Need Suggestion for Buying a Budget Graphic card

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Sijin Krishnan

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My system specifications are
Motherboard: Gigabyte G31M-ES2L
Total Physical Memory: 2,560 MB (2048+512)
Processor: Intel Pentium Dual core CPU E2200 @ 2.20GHz
Power Supply: UMAX 450W (does not have a dedicated 6 or 8 pin PCIe connectors)
My budget is about 2.5k INR (<40$)..

I was going to buy asus amd radeon 5450 1GB.. but reading the user review.. i understand that.. there is actually no 1GB dedicated video memory.. it got 512MB on board and 512MB shared.. using turbocache... Since i only have 2.5GB of RAM.. and more than 1.5GB is using standby.. is it a good choice to buy that?...

NB: i only need an entry level GPU.. not a heavy gamer.. also using basic resolutions 1360x768..

 
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Your budget is too small to get anything worthwhile. The Radeon 5450 or 6450 are basically the same chip and is not much better than the internal graphics built-in with your motherboard (Intel media accelerator).

My advice to you is to wait till you can double your budget to at least 5k inr or increase your budget to 3k-3.5k inr and get a second hand nvidia gt 730 or r7 250.
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i need a graphic card priced below 40$ that is about 2500 Rs. in India... I was wondering does dedicated 1 gigs of memory even matter? i only have 1360x768 VGA display.. is 512 dedicated ok for me? .. higher memory does not improve the performance right? then why 512 is not recommended?
 
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Your budget is too small to get anything worthwhile. The Radeon 5450 or 6450 are basically the same chip and is not much better than the internal graphics built-in with your motherboard (Intel media accelerator).

My advice to you is to wait till you can double your budget to at least 5k inr or increase your budget to 3k-3.5k inr and get a second hand nvidia gt 730 or r7 250.
 
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512 mb of ram only let's you activate Windows features like aero desktop in Windows 7. At least 1 GB is needed to play old minor games at low resolution and to view HD videos (1280x720). 2 GB or more with good graphics processor( gt 730/ r7 250) is needed to play modern (2012+) games at low and view FHD (1920x1080) videos.

Hope this helps explain things.
 
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i think i was talking about memory of graphic card, not RAM
 
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