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Need advice on Gfx card

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Well, its time to get a new one since the other one died on me a few months back and ive been forced to use a crappy GeForce 8300 ever since.

The last time I bought a Gfx card was about 2 years ago (GeForce 8600, loved that thing) so that means I really dont know the market all that well anymore and would love some good advice on whats good and whats not.

My budget is about 100$.

P.S. My PSU is kinda crap (400W) so keep that in mind. And if you need anymore info do tell.
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http://www.maximumpc.com/article/featur ... mainstream

Me thinks this will work on your psu.

This makes it an ideal card for small form factor or home theater PC systems, where you’d like to run with a lean, quiet PSU. Idle power is a low 14W.
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That is a good card, but at this point if you can run something as new as a 5670 on 400 watts, you're better off spending a few extra bucks for a DX 11 card.

Side note: I'm kinda surprised they're still selling the 8*** and 9*** series cards. Anyone know why they're keeping them around?
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Not sure, I still use a 9800GT. Runs all my games great. However, I'm on a highly overclocked system.

I want a second one to sli..just for fun. Too bad my mobo chipset doesn't support it.
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Deadsolid wrote:That is a good card, but at this point if you can run something as new as a 5670 on 400 watts, you're better off spending a few extra bucks for a DX 11 card.

Side note: I'm kinda surprised they're still selling the 8*** and 9*** series cards. Anyone know why they're keeping them around?


Because they can still run 95% of the PC games out there. Video Cards arn't just for Hardcore Gamers that upgrade their builds every 3 months. :palm:
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Thanks for the input guys, think ill go with the HD5670 Deadsolid posted (been looking around and it seems thats the best I can get with my crappy PSU anyway).

If anyone has any personal experience or something with the card id love to hear it.
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