Personal computing discussed
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Airmantharp wrote:What's wrong with an HD4850 for HTPC use if it's not too loud?
bthylafh wrote:The old 4xxx Radeons, while great cards in their day and still pretty decent, were brute-force designs that didn't care about saving electricity when idle.
vargis14 wrote:HD 7750s without the pci-e power connectors are about the best power to performance ratio you can get. Fully loaded they use maybe 55watts. But will play crisis 3 on medium settings with no AA lens flare and no blur at 1080p with 40+ fps.
mike_jonez wrote:... and Radeon HD7750 provides more than double the performance, too. GeForce GT620 is a waste of money, since it's not better than integrated graphics in modern CPUs.Radeon HD7750 is 2x the price of a GeForce GT620.
JustAnEngineer wrote:mike_jonez wrote:... and Radeon HD7750 provides more than double the performance, too. GeForce GT620 is a waste of money, since it's not better than integrated graphics in modern CPUs.Radeon HD7750 is 2x the price of a GeForce GT620.
vargis14 wrote:But i do not know if the OP's cpu would bottleneck either the 7770 or 7790 since i am not familiar with the CPU.
vargis14 wrote:I like the 7790 over the 7770 any day
Chrispy_ wrote:If it's going to be an HTPC on-the-cheap, the target should be passively-cooled. Whatever gaming performance you can get is a bonus extra but not at the expense of extra noise and power requirements. A passively-cooled HD6570/5570/5550 should be something that's cheap enough (new, or ever used) to swap for the 4850 and that's going to be a fine HTPC choice without spending any more money
swampfox wrote:Can I turn these into a low power home server, or am I going to be better off selling these and getting a Synology or something like that?
mike_jonez wrote:nobody reads the thread before posting?
swampfox wrote:I'm thinking about upgrading my rig (see signature), but I'm not sure if there is anything I can do with the old parts. Can I turn these into a low power home server, or am I going to be better off selling these and getting a Synology or something like that?
JustAnEngineer wrote:Why should the OP waste any money on a GeForce GT620 that's useless for just about everything if he's already got a functional Radeon HD4850?
JustAnEngineer wrote:Why should the OP waste any money on a GeForce GT620 that's useless for just about everything if he's already got a functional Radeon HD4850?