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| 1270790 | 2012-04-18 22:43:00 | Hi, I'm building a really budget computer and I'm not happy about using integrated CPU graphics so I'm looking at cheap graphics cards. I've narrowed it down to these two options; the GeForce 210 or Radeon HD 5450, does anyone have any opinions on which is better? From what I can see they are both fairly low performance and on par with each other..... Thanks |
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| 1270791 | 2012-04-18 22:57:00 | I'd take the 5450 personally :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1270792 | 2012-04-18 23:03:00 | Any particular reason? Also can you tell me what the difference between the Sapphire and Gigabyte versions of this card would be? This rebranding confuses me a bit.... | jevans (16086) | ||
| 1270793 | 2012-04-18 23:03:00 | I see very little difference, clock speed is a little higher on the Radeon - although that would depend on manufacturer as well. I think if it was me I would probably spend $10~$15 more and get a GT520. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1270794 | 2012-04-18 23:05:00 | If it really is a budget box, have you considered one of AMD's A-series CPUs with Radeon HD on-die? | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1270795 | 2012-04-18 23:18:00 | If it really is a budget box, have you considered one of AMD's A-series CPUs with Radeon HD on-die? I have but I'm a bit nervous about moving away from Intel. I looked at the budget build in the PC World April edition which had an A4-3300 which looked quite good. Have you any experience in how they perform? EDIT: I was just looking at benchmark results comparing the Fusion APUs with i3 and i5 processors w/integrated graphics and the Intels absolutely thrashed them in almost every test.... somehow I don't think I'll be going down that road but thanks for the help :) I see very little difference, clock speed is a little higher on the Radeon - although that would depend on manufacturer as well. I think if it was me I would probably spend $10~$15 more and get a GT520. What benefits does the GT520 offer over the Radeon and the G210 |
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| 1270796 | 2012-04-18 23:34:00 | The intel HD graphics 3000 is pretty close to the 5450 also so a CPU that included that would be an option, although in a weird move from intel that's the faster models so it bumps the price up. What is the purpose of this budget machine? integrated graphics are pretty good these days providing you dan't plan on gaming and worth a try before you buy a graphics card. there's really nothing to lose because if it doesn't work out you can still buy the video card anyway. I have a cheap pentium G620 machine I use as a media PC and the integrated graphics worked fine even when playing Blu-ray. I did end up adding a 5450 (I think not at home to check) purely because the HDMI out wouldn't work with my new Onkyo receiver when I added it to the setup but prior to that everything worked perfectly. On the plus side the AMD Video card also does surround sound over HDMI which the onboard didn't, saves a cable :) |
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| 1270797 | 2012-04-18 23:40:00 | It would be a media PC. The CPU I planned to use was a Celeron (I know a Celeron..) G530 which is quite cheap but performs really well. The Celeron name actually really puts people off....... I sort of intended to have it run on integrated graphics and see how it went, I just wanted to have an opinion on the cards as well. |
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| 1270798 | 2012-04-18 23:43:00 | I have a computer here with an ASUS G210 Silent. Anything specific you want to know about it? | rumpty (2863) | ||
| 1270799 | 2012-04-18 23:46:00 | The new ATI APUs (with the integrated graphics on the processors) are no slouch. I would think one of the lower end ones, say the A4-3400, would be on par with a GT210. Times are a-changing. :p | wratterus (105) | ||
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