Cheap Graphics Card

[AndreiArgeanu]

Hello. I am looking for a graphics card which is very cheap as I want to make a video on cheap graphics cards and benchmark them. I found lots of graphics card from which to choose but I'm not sure which one is the best of them all so I need some help. Here I have quite a lot of graphics cards names. The criteria is that it needs to have 1gb or more of ram which all have but also I need them not to be power hungry as the test system that I have only has a 300 wat PSU. The graphics cards are from CEX (website ----> uk.webuy.com ) and they are all under 9£. Links for the graphics card on the website will be next to each graphics card name, the names are copied from the website so I am not 100% sure if they are all correct. Now the graphics cards are: 

NVIDIA GeForce 210 1GB DX10.1 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 1GB DX10 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 1GB DX10.1 -------> Click here

ATI Radeon HD 4850 1GB DX10.1 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 1GB DX10 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 1GB DX11 -------> Click here

ATI Radeon HD 4890 1GB DX10.1 -------> Click here

ATI Radeon Redwood HD 5570 1GB DX11 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 1GB DX10 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 240 1GB DX10.1 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT 1GB DX10 -------> Click here

NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 4GB DX11 -------> Click here

ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB DX10.1 -------> Click here

Which one is the best? Many thanks.

[Jurrunio]

DX11-incapable cards are worse, because you can't test newer games with them.

 

I prefer the GT630 4GB. This utter trap of a card has lead to many people to fall for it because of high VRAM, which is horribly slow. The weak core doesnt help either.

[3 Lions]

Have you thought about what you'd do with all of these cards when you complete the video?  

[AndreiArgeanu]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Have you thought about what you'd do with all of these cards when you complete the video?  

I won't buy them all. I only need one. But I dont know which one. I don't really need a pile of graphics cards. 

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

I won't buy them all. I only need one. But I dont know which one. I don't really need a pile of graphics cards. 

You say you need a cheap card to do a video with, I get that but have you thought about your target audience? 

[O9B0666]

using these old of cards have you thaught about how many countless videos their are of them and benchmarks done already? You'd sort of be wasting time and money. 

[AndreiArgeanu]

3 hours ago, O9B0666 said:

using these old of cards have you thaught about how many countless videos their are of them and benchmarks done already? You'd sort of be wasting time and money. 

I didn't specify what I'm using it for. I'm just interested in which one is the best.

[AndreiArgeanu]

5 hours ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

You say you need a cheap card to do a video with, I get that but have you thought about your target audience? 

Yes. I did. 

[Biggerboot]

I'd go no lower than a 550ti or Radeon 6850 for budget video card recommendations, unless your goal is just to cover 'nostalgic' hardware.  But the stuff in your list kinda falls within neither category.

[AndreiArgeanu]

3 hours ago, Biggerboot said:

I'd go no lower than a 550ti or Radeon 6850 for budget video card recommendations, unless your goal is just to cover 'nostalgic' hardware.  But the stuff in your list kinda falls within neither category.

By the way the radeon HD 4890 does about the same as a 550ti in benchmarks with similar results. You can check it out here

[Jaggsta]

Nvidia is discontinuing GTX 500 series driver support

https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidia-will-no-longer-make-gpu-drivers-for-32-bit-oses-and-fermi-graphics-cards/

[Biggerboot]

17 hours ago, AndreiArgeanu said:

By the way the radeon HD 4890 does about the same as a 550ti in benchmarks with similar results. You can check it out here

Keep in mind the further back in generations you go the more shaky driver support is on newer titles, plus the Radeon 4000 series doesn't support DX11.

 

As mentioned above, the 500 series is also on its way out.  Doesn't immediately render it useless but gives no guarentees for upcoming titles.  Stretch for a gtx 650 if you want hardware that's still supported.