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I'm looking for a rock-bottom GPU upgrade for my computer. I currently have a GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 2 I'm on Linux and I have never been happy with this card. Slow, crashy... Ugh. What can I get for cheap that works as-good-as or better than this? This machine I will be upgrading does not have much headroom in the wattage area, so something with really low power consumption would be great. Price first though, I am not kidding about wanting something that is rock bottom. Radeon HD 5450 looked interesting, but I'm not sure about how drivers work for that. Any pointers as to how can I research this?
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RocketSurgeon posted:This is probably a long shot but does anyone happen to have a HD 7950 rev.1 card around? As I understand the different manufacturers use the same layout for the rev.1 pcb? Isn't that connector a standard length? Or the screws? Or the VGA ports are a standard size? You can probably use proportions from a known quantity and calculate out exactly what you want. e.g: If I know that EICP connector is 10 meters long, and it seems like it occupies half the card, then the card must be 20 meters. You can get very precise with ruler tools in photo editing programs.
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Sep 6, 2014 00:40
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A way to check if the computer boots is to check your router for a DHCP lease coming from your desktop computer. If there is one then it booted in fine, at least partway. This assuming that you have set up your machine get an IP automatically on boot.
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Sep 16, 2014 02:16
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I don't even play games and you guys make me want to get one through your enthusiasm alone.
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Sep 19, 2014 04:20
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Agreed posted:Anyone who thinks that AMD isn't facing a major existential crisis isn't "retarded" but they probably haven't been paying attention to what's going on behind the scenes with AMD. Can you link to that information? I'd love some popcorn reading.
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Sep 19, 2014 20:21
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Geforce 8400 GS Rev. 2 Do I win?
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Sep 29, 2014 18:16
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AMD is hosed. Unless they come up with something soon it will be curtains.
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Oct 30, 2014 04:58
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Please forgive this insane sounding question, but I must know. What is the weight of a GTX 970?
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Nov 3, 2014 06:17
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Tommychu posted:3.7 pounds, though I'd assume that includes a box, manual, etc. I know about the shipping weight trick. I'd like to know the card itself...
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Nov 3, 2014 06:42
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The Lord Bude posted:How exact do you need to be? this would vary based on which 970 you were looking at, but if you went to the Asus/MSI/Gigabyte/whatever OEM site and looked at the specs for the card it would likely tell you. It is just a curiosity question, so any weight I can get will do. Ideally within 100 grams of actual.
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Nov 3, 2014 07:51
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BIG HEADLINE posted:This is beginning to sound like a "I need to know so I can put a shaved-down brick in a box and return it" question. My antique card is light and still manages to be sagging. My new card may be heavy. The motherboard is old, abused and flimsy, I don't want to put it through more than it will already can barely take. And I just realized that my old light card is sagging because there is a broken part where I'm supposed to screw it to the case. Rough previous owner I guess. EDIT: Nope. The Phi weights 1200 grams. I know that from the datasheets. Different computer, different insanity.
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Nov 3, 2014 09:04
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BIG HEADLINE posted:MSI has the weight of their card at 814g. Yup. Won't be trying to install that in my broken machine. Not even close to my passively cooled bus-power wonder. Thanks!
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BIG HEADLINE posted:So... Thanks. I got mine for 79.40$ on Amazon.com when it was still a thing. Insane deal.
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