replacing integrated card with a dedicated graphics card

ConjurerDragon

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Hi.
I´m currently still using the integrated graphics of my mainboard
http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/960GC-GS%20FX/?cat=Specifications
an AMD 760G
that is described as
Integrated AMD Radeon 3000 graphics
- DX10 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 4.0
- Max. shared memory 512MB
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz
and was sufficient for letters, email and some Internet surfing but takes up a part of the system RAM and has become noticeable slow when I´m playing a game.

I have no idea to what normal graphics card the integrated card would compare to.

It needs to fit in that slot as I don´t want to get a new mainboard:
1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE2 @ x16 mode)

I plan to get a dedicated graphics card with it´s own memory (so no "Hypermemory" or "Turbo-Cache" cards).
Some of the games I play and their recommended graphics are:
For Europa Universalis III It needs to support at least
128MB Video Card with Hardware T&L and support for Pixelshader 2.0 or better
For Civilization IV - Colonization it´s
128 MB Video Card w/ DirectX 9 support (pixel & vertex shaders)
For "The Dark Eye: Chains of Satinav" it´s
OpenGL2.0-compatible with 512 MB RAM (Shared-Memory not recommended) DirectX®: 9.0c
The "King Arthur Collection" demands at least a Nvidia 6600 with 256 MB

If possible I´d like a quite card that is cooled passively.

Any advice what the integrated GPU would compare to in normal graphic cards and what card I could get?
 
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it would compare to ruffly a ATI 5400 series or Nvidia 8200 GPU's you can go much newer than these and basically come close to Intel's iGPU's by getting Nvidia 720 or AMD's R5 230 with very little extra money because the older cards now are getting a premium because they are really old stock now so sellers are trying to recoup as much money as they can from what they paid for them.

Edit: for a passively cooled GPU be sure you have plenty of case ventilation or you must have an actively cooled GPU. The GPU's I mentioned usually have a passively cooled option for sale.
it would compare to ruffly a ATI 5400 series or Nvidia 8200 GPU's you can go much newer than these and basically come close to Intel's iGPU's by getting Nvidia 720 or AMD's R5 230 with very little extra money because the older cards now are getting a premium because they are really old stock now so sellers are trying to recoup as much money as they can from what they paid for them.

Edit: for a passively cooled GPU be sure you have plenty of case ventilation or you must have an actively cooled GPU. The GPU's I mentioned usually have a passively cooled option for sale.
 
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passive



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