Is an R7 240 worth even a measly $15?

[aisle9]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127765

 

I refuse to call this a hot deal because it's still an R7 240, but it is a $15 GPU after MIR. The only real use I'd have for it is pairing it with an Athlon 5350 in a HTPC to free up the LP 750 Ti that's currently in there. My real wish is for a GDDR5 GT 730 to hit that price point post-MIR, but I don't know that we're to the point of $15 GDDR5 GPUs just yet. What say you, LTT? For an HTPC that will be used to emulate old-school video games and watch media files/YouTube videos, is a $15 240 worth biting on? Or hold out hope that a marginally more capable GDDR5 card touches the sub-$20 price point?

[Bananasplit_00]

no, there are cheaper display adapters

[Godlygamer23]

Is the 5350 IGP no good for HTPC tasks?

[NicekillBG]

i would prefer to sell my kidney 

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, NicekillBG said:

i would prefer to sell my kidney 

If you're going to sell your kidney, you might as well get something better then.

[aisle9]

4 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Is the 5350 IGP no good for HTPC tasks?

Basically, no. I've thrown 8GB of DDR3-1600 at it (the fastest RAM it supports), and 1080p video at 60Hz looks like crap. Even 30Hz doesn't look great. It's actually really disappointing.

[aisle9]

3 minutes ago, NicekillBG said:

i would prefer to sell my kidney 

Hopefully your kidney is worth more than $15 post-MIR.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

If you're going to sell your kidney, you might as well get something better then.

If you were aiming for something this low you might end up bottlenecking with your cpu

[Godlygamer23]

2 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

Basically, no. I've thrown 8GB of DDR3-1600 at it (the fastest RAM it supports), and 1080p video at 60Hz looks like crap. Even 30Hz doesn't look great. It's actually really disappointing.

How does it look awful? Is it choppy?

[GDRRiley]

for 15$ it an't horrible a gt 730 is about 30% slower 

[aisle9]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

How does it look awful? Is it choppy?

Choppy and pixellated.

[aisle9]

2 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

for 15$ it an't horrible a gt 730 is about 30% slower 

DDR3 vs. GDDR5 though. The GT 730 GDDR5 would be faster in practice.

[GDRRiley]

1 minute ago, aisle9 said:

DDR3 vs. GDDR5 though. The GT 730 GDDR5 would be faster in practice.

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GeForce-GT-730-vs-AMD-R7-240/m12582vsm8608

[aisle9]

3 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GeForce-GT-730-vs-AMD-R7-240/m12582vsm8608

That's looking at the OEM DDR3 version of the 730, which, IIRC, is basically a recycled GT 430. I have one of those 730s, too. It's not great, but it handles 1080p video playback. Try putting a game--any game against it and watch it die.

[Himommies]

13 minutes ago, NicekillBG said:

i would prefer to sell my kidney 

I you sold your kidney on the black market you would make 262000 $ therefore you could get a build like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YH8NgL

[aisle9]

2 minutes ago, Himommies said:

I you sold your kidney on the black market you would make 262000 $ therefore you could get a build like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YH8NgL

[ARikozuM]

11 minutes ago, Himommies said:

I you sold your kidney on the black market you would make 262000 $ therefore you could get a build like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YH8NgL

Who pays $400 for only 2ch speakers?

[Himommies]

6 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Who pays $400 for only 2ch speakers?

Most expensive thing on PcPartpicker also there really amazing speakers google them

[Zodiark1593]

Ehh, you might get away with suitably small volumes of visuals. Don't expect modern, high end titles to run well at all even on minimum settings without some unofficial modding and config changes.

[ARikozuM]

47 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Most expensive thing on PcPartpicker also there really amazing speakers google them

... I'll take my 7.1ch over 2ch any day (unless it's stereo music, in which case 7.2 ).

 

#AudiophilesATTACK

[NicekillBG]

11 hours ago, Himommies said:

I you sold your kidney on the black market you would make 262000 $ therefore you could get a build like this https://pcpartpicker.com/list/YH8NgL

i would have to sell 2

[Himommies]

10 hours ago, NicekillBG said:

i would have to sell 2

With 1 kidneys you can get 3 of these and a ps4