Low Power Low Cost Graphics Card

I think that you can get some Radeon 6570s for around $50. That would be great for average usage. A Radeon 6450 can probably do the trick as well and at lower price and power consumption if you want to spend less (I've seen some on sale for as low as around $20 to $25).

What power supply?

totally legit question, I don't know yet. She hasn't been able to get the side off the case. She's trying again tomorrow. I can see from the back it is small though, not a standard power supply. Hence why I want to know what really draws the least amount of power, at least what chipset range. I was thinking 6 or 7000 series from amd would probably fit that bill but I am not entirely sure, I've never bought a lower power consumption card. Definately not looking for something that draws more power than the pci-e slot can provide alone.

It's power efficient, but it's way overkill except for a gaming computer or maybe also a lower end graphically accelerated workstation.

she does want to game, I really am just concerned about power draw. how many watts does that card use compared to something in the 50 dollar price range?

a core 2 duo@3 ghz is a pretty decent cpu, I suspect it could push that videocard.

The 7750 800MHz uses less power than the Radeon 6570, but more than the Radeon 6450 and Radeon 5550 IIRC.

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