low wattage video card

[Magic Carpet]

I'd give 750 SE a try, if it exists. I reckon, it could challenge 950/960 power efficiency in desktop loads, at least.

 

[LTC8K6]

I'd give 750 SE a try, if it exists. I reckon, it could challenge 950/960 power efficiency in desktop loads, at least.

Well, we have GTX950 cards with no power connector.

I would imagine they are above the 750 in efficiency?

http://www.evga.com/articles/00990/images/products/evga_gtx950_lp_comparison_EN.jpg

http://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/MINI-GTX950-2G/overview/

 

[sm625]

There is a whole host of CPUs from 13 years ago that are faster. I cant recommend pairing any video card with that. Not when you can buy a 3+GHz Nehalem quad core with 12GB of RAM off ebay for $200 that comes with everything but the video card. But if you are truly stuck with it then look for a HD4650 or 4670. Anything more is kind of pointless. 4670 is around $20 on the bay.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

What we're saying is that you could buy an old Thinkcentre, Optiplex, or some other Corporate, off-lease desktop with an old i3, i5, or Trinity-based APU for ~$120, and still have more graphics horsepower than if you took that single core Brazos and combined it with an RX 460 or 750Ti. The Brazos core is tapped out. Adding a graphics card to that is a complete waste of money. Sell the system for a couple bucks and use it to get an older off-lease system with an IGP. If you have that small of a budget, it's likely your best bet to end up with something capable.

 

[Ken g6]

16gb ram

That's probably the single best part of your system. Is it SODIMMs, which tend to lay flat, or real DIMMs?

 

[Headfoot]

What we're saying is that you could buy an old Thinkcentre, Optiplex, or some other Corporate, off-lease desktop with an old i3, i5, or Trinity-based APU for ~$120, and still have more graphics horsepower than if you took that single core Brazos and combined it with an RX 460 or 750Ti. The Brazos core is tapped out. Adding a graphics card to that is a complete waste of money. Sell the system for a couple bucks and use it to get an older off-lease system with an IGP. If you have that small of a budget, it's likely your best bet to end up with something capable.

Seconded.

 

[Kledgie]

That's probably the single best part of your system. Is it SODIMMs, which tend to lay flat, or real DIMMs?

Thanks. They are DIMM. I'll be giving AMD ramdisk a try.

We'll see how it goes. I believe I'll be able to play D2 and an upcoming game I have in mind without trouble. But only time will tell haha.