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gonvres
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For a system of a relative of mine. The onboard video stopped displaying images, but a GPU does. The problem is the system has a very cramped case with poor cooling and a weak PSU so I don't really want to leave a 670 in there (a card I'm testing it with to make sure it works) even if I'd happily give it to them for free.

 

When I say no gaming I mean no gaming, its effectively an office system. There are lots of low end gpus, but i'm unsure which is the go.

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basically the cheapest one will do IMO, for example a gt610

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Maybe something like a GeForce 210 could be what you're looking for.

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8 minutes ago, gonvres said:

For a system of a relative of mine. The onboard video stopped displaying images, but a GPU does. The problem is the system has a very cramped case with poor cooling and a weak PSU so I don't really want to leave a 670 in there (a card I'm testing it with to make sure it works) even if I'd happily give it to them for free.

 

When I say no gaming I mean no gaming, its effectively an office system. There are lots of low end gpus, but i'm unsure which is the go.

Go for a radeon hd 5450 or gt 210.guess what, i gamed full hardcore on on a 5450 3 years.i'm not sure if it needs any power to run....

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grab some used old junk

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5 minutes ago, i respawn. said:

Go for a radeon hd 5450 or gt 210.guess what, i gamed full hardcore on on a 5450 3 years.i'm not sure if it needs any power to run....

Ha hahaha, I can go one better and say I was hardcore gaming on a 7 year old AMD HD4550. Its cooler is hanging off the board now but it still keeps cool. I loved it until I got a full on gaming PC.

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Any advantage in the 610 over the 210? $10 more dollars? 

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8 minutes ago, gonvres said:

Any advantage in the 610 over the 210? $10 more dollars? 

Miles better?

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call your local pc repair shop offer him $5 for a cheap video card, they usually have a bunch lying around i'll trade you this for your 670 and i'll even pay postage , hahaha :P

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1 hour ago, Brennan_Price said:

Ha hahaha, I can go one better and say I was hardcore gaming on a 7 year old AMD HD4550. Its cooler is hanging off the board now but it still keeps cool. I loved it until I got a full on gaming PC.

But what's ur age? :v i'm 14 xD

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2 hours ago, i respawn. said:

But what's ur age? :v i'm 14 xD

I'm 15 years old. It was a great system until I accidentally broke some of the pins of the motherboard while cleaning. However, I didnt lose much since I only paid £50 for the whole system. I still have its ram, psu and the HD 4550 today.

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

 

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