I have an old Athlon 64 X2 4000+ system with 3GB of DDR2 ram, Micro-Star MS-7327 MB, and an old but reliable Antec 400 Watt PSU.
The video card died on me last month - an old nvidia card. I want to add a new card and was looking at the 7750. Also, I see a PowerColor Go! Green AX6570 1GBK3-HEV2 Radeon HD 6570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP on sale at newegg for $30 after rebate.
My plan is to load the upcoming SteamOS on this and use it as a little steambox for indie titles, Left 4 Dead 2, Amnesia, and PC Streaming from my quad core in my office. I also want to go some light gaming with the Vista OS already installed.
What would be a good choice for the GPU without bottlenecking too much? Is this little $30 a great deal or should I get a 7750? I read that the 6570 takes 65W and the 7750 takes 55W.
Does GDDR5 make a difference with such a weak CPU or will DDR3 be fine?
Not sure if these cards are backwards capabable with PCI 1.0. and not sure how to check which version of PCI I have, but I assume it's old. Bios is American Megatrends 1.0 from 2007.
The video card died on me last month - an old nvidia card. I want to add a new card and was looking at the 7750. Also, I see a PowerColor Go! Green AX6570 1GBK3-HEV2 Radeon HD 6570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP on sale at newegg for $30 after rebate.
My plan is to load the upcoming SteamOS on this and use it as a little steambox for indie titles, Left 4 Dead 2, Amnesia, and PC Streaming from my quad core in my office. I also want to go some light gaming with the Vista OS already installed.
What would be a good choice for the GPU without bottlenecking too much? Is this little $30 a great deal or should I get a 7750? I read that the 6570 takes 65W and the 7750 takes 55W.
Does GDDR5 make a difference with such a weak CPU or will DDR3 be fine?
Not sure if these cards are backwards capabable with PCI 1.0. and not sure how to check which version of PCI I have, but I assume it's old. Bios is American Megatrends 1.0 from 2007.