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Whats the best gpu under $30? ebay, cragslist, and offerup included.聽Whats the best gpu under $30 that is compatible with a 2nd gen i3 or i7-3770 and is also compatible with a 200 watt powersupply and is also low profile?

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4 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

Whats the best gpu under $30? ebay, cragslist, and offerup included.聽Whats the best gpu under $30 that is compatible with a 2nd gen i3 or i7-3770 and is also compatible with a 200 watt powersupply?

See what's available in your local classifieds. Shipping is going to be a significant part of $30 for places like eBay.

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Just now, svmlegacy said:

See what's available in your local classifieds. Shipping is going to be a significant part of $30 for places like eBay.

max shipping would be $6 also i forgot to mention it needs to be low profile

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Probably nothing but you should go about it the other way, see what you can find if anything at all, then choose between that...

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$35

PNY Nvidia GeForce GT730 1GB GDDR5 GPU Video Graphics Card GT 730 Low Profile | eBay

5 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

max shipping would be $6 also i forgot to mention it needs to be low profile

$37 for 2, sell 1.

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GT 730 is about the best you can get for that budget and the power restriction, if not power limited, I would say GTX 560/560ti or sometimes you can get lucky and snag something like a GTX 480 for that cheap.

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13 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

Whats the best gpu under $30? ebay, cragslist, and offerup included.聽Whats the best gpu under $30 that is compatible with a 2nd gen i3 or i7-3770 and is also compatible with a 200 watt powersupply and is also low profile?

i would just use the integrated graphics and save up for an actual ok gpu

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did your igpu die?

聽With all the Trolls, Try Hards, Noobs and Weirdos around here you'd think i'd find SOMEWHERE to fit in!

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9 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

how much fps would u think minecraft and tf2 would get with the 8570 i7-3770 and a 8570 i3-2130

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23 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

compatible with a 2nd gen i3 or i7-3770

Any $30 GPU won't provide much of a performance improvement over the integrated graphics that are already present in this CPU, assuming you have some dual channel ram.

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Just now, Fasauceome said:

Any $30 GPU won't provide much of a performance improvement over the integrated graphics that are already present in this CPU, assuming you have some dual channel ram.

its 4 gb i plan to upgrade like in a few weeks or months

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4 minutes ago, SimplyChunk said:

did your igpu die?

the reason i wanna get a gpu is cuz i wanna learn how to manually upgrade it, i also wanna do it for fun, and how would i be typing if my igpu died

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1 minute ago, DietzDiet said:

how much fps would u think minecraft and tf2 would get with the 8570 i7-3770 and a 8570 i3-2130

Absolutely no clue, youtube it.聽 聽Someone somewhere probably put up a video.

I'd bet high teens or low 20's if you turn everything down.

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Just now, DietzDiet said:

its 4 gb i plan to upgrade like in a few weeks or months

Instead of spending $30 on a graphics card, spend it on ram.聽

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Look for a Radeon HD6950 for graphics, these usually go for under 50 bucks. But these are not low profile cards unfortunately and would require a 6 pin power connector. 200w PSU wouldn't quite be enough to run it.

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2 minutes ago, Guest 5150 said:

Look for a Radeon HD6950 for graphics, these usually go for under 50 bucks. But these are not low profile cards unfortunately and would require a 6 pin power connector. 200w PSU wouldn't quite be enough to run it.

So why is he looking for that?聽 Since it is out of his 3 criteria?

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Anything higher than a 710 is faster than 3770 integrated graphics.聽 Also look at the 745 since that was OEM only so you might find a lot of scrappers who took them out of business machines and it's faster than a 640:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115486252436?hash=item1ae3845d94:g:ygIAAOSwizhi7X~-

On paper the 745 is 3x faster than the 710.

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43 minutes ago, Dedayog said:

So why is he looking for that?聽 Since it is out of his 3 criteria?

I suggested it because I can. Because it's an open forum and the title states best GPU for 30 bucks. (I figure around 30 bucks, 5 bucks isn't hard to come buy these days to make the total 35 bucks and so forth).聽

Additional thoughts -聽

Game TF2, I'd be running the motherboard out of the case so I could support the larger graphics card and enjoy playing the game higher than the lowest setting details at 800x400 resolution 720p at there very best chance with a GT-710 low profile or onboard Gpu which is utter garbage and eats up system memory. Can always invest in a case later, or perhaps the local thrift store for 5 bucks..... go along with mom and do the puppy dog eye thing....聽

But, hey. Sometimes I don't read enough, perhaps don't care a great deal other than to just make an off beat suggestion....聽

I dunno?!

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3 minutes ago, Guest 5150 said:

I suggested it because I can. Because it's an open forum and the title states best GPU for 30 bucks. (I figure around 30 bucks, 5 bucks isn't hard to come buy these days to make the total 35 bucks and so forth).聽

Additional thoughts -聽

Game TF2, I'd be running the motherboard out of the case so I could support the larger graphics card and enjoy playing the game higher than the lowest setting details at 800x400 resolution 720p at there very best chance with a GT-710 low profile or onboard Gpu which is utter garbage and eats up system memory. Can always invest in a case later, or perhaps the local thrift store for 5 bucks..... go along with mom and do the puppy dog eye thing....聽

But, hey. Sometimes I don't read enough, perhaps don't care a great deal other than to just make an off beat suggestion....聽

I dunno?!

The problem is that with a 200 watt psu your suggestion is impossible without a power supply upgrade at which point its going to cost way more than 30 bucks to go for your choice. Sure you can make suggestion that aren't useful but not sure why you would.聽

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23 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Anything higher than a 710 is faster than 3770 integrated graphics.聽 Also look at the 745 since that was OEM only so you might find a lot of scrappers who took them out of business machines and it's faster than a 640:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/115486252436?hash=item1ae3845d94:g:ygIAAOSwizhi7X~-

On paper the 745 is 3x faster than the 710.

this good?:https://www.ebay.com/itm/225099995176?hash=item3469015828%3Ag%3AyFcAAOSwGiFi6F6R&LH_All=1

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29 minutes ago, DietzDiet said:

The GTX 745 is probably the best value that's come up so far. There are several listed as Buy It Now for around $35.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225049274843

The board is low profile, but the PCI slot bracket is full height. What you could do is take the VGA port off and just bend the top of the bracket over with pliers. It's a janky fix, but it's cheaper than a card that comes with a low profile bracket.

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