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So here it is PC fans, a thread I'm starting for my own selfish intentions but that will hopefully lead to lots of friendly gaming and hardware banter.
First offer of the day; What graphics card should I get?
I got a fairly good deal on a PC the other day. AMD A8 5500 Quad Core with4GB DDR3 and a GT620 graphics card.
Obviously the graphics card is the weak element here and I want something decent but under £100. I know the AMD cards in the 6000/7000 series don't require more power (only have a 300w PSU) so that would be good and some are even DDR5. Any suggestions (or second hand cards you might want to sell!)
That said, played Borderlands 2 on medium settings and it looked OK and played fine.
First offer of the day; What graphics card should I get?
I got a fairly good deal on a PC the other day. AMD A8 5500 Quad Core with4GB DDR3 and a GT620 graphics card.
Obviously the graphics card is the weak element here and I want something decent but under £100. I know the AMD cards in the 6000/7000 series don't require more power (only have a 300w PSU) so that would be good and some are even DDR5. Any suggestions (or second hand cards you might want to sell!)
That said, played Borderlands 2 on medium settings and it looked OK and played fine.
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They need a 500W PSU by the look of it. Was wondering about the 7750 which I could install without changing my PSU.
My A8 comes with a ATI Radeon HD 7560D built in, though these built in graphics cards aren't as fast as the standard ones and share memory.
Difficult to know whether it would just be faster without the NVidia, but that has 1GB of its own memory. The A10 isn't much of a step up. either.
The 7750 also has the benefit of working similar to a crossfire between two AMD cards with the APU.
Also would be interested to know what others are/have been running and the results for popular games at certain resolutions.
My A8 comes with a ATI Radeon HD 7560D built in, though these built in graphics cards aren't as fast as the standard ones and share memory.
Difficult to know whether it would just be faster without the NVidia, but that has 1GB of its own memory. The A10 isn't much of a step up. either.
The 7750 also has the benefit of working similar to a crossfire between two AMD cards with the APU.
Also would be interested to know what others are/have been running and the results for popular games at certain resolutions.
So here it is PC fans, a thread I'm starting for my own selfish intentions but that will hopefully lead to lots of friendly gaming and hardware banter.
First offer of the day; What graphics card should I get?
I got a fairly good deal on a PC the other day. AMD A8 5500 Quad Core with4GB DDR3 and a GT620 graphics card.
Obviously the graphics card is the weak element here and I want something decent but under £100. I know the AMD cards in the 6000/7000 series don't require more power (only have a 300w PSU) so that would be good and some are even DDR5. Any suggestions (or second hand cards you might want to sell!)
That said, played Borderlands 2 on medium settings and it looked OK and played fine.
First offer of the day; What graphics card should I get?
I got a fairly good deal on a PC the other day. AMD A8 5500 Quad Core with4GB DDR3 and a GT620 graphics card.
Obviously the graphics card is the weak element here and I want something decent but under £100. I know the AMD cards in the 6000/7000 series don't require more power (only have a 300w PSU) so that would be good and some are even DDR5. Any suggestions (or second hand cards you might want to sell!)
That said, played Borderlands 2 on medium settings and it looked OK and played fine.
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