Decent card for Starcraft II, no external power?

[Shyatic]

It's going into an HP workstation that doesn't have a massive power supply, so I just need something that works reasonably well.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[darkewaffle]

I'm thinking a 5670 is about as powerful as you can get without an external power adapter, which would likely run SC2 fine at most resolutions, what do you play at?

 

[nanaki333]

good thing about blizzard... they make all their games to be within playable reach with modest specs.

 

[Arkadrel]

I think a 5670 is the most powerfull card you can get that ll run off the PCI slot only, without needing a external power plug as well.

So if you have a small psu, without access to plugs like those, its probably your best bet.

Make sure you got for one of the 1gb versions, with 1600mhz effective memory.

Like this one: ~69$ without MIR.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125360&cm_re=5670-_-14-125-360-_-Product

 

[Termie]

I think a 5670 is the most powerfull card you can get that ll run off the PCI slot only, without needing a external power plug as well.

So if you have a small psu, without access to plugs like those, its probably your best bet.

Make sure you got for one of the 1gb versions, with 1600mhz effective memory.

Like this one: ~69$ without MIR.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-360-_-Product

Actually, the new HD6670 is the most powerful card you can get that will run just off of PCI slot power. It costs about $30 more than the 5670: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131399.

And it's about 10% faster: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/AMD-Radeon-HD-6670-Video-Card-Review/1259/7. Probably not worth it at this point, since it's still being sold at full price.

You can actually get an HD5670 for $55 after rebate here: http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php...12MB-DDR5-VGA-DVI-HDMI-PCI-Express-Video-Card. Use code SAVEMAY5 for $5 off of $70, and send in the rebate for $10 if that's worth it to you. This is the 512MB version rather than the 1GB version, but for gaming below 1080p, the 1GB isn't necessary.