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So I was looking on Amazon and I found an MSI R7 240 for $75 CAD, I used to own the Asus R7 240 2GB DDR3 and it performed moderaly but this MSI model has GDDR5 would that give it a massive boost in performance? And if so is $75 a good for replacing my friends igpu in his PC 

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2 minutes ago, xXATHERIALXx said:

So I was looking on Amazon and I found an MSI R7 240 for $75 CAD, I used to own the Asus R7 240 2GB DDR3 and it performed moderaly but this MSI model has GDDR5 would that give it a massive boost in performance? And if so is $75 a good for replacing my friends igpu in his PC 

get a 7950 or something, maybe a rx 460.

MF UH BEANS

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34 minutes ago, xXATHERIALXx said:

So I was looking on Amazon and I found an MSI R7 240 for $75 CAD, I used to own the Asus R7 240 2GB DDR3 and it performed moderaly but this MSI model has GDDR5 would that give it a massive boost in performance? And if so is $75 a good for replacing my friends igpu in his PC 

Never worth buying those low end GPUs for gaming, minimum you'd want is an R7 250 with GDDR5

If anything save up for an AM4 APU system, should be out soon enough

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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4 hours ago, xXATHERIALXx said:

He only has $90 to put into upgrades

His current PC is a ATX HP Office PC with an i5-3470 8GB Ram windows 7 pro so for $90 max what would the best option be 

RX 460

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3 minutes ago, xXATHERIALXx said:

Rx 460 is $150 he only has $90 is there anything good for less than $100 CAD

Oh, sorry. I wouldn't know since I dont live in Canada.

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