Low Power, Low Profile Graphics Card

BPTMatthew

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Hi all,

I've been trawling the interwebs for the last couple of days and have come to no avail, so I am asking here.

Basically, I would like to get a sub-£50 graphics card for my old HP DC7600 SFF to use as something which can play HD video (the onboard graphics are useless) and some very light gaming, such as flash games/source engine games at most; preferably in 1080p.

The graphics card cannot have any external power requirements as the PSU has no capability to do so being only a 240w unit with no PCI power plugs, so the card must only draw power from the slot itself.

The card also has to be a low profile one due to the limitations of the SFF case.

Any suggestions would be great :)

Many Thanks,

Matt
 

CodenameHaswell

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The 750Ti is $150, and his budget is around $80. The R7 250 is $80.
Also, I ran my old GT 640 on a 240w PSU, so thats not the problem with that card.
 

BPTMatthew

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Unfortunately the 750ti is about £100 here in the UK which is about double my budget, and although undoubtedly a good card, massive overkill for this system (especially with a pentium 4).
 

CodenameHaswell

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What do you think about the R7 250? it's around your budget mark where I live.
 

BPTMatthew

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Looks pretty good, it's only slightly over budget (~£59) which is fine and XFX seem to do a reasonable low profile compatible version which amazingly has GDDR5 memory.

I shall do some more research - thanks for the help :)

Matt
 

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Alright, you're welcome. Just post here if you have any more questions.