Looking for a low budget graphics card

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Hello, I am looking for a graphics card that can run games such as Team Fortress 2, Blacklight: Retribution, and Saints Row: The Third, mostly old games. I don't really care about how good the graphics look, I just care about good framerates. My cpu is an APU, the AMD A10-5800k. I know not really good for gaming, I bought a combo deal from Newegg but didn't realize that it is not ideal for gaming however, I think it will get the job done. My budget is around 200 dollars. I will be upgrading my motherboard and CPU in the future, maybe next year but for now I just want to be able to run my games without lag. Any suggestions are appreciated, Thank you for reading. :)
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zXaz

This is around $200 after rebates and it's a very safe way to go. It's not to say that your PSU will blow up and go kaput on you when try to do some gaming but it's worth a consideration that a poor quality PSU can damage all other parts in the system. That part picker includes a 7850(one model weaker than 7870 but plenty good enough for the games you want) and a corsair PSU which is of a fairly good quality.
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Hi - assuming your mobo has a pciex16 slot and you have the space, I 2nd lightnings suggestion of a 7870 in the
$200 price range.
 
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AshyCFC

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Okay then it'll be fine with a 7870 or 650 ti. I may advise you to go for 650 to because my 6770 and 7870 have had trouble with saints row 3 (might be driver issue) and 650 ti draws less power. Curiously what manufacturer/model is the PSU it'll tell us about the quality
 
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It is the Rosewill RD700.
 
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toyftw

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Hi again - if it's a true 700w PSU it is more than sufficient for any GPU/system suggested so far.
There are many PSU brands that lie & exaggerate their PSU specs.

A good quality 500w unit is enough for for any of the GPU's suggested.

What is the brand/model of your PSU
 
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it is the Rosewill RD700.
 
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Hi again - Rosewill has some good PSU's, but they also have some bad ones, this is one of those.
OEM is Solytech, and they are infamous for exploding PSU's.
Not sayin that will happen to you, but if I were you, I'd be lookin for a good quality unit.

 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/zXaz

This is around $200 after rebates and it's a very safe way to go. It's not to say that your PSU will blow up and go kaput on you when try to do some gaming but it's worth a consideration that a poor quality PSU can damage all other parts in the system. That part picker includes a 7850(one model weaker than 7870 but plenty good enough for the games you want) and a corsair PSU which is of a fairly good quality.
 
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apologies I don't know much of the american hardware providers as I'm from the UK but I'll link you other places where you can purchase this PSU but sadly they have a higher price tag:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139027&clickid=1GiTUG1YG1S52ZnUKmWPMVzCUkTwekTtnRHexM0&iradid=97618&ircid=2106&irpid=79301&nm_mc=AFC-IR&cm_mmc=AFC-IR-_-na-_-na-_-na - Takes paypal



 
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