Grendel_Prime Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Wasn't sure where to put this. My video card decided to not want to work anymore (GeForce 8800GT) and I have just slightly north of $0 for replacing it:( I can get a Sapphire HD 5450 512MB for $40 but was wondering if anyone knew anything about the card's performance. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmymillertime Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 (edited) you will get half the performance compared to your old 8800gt. get a 6570 instead. Edited October 6, 2012 by itsmymillertime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendel_Prime Posted October 6, 2012 Author Share Posted October 6, 2012 6750 is out of my price range. I can get a ASUS Radeon HD 6450 1GB though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eillack Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Sadly I think you might just have to stop for a bit and save up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmymillertime Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 6750 is out of my price range. I can get a ASUS Radeon HD 6450 1GB though. a 6450 is half as good as a 8800gt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendel_Prime Posted October 15, 2012 Author Share Posted October 15, 2012 So I ended up with a GeForce GT 610. Trying to tweak the settings but nothing from low to high seems to do anything for the FPS. This is what I have GPU - GeForce GT 610 CPU - Phenom II Black 6 Core 3.0 Ghz RAM - 4GB DDR3 OS - Windows 7 64 bit. I can't seem to get above 18fps, which is what I was getting with onboard graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) May want to try different drivers, and research the interwebz on if any one in particular is best with TOR. I'm running a gtx 560 ti superclocked. Two of the big game updates created silly fps issues, so for one I updated to a newer driver and the another had to roll back to an older one. Edited October 15, 2012 by Joesixxpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathisk Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Unfortunately, you didn't buy a gaming graphics card. You bought a general computing card. It's great for running desktop applications, it's ok for doing media decoding and DVD playback, but it's barely passable for gaming. Meaning, the game will run, but not well. For nVidia and their current numbering scheme, the gaming cards all end in numbers over 50. So cards like a 520, 510, 540, 610, etc are all media and general computing cards. Cards like a 560, 580, 670, 690, etc are all gaming cards. ATI cards are similar, but use the hundred's digit to indicate what kind of card it is. The 5450 is a high-end media card, but a very low-end gaming card. The 6570 is a low end gaming card, but is definitely more capable than a 5450 or a 6450. I know several people who are using 6670 cards for gaming because it has good performance for budget prices. You can usually get them for in the $70 range, depending on brand and manufacturer options. Some are as low as $50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grendel_Prime Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Okay been a while since I posted and the advice I got was awesome, if too late (my bad). It seems I may be able to swing a Sapphire Radeon 1GB GDDR5 PCI-E Video Card (HD7750). Is that any good (by which I mean decent). Still limited budget and I'll admit that the numbering system confuses the crap out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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