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I have an old rig and I'm looking to replace the gpu(Gigabyte 8400 GS 128mb on-brd). After lots of research, I'm looking at Geforce Gt 430,530,620, 630(leaning toward 620 w/ GF108 arch). Basically, 1) I want to run L4D2, Fallout:Vegas, and Sniper Elite Nazi, on medium settings, decent performance. 2) wondering if I get by w/ only 16A. What's your opinion?

Rig: Opitplex 330 DT
Intel Core 2 Duo E7200 @2.53 Ghz
2Gb Ram
32 bit sys Vista
280W 12V/16A
 
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Take a 630 if you can afford, but you should start to look for a new psu. Even 620 requires 300w supply. But yeah, test it with the old one, maybe it would work stable.
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I had a GT 430 for two years, hell of a card. Still runs well today. And it blows away the 620 in most categories. http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GT-620-vs-GeForce-GT-430

You might be able to get by with 16, someone on this thread (http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/need-some-help-regarding-gt-430.135682/) got by using 18. A new power supplpy might be worth the money though, you can get a quality one for $25 now. Or buy the video card first, test it, and if it doesn't power up, buy the power supply then.
 
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I'll try one, then look for a power supply, what do you think of these?
gt 430, Super deal w rebate, but I've never hrd of ECS, anyone have experience?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134147

Also, this gt 630
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NVIDIA-GEFORCE-GT-630-2GB-HDMI-DVI-PCI-EXPRESS-/231171081262?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item35d2dec42e

gt 530
http://www.ebay.com/itm/nVidia-GeForce-GT-530-2GB-DVI-HDMI-VGA-Video-Card-FH75P-/261406788545?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3cdd0f0bc1
 
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