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Best Graphics card on a power budget

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  • 18-06-2015 3:39pm
    #1
    bpb101
    Registered Users Posts: 2,827 ✭✭✭


    Hey folks

    I am looking to spend around 100-150 on a New graphics Card. My Current one is a Amd hd radeon 6670.
    Firstly I need it to have a Vga and a Hdmi Slot (dual Monitors )

    Now here my main problem.
    My computer only has a 405w power supply. I dont really want to upgrade that if i can help it

    Im looking to use the graphics card for fps and games like far cry , tomb raider and gta but i dont mind having to lower the quality to medium if i have to


    Now Here my power stats atm.
    Its hitting around 110W on boot
    50/55 W on basic web browsing
    2/3 W on sleep
    When i tried throwing gtaiv on super high and start firing out of a heli ect it hit 80/85W. This is as high as i could get it

    135W on Cpu Bit coin mining

    GPU mining - 75 W

    Note- I dont Bitcoin mine , I just done this to stress test

    Any Suggestions

    Running Windows 7
    8Gb of Ram
    64Bit os
    Intel I7 2600@3.40ghz


    Thanks


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    #2
    Digital Solitude
    Registered Users Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Second hand R9 270x is €135 from CEX, best by a long shot in your budget.

    Best new card is a GTX 750Ti.

    Both will be fine on PSU.


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