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Title says it all. This is my dad's old PC and I thought I'd do a favor and upgrade the GPU. The CPU is a Core 2 Duo E7400 and the PSU is a 500W sketchy Powerlogic thing. What GPU that's powerful enough yet super power efficient would fit this situation?

 

Pls don't bring your first-world PC problems here and suggest to upgrade the whole rig. Dad doesn't want to spend money on a PC that he uses once a week.

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750 TI

Archangel (Desktop) CPU: i5 4590 GPU:Asus R9 280  3GB RAM:HyperX Beast 2x4GBPSU:SeaSonic S12G 750W Mobo:GA-H97m-HD3 Case:CM Silencio 650 Storage:1 TB WD Red
Celestial (Laptop 1) CPU:i7 4720HQ GPU:GTX 860M 4GB RAM:2x4GB SK Hynix DDR3Storage: 250GB 850 EVO Model:Lenovo Y50-70
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Title says it all. This is my dad's old PC and I thought I'd do a favor and upgrade the GPU. The CPU is a Core 2 Duo E7400 and the PSU is a 500W sketchy Powerlogic thing. What GPU that's powerful enough yet super power efficient would fit this situation?

 

Pls don't bring your first-world PC problems here and suggest to upgrade the whole rig. Dad doesn't want to spend money on a PC that he uses once a week.

whydoes he need a GPU for a rig he uses once a week? 

 

why not get him a new laptop? what is the GPU for? 

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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Title says it all. This is my dad's old PC and I thought I'd do a favor and upgrade the GPU. The CPU is a Core 2 Duo E7400 and the PSU is a 500W sketchy Powerlogic thing. What GPU that's powerful enough yet super power efficient would fit this situation?

 

Pls don't bring your first-world PC problems here and suggest to upgrade the whole rig. Dad doesn't want to spend money on a PC that he uses once a week.

What is the PC used for?

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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No because the 750Ti isn't that powerful.

I'm about to order things to go with my i7 and 750 Ti

Main Gaming Rig:

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Core i7-4770, Cryorig M9i Cooler, ASUS B85M GAMER, 8GB HyperX Fury Red 2x4GB 1866MHz, KFA2 GTX 970 Infin8 Black Edition "4GB", 1TB Seagate SSHD, 256GB Crucial m4 SSD, 60GB Corsair SSD for Kerbal and game servers, Thermaltake Core V21 Case, EVGA SuperNOVA 650W G2.

Secondary PC:

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i5-2500k OCed, Raijintek Themis, Intel Z77GA-70K, 8GB HyperX Genesis in grey, GTX 750 Ti, Gamemax Falcon case.

 

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Wouldn't that be a huge bottleneck?

 

Why should it be?

 

It'd take a really slow CPU to bottleneck a 750ti. I don't know why, but people have got into their heads that graphics cards are really easily bottlenecked by older CPUs. I mean, sure - don't pair a c2d with a furyX or a 980ti, but anything less and you're really not going to notice a real-world difference.

 

The 750ti is the best graphics card that doesn't require auxiliary power.

Intel i7 5820K (4.5 GHz) | MSI X99A MPower | 32 GB Kingston HyperX Fury 2666MHz | Asus RoG STRIX GTX 1080ti OC | Samsung 951 m.2 nVME 512GB | Crucial MX200 1000GB | Western Digital Caviar Black 2000GB | Noctua NH-D15 | Fractal Define R5 | Seasonic 860 Platinum | Logitech G910 | Sennheiser 599 | Blue Yeti | Logitech G502

 

Nikon D500 | Nikon 300mm f/4 PF  | Nikon 200-500 f/5.6 | Nikon 50mm f/1.8 | Tamron 70-210 f/4 VCII | Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 | Nikon 17-55 f/2.8 | Tamron 90mm F2.8 SP Di VC USD Macro | Neewer 750II

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Title says it all. This is my dad's old PC and I thought I'd do a favor and upgrade the GPU. The CPU is a Core 2 Duo E7400 and the PSU is a 500W sketchy Powerlogic thing. What GPU that's powerful enough yet super power efficient would fit this situation?

 

Pls don't bring your first-world PC problems here and suggest to upgrade the whole rig. Dad doesn't want to spend money on a PC that he uses once a week.

GTX 750ti U will be able to pick those op for less then a $110 $100 if ur lucky I got mine for €110 together with a Pentium G3258

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CPU: R7 5800x -- Mobo: Gigabyte B550 Gaming X v2 -- RAM: 2x16GB Kingston Fury Renegade -- GPU: Asrock RX 6800 XT Phantom Gaming OC -- Case: Fractal Design North Walnut/Black Mesh -- Storage: 2TB 970 Evo Plus, 4TB NM790 -- PSU: BeQuiet Pure Power 11 Platinum 650w -- Displays: AOC AGON  AG352UCG, Dell Ultrasharp U2715H -- Cooling: Noctua NH-D14 -- Mouse: Corsair M65 -- Keyboard: Func KB 460 MX Blue -- Sound: Motu M2 -> THX 789 -> DT880 600Ω -- Mic: RØDE NT1-A

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RIG 2: Intel i5-8400, 16 GB RAM, RTX 2070S

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Anything cheaper? Like, seriously dirt cheap? $40

 

( I know this sounds funny, but I'm broke atm. Just built my rig)

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To be fair, CSGO is not going to get 100 FPS or more as it is generally a CPU intensive game. I couldnt really recommend a GPU other than something like a gt 720.

My Rig:

Xeon E5 1680 V2 @ 4.5GHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79 Mobo - 64GB DDR3 1600MHz - 8 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile - CAS 10-10-10-27 - AMD Radeon RX 6700XT Sapphire Pulse 12GB - DeepCool E-Shield E-ATX Tempered Glass Case - 1 x 1TB Crucial P1 NVMe SSD - BeQuiet Straight Power 11 850W Gold+ Quad rail - Fractal Design Celsius S36 & 6 x 120mm silent fans - Lenovo KBBH21 - Corsair Glaive RGB Pro - Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

 

Monitors - 3 x Acer Nitro 23.8" 1080p 75Hz IPS 1ms Freesync Panels = AMD Eyefinity @ 75Hz

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