Will an AMD Radeon R7 200 work with a AMD Radeon R7 250?

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

Hello. My Gaming Desktop has an AMD Radeon R7 200 graphics card. I have another spot where I can add another graphics card. I want to know if I can get the AMD Radeon R7 250 along with me having the AMD Radeon R7 200. People said that they shouldn't be too far off so that they have the same drivers or something. I want to know so I can either get the 250 or do I have to get another 200 instead. I don't really know about computers.

CountMike · Mar 15, 2018

AMD Radeon R7 200 is just 200 series number, you have to find out exactly which one first.

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

CountMike :

That's the thing. Every time I go through display settings or find my graphics card it is listed as an AMD Radeon 200. That's it. How would I find out the exact one? I looked online and everywhere I went it said 200.

CountMike · Mar 15, 2018

There should be a sticker at the back of it.

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

Hey. I found it out that it's a 250. So I guess another 250 should work as well right?

CountMike · Mar 15, 2018

Right.

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

Thank you so much!

jr9 · Mar 15, 2018

Did you already purchase another R7 250? If not I wouldn't recommend it unless it's free or something. You'd be better off getting a single newer stronger card like a GTX 1050 which is 200% faster. The R7 250 is a fairly weak graphics card.

Also if you have 2 cards connected to your PC, you are only using 1 unless you are using Crossfire or want to use the other card for mining perhaps. The only graphics card that does rendering/output is the one connected to your monitor. Crossfire and SLI never gives you 2x performance and generally isn't even worth it except for extreme builds.

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

jr9 :

I wanted 2 monitors hooked up to my setup. I didn't want to use one graphics card for both because it isn't a strong one. I thought 2 of them would ease on the graphics card but I didn't know they both won't work together like as one. Here is my motherboard (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128602). Is there any cheaper recommendations for a good graphics card because 1050 is around 150-170 bucks or something.

jr9 · Mar 15, 2018

GT 1030 is cheaper and has 2 ports. Cheaper and still way better than R7 250.

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

jr9 :

Ok thank you! Just what I am looking for! And you are sure it works with my motherboard?

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

jr9 :

Ok thank you! Just what I am looking for! And you are sure it works with my motherboard?

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

jr9 :

Ok thank you! Just what I am looking for! And you are sure it works with my motherboard?

brandontolbert17 · Mar 15, 2018

jr9 :

Ok thank you! Just what I am looking for! And you are sure it works with my motherboard?

jr9 · Mar 15, 2018

I'd have to know what motherboard you have to answer that or PC model name/number. If it's an older OEM PC it might not.

brandontolbert17 · Mar 17, 2018

Hello. I decided to look back on here and it says I posted my response 4 times. Is it just me or is it showing it to you as well?

brandontolbert17 · Mar 17, 2018

Hello. My friend was offering me an MSI Gaming Radeon RX 550 for $120. I found it on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/MSI-RX-550-AERO-ITX/dp/B071L1VF57/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1521274074&sr=1-2&keywords=graphics+card&refinements=p_n_feature_four_browse-bin%3A6066316011) and I was wondering if it is worth it. Is it a good card? Please let me know! Thanks!

jr9 · Mar 17, 2018

If you are not looking for a high performance card the RX 550 will do fine. It's about 10% faster than the GT 1030 and has 3 video ports.

The Amazon price is not accurate because of the low stock. Whenever a card is low stock, it skews the prices dramatically. Newegg has that card in stock so you can see its actual value here. $120 USD is a modest price given that graphics cards are a sellers market right now.

brandontolbert17 · Mar 20, 2018

jr9 :

Can you help me out? http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3667824/cheap-plug-play-graphics-card.html

Will an AMD Radeon R7 200 work with a AMD Radeon R7 250?

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