Temporary GPU?

[Tie Lightning]

Hey guys, so I have to RMA my gpu and I'm not sure how long it will be out. So what I'm wondering what is a good temporary very cheap GPU that I can get just to get my computer working again...I don't need to do any gaming ATM. Thanks:)

[Syntaxvgm]

Snap in something old, like the 9800gt

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NVIDIA-GEFORCE-9800GT-512MB-PCI-EXPRESS-X16-DUAL-DVI-PORT-VIDEO-GRAPHIC-CARD-US-/251591675985?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3a94085051

or for real cheap something like the 9400gt. 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/EVGA-NVIDIA-GeForce-9400-GT-512P3N947LR-512-MB-DDR2-SDRAM-PCI-Express-x16-/221526577175?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3394035017

[TR0J4N]

theres the HD 5450 that costs 50 odd nzd so probably alot less in your country 

[Sauron]

If you plan on reusing this gpu on something else after, go for something like a radeon hd 7770. Otherwise, grab yourself this one.

[pizzadave2]

Just get something cheap like this... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882

[threadysparrow]

It won't be out that long and by the time you receive a new graphics card your RMAed one will probably be on its way back to you. It's totally not worth spending more money just to get a temporary graphics card. But if you really NEED one, and your PC doesn't have on board graphics then just get a 6450 but most motherboards support onboard graphics and most CPUs have some sort of graphics.

[Tie Lightning]

It won't be out that long and by the time you receive a new graphics card your RMAed one will probably be on its way back to you. It's totally not worth spending more money just to get a temporary graphics card. But if you really NEED one, and your PC doesn't have on board graphics then just get a 6450 but most motherboards support onboard graphics and most CPUs have some sort of graphics.

That's the thing, my pc doesn't have onboard graphics and I don't know how long gpu rma's take so I was thinking of picking up a cheap one.

[Deletive]

That's the thing, my pc doesn't have onboard graphics and I don't know how long gpu rma's take so I was thinking of picking up a cheap one.

literally anything will do. as long as you aren't running like a billion monitors.

[threadysparrow]

But is it so important that you will pay $40 to get it now instead of waiting another few days?

[A10-FTW]

what card you will get back ? (and how much money you want spend on the temp card)

[Tie Lightning]

what card you will get back ? (and how much money you want spend on the temp card)

I'm getting the hd 7790 back as that it cant hold a stable overclock

[A10-FTW]

I'm getting the hd 7790 back as that it cant hold a stable overclock

 

the HD 6670 DDR3 is a choice (is cheap, and you can buy it from second hand)

 

also the HD 4670 DDR2 (even cheaper and still powerful to game)