Graphics card upgrade for Phenom II 550 BE

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FXingSerious

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Hi there, I am a little short on time right now to do a research and compare GPU's right on my own, so I hope you guys can help me out a bit.

I am looking for a decent graphics card for my Phenom II 550 BE. One that this CPU will not bottleneck, at least by much. My old HD 4850 died all of a sudden and now I am using a crappy HD 6450. Something that doesn't go past $70ish and will allow me to run modern games at modest settings @ 1440x900 res.

I don't mind if it is AMD or Nvidia, used or new, or how old or new the architecture is.

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voltoid27
If you don't mind loudness, this card's the fastest new (ie not used) card I could find for <$75: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150682 The alternative is a DDR3 Geforce GT 740, which would trade blows with that R7 250 if it had less sucky RAM.

EDIT: Found this on eBay, it's got an older architecture but it'll be a lot more powerful: http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-AMD-Radeon-HD-6950-HD-695X-CDFC-2-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x16-/191805992859?hash=item2ca8872f9b:g:skUAAOSwll1WwAHW
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If you don't mind loudness, this card's the fastest new (ie not used) card I could find for <$75: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150682 The alternative is a DDR3 Geforce GT 740, which would trade blows with that R7 250 if it had less sucky RAM.

EDIT: Found this on eBay, it's got an older architecture but it'll be a lot more powerful: http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-AMD-Radeon-HD-6950-HD-695X-CDFC-2-GB-GDDR5-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x16-/191805992859?hash=item2ca8872f9b:g:skUAAOSwll1WwAHW
 
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