always going to be a budget part, not a good performer. Personally I consider the x60 series the basics for decent settings, but only during the time frame when the line of cards was considered relevant. Between the x60 and x80 series you usually get close to the best bang for your buck. Picking a 470 is good choice if you're deciding to go with a 4xx series card, but understand, it was released early in 2010, and therefore, newer cards such as the 5xx or 6xx series may get you better performance for the same amount of money in current titles. The 4xx series was also a power hungry, hot running architecture, as it was a bit of a new design for NVIDIA. The 5xx series was based on the 4xx series, with many improvements made toward efficiency.
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