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MSI r7790 card, what to do with it?

BootyDustBandit
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okay, so I have this old card that I found in a storage bin in the box of an RX 560 since apparently this was the card in the system I have the 560 in and I was wondering what I should do with it. The card isn't too powerful and will probably run most games at 1080p but not with max settings obviously. So its pretty useless for gaming, so what to do with it? I thought maybe using it in a server or something at a later date or selling it or maybe mining with it (however unprofitable that may be) the card was free so as long as it pays for more then electricity costs i'm good. Of course it could just go in the old GPU pile and do nothing, but it at least has a little potential as far as how much power it has so I am interested to see what people think.
newegg link to the same model: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127726

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It's still gold for most games at 720p, and can handle a lot of slightly older to old games at 1080p. Runs rings around the GT 1030, and people keep insisting that that's a viable budget gaming card. It's better than you're giving it credit for.

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5 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

It's still gold for most games at 720p, and can handle a lot of slightly older to old games at 1080p. Runs rings around the GT 1030, and people keep insisting that that's a viable budget gaming card. It's better than you're giving it credit for.

i never had a chance to really play with the older radeon cards really, i just saw what UB told me XD (and the fact that they are still 300 dollars on amazon because nobody bought them and they didn't update prices.)

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1 minute ago, BootyDustBandit said:

i never had a chance to really play with the older radeon cards really, i just saw what UB told me XD (and the fact that they are still 300 dollars on amazon because nobody bought them and they didn't update prices.)

It's still a decent card. Nothing spectacular and even a 750 Ti will outperform it, but if you're so inclined, you could pair it with a 720p, 768p or 900p monitor and market it with a straight face as an entry-level gaming combo.

Aerocool DS are the best fans you've never tried.

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1GB VRAM holds it back, but its plenty capable for many uses.

 

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15 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Runs rings around the GT 1030,

6 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Nothing spectacular and even a 750 Ti will outperform it

Now you're really running rings around my head, aren't GT1030 and GTX750Ti similar in games?

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Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

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Just now, Jurrunio said:

Now you're really running rings around my head, aren't GT1030 and GTX750Ti similar?

The 750 Ti is noticeably faster than the 1030. The 1030 is more on par with something like the non-Ti 750.

Aerocool DS are the best fans you've never tried.

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The 2GB 7790 and a 2GB 260/x are pretty much the same thing and driver "profile" updates may be the only change in performance (IMO)

(different bios/tweaks/timings/memory configs) but very similar variables on the same architecture.

 

Maximums - Asus Z97-K /w i5 4690 Bclk @106.9Mhz * x39 = 4.17Ghz, 8GB of 2600Mhz DDR3,.. Gigabyte GTX970 G1-Gaming @ 1550Mhz

 

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Just now, BootyDustBandit said:

well, when i'm allowed to livestream again that is XD

Copyright strike?

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1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

Copyright strike?

eeeehhh lets just leave the details alone XD

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the glory of twitch LOL 

Rig 1: i7-9700k OC'd to 5.0ghz all core | EVGA XC RTX 2080Ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | ASUS PRIME Z370-P | Asetek 550LC 120mm | ADATA 480GB SSD & Toshiba P300 3TB | Cooler Master Masterbox MB500 | Win 10 Home | Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum, G502 Proteus Spectrum, G933 Artemis Spectrum Snow Wireless Limited Edition, Corsair MM300 Mouse Pad | 2 MSI Optix Curved 27" FHD Monitors 

 

(before i sold the WD drive and MSI gpu - https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/11946219 171 gaming. felt good.)

 

Rig 2: i7-7700k Stock clocks | MSI Armor GTX 1070 | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8GB | MSI Z270 A-Pro | WD Green 240GB SSD & 2TB Seagate HDD | Thermaltake Core G21 Tempered Glass Edition | Win 10 Home | 2 HP Omen FHD 144hz 24.5" Monitors 

 

Rig 3: i7-6700 | GT 730 & GT 645 OEM | Some random DDR4 2133mhz 2x8gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | WD Black 2TB HDD & Toshiba 1TB HDD | Win 10 Home | 3 27" Dell FHD Monitors 

 

Rig 4: i7-4770 | EVGA SSC 1050ti | Some random DDR3 ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb sticks | OEM Dell Mobo | Stock Cooler | 1TB WD Black HDD | Win 7 Home 

 

RIP 

 

Rig 5 (dead and dismantled and sold) : i7-7820X OC'd to 4.8ghz all core | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 4x8gb | Gigabyte X299 UD4 PRO | Asetek 240mm AIO | WD Green 240gb SSD | Other various components that I can't remember

 

Rig 6 (same fate as rig 5) : i7-8700k stock clocks | MSI DUKE 1080ti | ADATA DDR4 2400mhz 2x8gb | MSI Z370 A-Pro | Asetek 550LC 120mm | WD Green 240GB SSD & Toshiba 2TB HDD | Other various components that I can't Remember 

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