Cheapo upgrade

[soup]

My son (the one with special needs) has bought (Amazon: should be here in a few days) Euro truck simulator II Gold (I'll be applying the Eddie Stobart mod. As he has a 'thing' for trucks/transport and ES in particular).  I have a feeling the graphics card in his machine (GT 520 Silent : No fan so suitable for his room) will not be powerfull enough to run this game at viewable levels. I can hear it now "DADddd the pictures all funny".

 

  Seem to remember there are articles (may be  youtube vids) of an upgrade using a cheapish card ( circa $100 [may have been £100]) that takes all its power from the pci-e slot so doesn't need any extra power connections (six pin) and seemed to run okay with a 400w PSU.

 

    Can anyone remember these articles/videos? Or does anyone have recommendations for a similar GC?

    Not going to upgrade his PSU so no extra power supply, 400W should be ample.

 

 

EDIT :- Oh and as quiet as possible.

[Freaky_spider]

750 (ti) are the only ones that as far as i know can run with the 75 watts from the PCIe slot, but most aftermarket ones do need a 6 pin because the 75w from the PCIe slot isnt enought for their overclocks

[Recon-UK]

For the money:

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-evga-gtx-550-ti-fpb-refurbished-4356mhz-gddr5-gpu-951mhz-shader-1903mhz-192-cores-2x-dl-dvi-i-mi

 

This will require a PSU upgrade, and is not exactly noise friendly, but powerful:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/15gb-evga-gtx-480-superclocked-gddr-5-pcie-graphics-card-oem

[soup]

 

This will require a PSU upgrade, and is not exactly noise friendly, but powerful:

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/15gb-evga-gtx-480-superclocked-gddr-5-pcie-graphics-card-oem

 

Not gonna happen, but thanks anyway.

[Bagmup]

I'd get the gtx750 non ti

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gtx-750-oc-pcie-30-5012mhz-gddr5-gpu-1059mhz-boost-1137mhz-cores-512-dport-dvi-hdmi

[Recon-UK]

This is excellent for the money, faster than GTX 480 above and is quiet, it will run on 400 watts, but what PSU is it?

 

http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-xfx-radeon-hd-7870le-dd-edition-gddr-5-28nm-4800mhz-gddr5-gpu-1000mhz-1280-cores-2x-dvi-hdmi-2x-

[soup]

750 (ti) are the only ones that as far as i know can run with the 75 watts from the PCIe slot, but most aftermarket ones do need a 6 pin because the 75w from the PCIe slot isnt enought for their overclocks

I am not going to be overclocking so power from the slot will be enough, is there a card (of that sort of ability) where use of the six pin is not obligatory?

[Bagmup]

I am not going to be overclocking so power from the slot will be enough, is there a card (of that sort of ability) where use of the six pin is not obligatory?

Yes, the one I linked two posts up