Need cheap DX11 card to play Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition

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Hi! I just spent two days installing and updating an old computer to play Divinity on my TV with my wife, only to belatedly discover that the GT240 video card I installed can't play the Enhanced Edition because it doesn't support DirectX 11. Doh!

Can you recommend a cheap card that will do the trick? It doesn't have to look amazing, it just has to look better than our crappy Lenovo B590 laptop.

The computer has 3GB of RAM and an old I5 processor, originally built around 2010, so I don't expect stellar performance. Other than this game, we only use the computer to watch Netflix. We might play some other low-end games on it some day.
 
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By looking at this: http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=23221&game=Divinity:%20Original%20Sin%20Enhanced%20Edition

...I would assume your pick would...
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Upon a Google search, the site SystemRequirementsLab.com says recommended cards are: "NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 ti 1GB ram or ATI Radeon HD 6xxx or higher"

CPU: "Intel i5 2400 or higher"

At least 4GB RAM

And at least Win7 64-bit

Save for the card, it otherwise looks like your machine meets the minimum requirements.

Hope it helps!
 
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Thank you, but that card is pretty expensive and looks more powerful than I need. What about something like this, for $43?

ZOTAC GeForce GT 710

https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-PCI-E2-0-Graphics-ZT-71302-20L/dp/B01AZ7W88O/
 
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By looking at this: http://www.game-debate.com/games/index.php?g_id=23221&game=Divinity:%20Original%20Sin%20Enhanced%20Edition

...I would assume your pick would work. I can't find a specific place on where the GT 710 ranks, but it looks to outperform the GT 410, which is the developer-specified minimum, so that looks good to go. Steam also says "DirectX 11 compatible GPU"...seems rather vague, but I would interpret that to mean just about any card that runs DX11.

That said, perhaps check your Intel HD integrated graphics on your i5 first as I found a passage that stated the HD 4000 series would also run it, just as an alternative.
 
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Thank you sir!
 
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I'd get something like an AMD HD 7750. It's still getting driver support, and should be cheap on the used market. If you're going cheap and new only, a GT 730 DDR5 card would do it. I'd avoid the Nvidia x10s, ie 710/610 etc.

If the HD 77xx are too pricey, look into the HD 7570.
 
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The HD 7750 is ~$130 on Amazon, and ~$100 used from what I see.

The HD 7570 doesn't seem to get great reviews, and gpuboss give sit a similar score to the GT 710:

http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-HD-7570-vs-GeForce-GT-710

Can you elaborate on why to avoid the Nvidia x10s?
 
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A small amount of CUDA cores, combined with minimal memory bandwidth(64 bit), combined with DDR3 memory, strangles performance. A 128 bit DDR5 card, even with a relatively low number of stream processors will usually do better in gaming.

AMD has their equivalents of the x10s. I'd stay away from the HD 5450 or 6450 for gaming.

If you won't shop somewhere like ebay then yeah, that eliminates certain options. In that case, I'd still only recommend the GT 730 DDR5 card.
 
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