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What's the best GC for this PC?

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March 18, 2014 9:17:25 AM

So my friend's thinking of buying a GC worth around 65$. These are everything he sent me about his PC's specs:

CPU-Z TXT Report
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Binaries
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CPU-Z version 1.68.0.x32

Processors
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Number of processors 1
Number of threads 2

APICs
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Processor 0
-- Core 0
-- Thread 0 0
-- Core 1
-- Thread 0 1

Timers
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ACPI timer 3.580 MHz
HPET timer 14.318 MHz
Perf timer 2.757 MHz
Sys timer 1.000 KHz
BCLK timer 1613.30 MHz


Processors Information
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Processor 1 ID = 0
Number of cores 2 (max 2)
Number of threads 2 (max 2)
Name Intel Pentium E5500
Codename Wolfdale
Specification Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5500 @ 2.80GHz
Package (platform ID) Socket 775 LGA (0x0)
CPUID 6.7.A
Extended CPUID 6.17
Core Stepping R0
Technology 45 nm
TDP Limit 65 Watts
Core Speed 1209.8 MHz
Multiplier x Bus Speed 6.0 x 201.6 MHz
Rated Bus speed 806.5 MHz
Stock frequency 2800 MHz
Instructions sets MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, EM64T, VT-x
L1 Data cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache 2 x 32 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache 2048 KBytes, 8-way set associative, 64-byte line size
FID/VID Control yes
FID range 6.0x - 14.0x
Max VID 1.288 V



And also,

RAM - 3GB
Rating - 2.8

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March 18, 2014 11:37:21 AM

That's a very old dual core. Probably would want something in the GT series. GTX might bottleneck.
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March 18, 2014 8:22:53 PM

Would that fit the price range?
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March 18, 2014 8:32:07 PM

Almost anything in the GT series is under 80 bucks.
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March 18, 2014 8:38:00 PM

Okay, so after a quick search, it looks like the best option is GeForce GT 620. Would that work?
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