Old card, been in that machine a few years and no lable on it. It has no Power conections (the reason I used it in the CUBE), been running strong for roughly 4 years. Actually the real problem is the fan is dying. I have had it apart and oiled it a few times but its to the point where the bearing/sleave is loose enouhg it makes noise all the time, cant run at full speed. So as you can expect, most of todays games that will run, do stress it and I can crash onece and awhile from heat (i believe) as If i turn the graphics down to 90's res's (800X600) then I wont crash. The machine was mine (Media center) but has passed on to a roomate and he is gaming on it (has been for over a year with no complaints). its possilbe its a GTO card, all i know is I think its a 800 series, thouhgt I looked at Device manager and it said 850XTX.
I agree, its to much card for the PSU, but its been going for 4 years.
But as its a SFF CUBE style PC, there is no upgradeing the PCU as its part of the cooling and a strange size. A larger one is the price of a whole new (upgraded) CUBE PC.
this is the unit
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16856140018
I dont know to much about newer cheaper cards (my machines all have cards that require PSU with connectors for cards)
Has to be singel slot, no power connectors. He doenst play in super high res. I see some $20 cards will play Crysis at 17-24 FPS (but with good CPU's) at 1280X1024.. This system is an old AMD single core, so I want a littel more beef to make up for CPU as much as possible.
the old ATI 800 series, has to be something modern that beats it... Price, while I'm just like everybody, want to spend as little as possilbe, its not a HUGE deal , just like to keep it under $100 really (sad i could have an old 4870 for that price).
I thouhgt I had an old 8600 in it at one time without a PSU connector, maybe I'm wrong.
5670-looks like nice option, but all hve to big a heatsink. the PC this will be in has about 1/4inch of extra room past a single slot. the lowest 5670 looks to be at least 1/2 inch taller. And for those wondering how it gets air. the Case has a punched grill on the side where the video card pull air.
GT240- possilby, as i mentioned, price not a huge deal, but $100 is top end, may be my only choice.
3450-price is right have to look at specs.