I recently scored a GTX 260 at my local goodwill for $15. Took it apart and cleaned everything out and replaced the thermal paste. Tested it in my brother's machine and everything is working beautifully.
I am planning on using it for a budget build paired with a Xeon X3363 (4 cores @ 2.83Ghz - LGA 771/775) with 4GB of DDR2 RAM all powered by an EVGA 600B PSU. The motherboard is from an old Dell Optiplex 755. I have everything, however, the PCI-e x16 riser I need (only one slot and the CPU cooler gets in the way) and the CPU (with 771 to 775 adapter) are still in the mail.
Since the card is DirectX 10, I know that some newer games that I want to play, such as Far Cry 4 and MGS V can't be played.
I'm fine with playing some older games that came out around the time of the card's release (2009). I was wanting to ask if you guys had any title suggestions that would run well on this card.
It can also be frustrating looking up to see if each individual game supports dx9/10/11(with back. comp.)
I don't mind playing on medium settings and/or sub-1080p resolutions to get better frames.
My preferred genres are rpgs, wwii fps, action adventure, anything single player focused on heavy plot.
Games I already have/plan to buy:
Skyrim
Far Cry 3
Valkyria Chronicles
Fallout 3
Sleeping Dogs
Red Orchestra 2/Rising Storm
Heroes & Generals
TF2
Civ V
Portal 1/2
Half Life 2 (all versions)
Borderlands
I am planning on using it for a budget build paired with a Xeon X3363 (4 cores @ 2.83Ghz - LGA 771/775) with 4GB of DDR2 RAM all powered by an EVGA 600B PSU. The motherboard is from an old Dell Optiplex 755. I have everything, however, the PCI-e x16 riser I need (only one slot and the CPU cooler gets in the way) and the CPU (with 771 to 775 adapter) are still in the mail.
Since the card is DirectX 10, I know that some newer games that I want to play, such as Far Cry 4 and MGS V can't be played.
I'm fine with playing some older games that came out around the time of the card's release (2009). I was wanting to ask if you guys had any title suggestions that would run well on this card.
It can also be frustrating looking up to see if each individual game supports dx9/10/11(with back. comp.)
I don't mind playing on medium settings and/or sub-1080p resolutions to get better frames.
My preferred genres are rpgs, wwii fps, action adventure, anything single player focused on heavy plot.
Games I already have/plan to buy:
Skyrim
Far Cry 3
Valkyria Chronicles
Fallout 3
Sleeping Dogs
Red Orchestra 2/Rising Storm
Heroes & Generals
TF2
Civ V
Portal 1/2
Half Life 2 (all versions)
Borderlands
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