Looking for a good video card for low profile form factor

[moneer]

Hello guys and happy new year!
I've been looking for a decent graphics card for my dell optiplex 755 sff. I'm completely new to all this so bear with me please. I don't want to do heavy gaming, just as long as some of the more recent games can play at a decent frame rate.
On ebay I found this but couldn't find any details about what this card truly is or it's dimensions or amount of power consumed. It has to fit my machine and ~75 watts if I read correctly. Can anyone help?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-RADEON-...369328?hash=item4af514ed70:g:OWIAAOSwnH1WYacE

 

[Phynaz]

That's a very slow card. What's your budget?

That's a pretty old system, what are its specs?

 

[moneer]

That's a very slow card. What's your budget?

That's a pretty old system, what are its specs?

As I said I'm not looking to be a heavy "pc master race" gamer. I'll be happy with low resolution ~30fps on say, metal gear solid v or something. I'm not looking to spend over $60 on the gpu as I am also looking to buy a cpu quad core 2.66 ghz. My monitor also isn't 1080p it's 1440x900.

 

[Phynaz]

Nvidia GT 740 will get you the performance you are asking for, unfortunately the price goes up over your budget as soon as you need a low profile card. The equivalent AMD card - the R7 250x - won't fit within your power budget.

I'd try to find a deal on the GT 740.

 

[moneer]

Nvidia GT 740 will get you the performance you are asking for, unfortunately the price goes up over your budget as soon as you need a low profile card. The equivalent AMD card - the R7 250x - won't fit within your power budget.

I'd try to find a deal on the GT 740.

The reason I posted in this section was because I heard nvidia has problems with drivers and AMD has better support.
What exactly determines which gpu is better? The clock speed? Or is it the amount of ram?

 

[Phynaz]

Well, you should have said that, even though what you heard is incorrect.

You need to read reviews to determine which GPU is correct for you. That's what I did to research an answer for you. AMD really doesn't have anything that meets your needs unless you want to play at < 30fps.

 

[moneer]

Well, you should have said that, even though what you heard is incorrect.

You need to read reviews to determine which GPU is correct for you. That's what I did to research an answer for you. AMD really doesn't have anything that meets your needs unless you want to play at < 30fps.

Is that 30fps on medium settings? Or low?
And thanks for letting me know that wasn't true.
I just checked my psu. It says max of 275 watts. In the specs of that gpu it says it needs a psu of max 400 watts. I checked out the 730 and it seems appealing to me. But that says a psu of 300 watts. Now I'm scared, will it work or will it blow up my psu and mb?

 

[Phynaz]

Don't know, I asked for your system specs in my first reply to your question, but you never said.

 

[moneer]

Don't know, I asked for your system specs in my first reply to your question, but you never said.

I'm sorry. Well it was just a regular old dell optiplex 755 small form factor. Just with an upgraded cpu. 2.66 quad core processor. 4gb ram that I'm thinking I will upgrade. 500gb and 320 gb hdds. 1440x900 monitor. And a max 275 watt psu.

 

[Phynaz]

What processor? Need a model number.

 

[moneer]

What processor? Need a model number.

I believe the Intel Q6700.

 

[Phynaz]

That's a 9 year old processor that's rated at 105 watts. That CPU isn't going to run any modern game such as Metal Gear Solid V.

Save your money, put it toward a new computer.

 

[cbn]

Hello guys and happy new year!
I've been looking for a decent graphics card for my dell optiplex 755 sff. I'm completely new to all this so bear with me please. I don't want to do heavy gaming, just as long as some of the more recent games can play at a decent frame rate.
On ebay I found this but couldn't find any details about what this card truly is or it's dimensions or amount of power consumed. It has to fit my machine and ~75 watts if I read correctly. Can anyone help?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMD-RADEON-...369328?hash=item4af514ed70:g:OWIAAOSwnH1WYacE

For the Dell Optiplex 755 SFF you will need the kind of low profile single slot card that doesn't have a tall cooler. (re: tall coolers will hit the hard drive caddy on that model)

That card you linked will work, but a better card is the PNY GT 730 GDDR5.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133542

P.S. When I write low profile single slot card "doesn't have a tall cooler", I mean avoid cards like this one:

 

[cbn]

Regarding performance, my GT 730 GDDR5 with Athlon x 4 860K was 7.7% faster than a A10-7870K with DDR3 2133 RAM in Firestrike:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37957735&postcount=485

 

[moneer]

Regarding performance, my GT 730 GDDR5 with Athlon x 4 860K was 7.7% faster than a A10-7870K with DDR3 2133 RAM in Firestrike:

http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37957735&postcount=485

I forgot to update this. That is the card I got. But it was Zotac, I had to chip off some of the caddy to make it fit