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Would a R7 250 1gb gddr5 run fine on my PSU?

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February 5, 2014 3:03:07 PM

I want to buy this card and i want to be sure the 12V rail has enought amperes to handle it no problem.
This is mt PSU´s specs:
500w (no 80 plus certified)
+3.3V: 24A
+5V: 18A
+12V1: 17A
+12V2: 16A
-12V: 0.5A
-5V: 2.5A

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February 5, 2014 3:35:21 PM

It should handle it easily. Btw, the HD 7750 is slightly faster and uses slightly less power: http://www.hwcompare.com/15330/radeon-hd-7750-vs-radeon...
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February 5, 2014 5:42:11 PM

Hmm... I see your +12V rails have shrunk a bit. Must be a low end "500W" PSU. It should still be OK, but don't try to go with anything more than the HD 7750. And stick with GDDR5 and not GDDR3 VRAM.

It should do great at 1440x900 and lower resolutions. At 1080p, you'll have to turn down the settings in most high-end games. A lot will depend on the CPU it has to work with. I had the Gigabyte HD 7750 OC in a budget build I did with an Athlon II X2 270 on a 1440x900 monitor. I was able to play Crysis 3 (!) at medium settings with smooth game play (single player). At 1080p, it was kinda stuttery, tho.
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February 5, 2014 6:29:31 PM

clutchc said:
Hmm... I see your +12V rails have shrunk a bit. Must be a low end "500W" PSU. It should still be OK, but don't try to go with anything more than the HD 7750. And stick with GDDR5 and not GDDR3 VRAM.

It should do great at 1440x900 and lower resolutions. At 1080p, you'll have to turn down the settings in most high-end games. A lot will depend on the CPU it has to work with. I had the Gigabyte HD 7750 OC in a budget build I did with an Athlon II X2 270 on a 1440x900 monitor. I was able to play Crysis 3 (!) at medium settings with smooth game play (single player). At 1080p, it was kinda stuttery, tho.


Thanks a lot man!
so on i´ll try to get that r7 250 1gb cause every place where i´ve asked there´s no stock of the 7750 because the R7 is it´s new model.
Anyway, i have a core i3 3220, a regular 500gb SATA3 7200rpm hard drive as well as a regular SATA
DVD-RW optical drive, & i have a 1360x768 monitor in which i think about playing the latest 2013-2014 titles on medium settings(Crysis 3, BF3, BF4. Far Cry 3, etc) while i don´t mind of reducing a bit my resolution (1280x720), in case you want to know my specs so as to tell me any otherthing you want.
Again, thanks a lot!
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February 5, 2014 7:09:28 PM

You should be able to run games just fine 1360x768. No need to drop to 1280x720. But, don't waste you money on the 2GB version. A card of that class will never use 2GB at 1080p, let alone lower resolutions. It will probably never use all 1GB.

But the HD 7750 is available almost everywhere online yet.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=80&i=39&r=1...
And it is use less watts (important for your PSU), and it is faster than the R7-250
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February 6, 2014 7:48:09 PM

clutchc said:
You should be able to run games just fine 1360x768. No need to drop to 1280x720. But, don't waste you money on the 2GB version. A card of that class will never use 2GB at 1080p, let alone lower resolutions. It will probably never use all 1GB.

But the HD 7750 is available almost everywhere online yet.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=80&i=39&r=1...
And it is use less watts (important for your PSU), and it is faster than the R7-250


you think i´ll be able to run this:
http://products.xfxforce.com/es-la/Graphics_Cards/AMD_R...
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February 7, 2014 8:31:04 AM

Nach671 said:
clutchc said:
You should be able to run games just fine 1360x768. No need to drop to 1280x720. But, don't waste you money on the 2GB version. A card of that class will never use 2GB at 1080p, let alone lower resolutions. It will probably never use all 1GB.

But the HD 7750 is available almost everywhere online yet.
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/#c=80&i=39&r=1...
And it is use less watts (important for your PSU), and it is faster than the R7-250


you think i´ll be able to run this:
http://products.xfxforce.com/es-la/Graphics_Cards/AMD_R...


Yes, that is what I have been talking about.
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February 26, 2014 7:58:06 PM

i haven't decided yet. do you think my computer'll be able to run the brand new gtx 750 ti without problems?
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February 26, 2014 8:27:53 PM

Nach671 said:
i haven't decided yet. do you think my computer'll be able to run the brand new gtx 750 ti without problems?


Yes, the GTX 750 Ti is a step above the HD 7750. Just came out, or I would have mentioned it earlier. Your PSU should be fine for the GTX 750 TI. At stock, it is only a 60W card. I just ordered this one for a budget build I'm working on.
http://www.evga.com/articles/00821/#3753
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