What is current generation Radeon HD6450 low-end replacement?

[jrichrds]

I'm looking for a low-end card from Nvidia or AMD just to gain DL-DVI for 1440p monitor and basic 3D support for an app that doesn't work with Intel graphics. No gaming whatsoever. What are the baseline, and one step up, cards that are like the HD6450 from years past? This is going into a new Dell I3668 Core i5 7th gen system and not planning to replace the stock, wimpy PSU.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

R5 240 and GT710. Step up would be RX550 and GT1030, if you're concerned about media playback.

You don't wan't the R5 230, since it's a straight rebrand of the HD6450 and as such a VLIW5 card.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I don't think the GT1030 supports DL-DVI-D, just SL. Seems stupid to me...

 

[cbn]

This is going into a new Dell I3668 Core i5 7th gen system and not planning to replace the stock, wimpy PSU.

Full width tower? Not a Slim (SFF) PC?

P.S. Stock PSU is 240W with 17amps on single 12v rail?

 

[jrichrds]

Full width tower? Not a Slim (SFF) PC?

P.S. Stock PSU is 240W with 17amps on single 12v rail?

It's this one here: http://www.staples.com/Dell-Inspiro...sional-Intel-HD-630-Graphics-/product_2655274
It looks like it takes full-width card, but couldn't find any wattage info on the PSU online as I haven't gotten the PC yet.

 

[Insert_Nickname]

I don't think the GT1030 supports DL-DVI-D, just SL. Seems stupid to me...

Is that confirmed? If so, major oversight on NVs part then. Guess you can get one with a DisplayPort, and use an adaptor. But DP-to-DL-DVI adaptors are quite expensive as I recall.

Having to move up to a 1050 just for DL-DVI, seems more then a bit silly.

 

[Ancalagon44]

Looks like the AMD RX 550 might be the cheapest card that supports dual link DVI.
Source: http://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-550

 

[jrichrds]

Looks like the AMD RX 550 might be the cheapest card that supports dual link DVI.
Source: http://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-550

The R5 240 does as well, and pretty much every dedicated graphics card starting with the crappy Radeon HD5450. Even my Biostar AMD 880G motherboard (Phenom II era) with Radeon 4250 iGP supported DL-DVI and runs 1440p monitor fine. Surprising to see it omitted in a higher end card.

 

[Ratman6161]

It's this one here: http://www.staples.com/Dell-Inspiro...sional-Intel-HD-630-Graphics-/product_2655274
It looks like it takes full-width card, but couldn't find any wattage info on the PSU online as I haven't gotten the PC yet.

I would definitely wait until you have the PC in your posession before you order a video card. I don't have any experience with consumer level Dell's but I've worked on a lot of the business oriented machines at work. The power supplies that come in them tend to not have a lot of reserve for anything that Dell didn't install in the system. I had some that did not even have any extra SATA power connectors for adding a second hard drive for example. They also tend to not come with much in the way of spare power connectors. You may well find out you have no six pin power connector for a video card - which would limit your choices to cards that don't need one - though I think that is the case for many of the ones people have been recommending to you.

I'm not criticizing Dell too hard. The systems I've used worked exactly as advertised. But adding additional components they didn't come with was sometimes problematic. Recommendation: wait until you have the system in hand and know the details of what you had to work with.

Here is a decent source for doing quick ballpark comparisons of video cards: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html

 

[Ratman6161]

Looks like the AMD RX 550 might be the cheapest card that supports dual link DVI.
Source: http://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-550

I was actually in a similar position and nearly clicked "add to cart" on an RX550.. I ended up going with an Rx460 instead because even though its one generation old compared to the RX550 it outperforms it. On the other hand, in a power limited system, the Rx550 is still probably a better choice. For my Sapphire card, they say power consumption is <150 watts and recommend a 450W power supply where for their Rx550, they say <65 watts and 400 Watt power supply. My RX460 does not need a 6 pin power connector however.

 

[SPBHM]

The R5 240 does as well, and pretty much every dedicated graphics card starting with the crappy Radeon HD5450. Even my Biostar AMD 880G motherboard (Phenom II era) with Radeon 4250 iGP supported DL-DVI and runs 1440p monitor fine. Surprising to see it omitted in a higher end card.

I think it's simply considered outdated and being dropped, newer displays are using DP and HDMI

I ended up going with an Rx460 instead because even though its one generation old compared to the RX550 it outperforms it. On the other hand, in a power limited system, the Rx550 is still probably a better choice.

the name is a generation older, the GPU itself is exactly the same gen, just bigger, so yes, it's a better card,
but the power is a disadvantage no doubt, 550 seems to stay comfortably on the 50W region while gaming, the 460 can go over 75W, and many of the 460s don't have the 12v external connector which I find concerning (given that the PCIE slot specs are for 66W on the 12v line and most of the VGA load is from 12v)

 

[cbn]

550 seems to stay comfortably on the 50W region while gaming, the 460 can go over 75W, and many of the 460s don't have the 12v external connector which I find concerning (given that the PCIE slot specs are for 66W on the 12v line and most of the VGA load is from 12v)

How about the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti?

 

[SPBHM]

How about the GTX 1050 and GTX 1050 Ti?

the 460 seems to use more power than both, during gaming 1050 is more like 55W card, the TI more like 65W
but if you OC and use harder tests you can probably also exceed 75W with the Ti.
but it's more comfortable than the 460

 

[Ancalagon44]

The R5 240 does as well, and pretty much every dedicated graphics card starting with the crappy Radeon HD5450. Even my Biostar AMD 880G motherboard (Phenom II era) with Radeon 4250 iGP supported DL-DVI and runs 1440p monitor fine. Surprising to see it omitted in a higher end card.

Nope, it doesn't. (referring to the R5 240)

Surprisingly, dual link DVI is quite rare among lower end cards. Seems to be mid range and up only.