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testy ickles
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-05-29 15:44:56 UTC
well my gfx card went boom the other day it lasted me a good 4 or 5 years but its left me in a problem i have absolutely no money
i will be starting my new job next week with a decent pay so hopefully itll only be a month max till i can get a decent one but i have found 2 spares to tie me until then will either of these run eve and if so which one is better . bearing in mind i don't duel box i don't run on full settings and my computer is a 2 gb ram amd Athlon 64 processor 3200+

anyway the cards are
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB
or
ATI Radeon X1650 Pro 512MB

or suggest a gpu for under £30 in the uk
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#2 - 2012-05-29 17:11:03 UTC  |  Edited by: Surfin's PlunderBunny
My last computer (not an alienware!) caught fire and it was pretty and burned green and blue until I could find the fire extinguisher. It also caused me to lose my sleipnir Cry

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Caleidascope
Republic Military School
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-05-29 21:53:37 UTC
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#4 - 2012-05-30 01:30:50 UTC
The 2600 is slightly faster than the X1650, but with 256MB of video ram, sort of ouch. Either will do in a pinch, I guess.
Anyway, would that be AGP or PCI-E ?
I have a nagging suspicion it might be AGP.
If it's PCI-E however, you might as well go for a 1GB HD 6450 which sells for about 30 GBP
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-msi-hd-6450-1333mhz-gddr3-gpu-625mhz-160-cores-d-sub-dvi-d-hdmi-low-profile-compatible
or a 1GB GT 520 / GT 610 (almost the same card, really) which also sells for about 30 GBP
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-pny-gt-520-40nm-1794mhz-gddr3-gpu-810mhz-shader-1620mhz-48-cores-d-sub-dvi-i-hdmi
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-palit-gt-610-pcie-20-(x16)-40nm-1070mhz-gddr3-gpu-810mhz-shader-1620mhz-48-cores-d-sub-hdmi-dl-d

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Grand Zap
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-06-05 20:37:48 UTC
354 Becnhmark on HD 6450
340 on the GT 520

Weirdly didn't find the GT 610 on http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu_list.php.

The HD 6450 has an unbiased better performance overall, period.
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#6 - 2012-06-05 22:44:35 UTC
Not significantly better though, so personal preferences towards either one or the other can justify picking any.

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