Messing around with a cheap GPU, the AMD Radeon r7 450. Specs of the PC - HP z240, Xeon e3-1240 v5, 32GB DDR4 2133mhz RAM. Other channel - / @jclowcastle
Wow, what coincidental timing! I literally just did a video on the $40 LP RX 550, not much more expensive than this one, but definitely a lot more powerful! Nice vid!
Some of these small OEM gpus from the time were designed to be able to run in crossfire together with the integrated gpus in amds bulldozer APUs, the setup was also used a bit in laptops. Not sure if it was the case with this one specifically but there were a number of HP and possibly Dell pcs with this setup. It doesn't work particularly well on the HP I have though, and the gpu in that one doesn't even have display outputs on it and isn't any faster than the iGPU on it's own so it only really helps in the handful of apps where crossfire actually works.
I bought a Radeon R7 250 2GB GDDR3 (OEM) and am actually quite happy with it. Considering it's probably one of the cheapest used GPUs. Paired with a Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and 2x2GB DDR2-800, I'm able to play Hollow Knight maxed out (which was my goal), Wayward (secondary objective) Mass Effect 2, Dead Space, C&C3, Lego Lord of the Rings, Batman, and Indiana Jones, Fable 3. Lots of PS3/360 era PC games. Along with a whole mess of other indie games. I overpaid for it due to the seller listing it as GDDR5, which doesn't exist for this 2GB model. But I've seen them going for like $12. I also have it in a PCIe v1.1 slot.
Hey terra i have a question Do you think you could comfortably play Osu! With that setup you mentioned above? Min requirements for Osu! ( A dope rhythm game btw) is 1ghz cpu with 512mb ram and 1gb gpu, My current setup was HWiD banned so im thinking of making a cheap build to play again after being false banned. I really hope you see this man 🎉🎉
Pool noodles are a very important tool that should be in every person's toolbox. It is a very versatile tool. I use mine as a anti-distraction device. Whenever someone comes to distract me from my build, it takes usually about to wacks and they're usually gone.
These are Great Budget cards for the price .good for a retro machine .Dell makes a RX550 low profile 4gb ddr5 .but they go for around 40 to 50 dollars on Ebay. Thanks for the Video
0:26 The Z240 in question is an S eF eF one, worth a note. The E3-1240 v5 is roughly a Core i7-6700, in case someone isn't sure. That card is not too shabby for an OEM card. Definitely better than your random GT710s or 1030s...
I believe the r7 and similar cards are oem version of the HD series. I think the closest is the hd 7770. They're both based on the Cape Verde GPU. I like to look at passmarks video card benchmark comparison website. They give the following scores to these cards: R7 450: 1935 Hd 7770: 2172 Hd 7790: 3090 (Xbox one) Quadro k2200: 3545 Hope that information is useful somehow.
I'm using an old Acer slimline with an Athlon xp4400 that came with Vista. I upgraded it to Windows 7 just because a lot of stuff wouldn't work. I kept all of my really old PC games so I use it to play those. Like Age of Empires II and Starcraft and stuff. I have Elder Scrolls Oblivion too that works okay. I have an old Radeon HD4600 in it. It's probably even worse than the GPU in this video, but it can play the old games of it's time okay. Instead of emulation, I just play the actual old PC games. Surprisingly, the computer can still do normal office tasks and TH-cam and web surfing with no problems.
😄 Fair question. I have several black shirts, that are all very similar. Though I should likely get some different colors now 🤣. And glad you are liking the videos, thank you!
I'm Still Waiting on Beautifully Mounted 5-Below RGB on the Walls Behind You... I don't even mention to people PS2 when I make charity systems: If they can Rock Wii, Dreamcast/PSP, then I call it done. My personal System can barely hit PS3, IM BROKE! Well, Done Sir!
Some RGB on the wall could look cool, though I don't know if "beautifully mounted" quite describes anything I do. "Crude but mostly functional" is more of my style 😂.
The R7 450 smelled like a Cape Verde GPU - tech powerup confirmed that. The card will play e-sports titles just fine, but you may want to drop the resolution to 720 in more recent titles. Fortnite in performance mode should run ok at 1080p, better at 900p.
I don't have a lot of experience with running emulators on top of Windows, but what I usually do is flash the Batocera operating system to an SSD. If you're not familiar it is a distribution of Linux with a focus primarily on emulation. And then remove the existing SSD in the computer and replace it with the Batocera SSD. After that you just kind of load the roms/bios, that kind of thing and it's ready to roll. How well it runs will depend on the specs and whatnot.
@LowcastleTech That is exactly what I did do. My only downside is that it doesn't like to run any games that feature 3D. Though, to be fair, it is a pretty old laptop. Thank you for getting back to me.
I imagine with the admitted driver debacle, it would probably be to much to see if performance improves with the nimez drivers. They were a bit of a pain but they were the difference in wouldn't even load vs solid 45-60 fps when I built my pc during the tailend of the covid gpu shortage.
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This is actually one of the more powerful OEM Radeon cards from that era.
Wow, what coincidental timing! I literally just did a video on the $40 LP RX 550, not much more expensive than this one, but definitely a lot more powerful! Nice vid!
Some of these small OEM gpus from the time were designed to be able to run in crossfire together with the integrated gpus in amds bulldozer APUs, the setup was also used a bit in laptops. Not sure if it was the case with this one specifically but there were a number of HP and possibly Dell pcs with this setup. It doesn't work particularly well on the HP I have though, and the gpu in that one doesn't even have display outputs on it and isn't any faster than the iGPU on it's own so it only really helps in the handful of apps where crossfire actually works.
1:21 Chair Desk Seal of Approval...yes 👌
I like that sound right near the chair desk and gpu part .
reminded me when Sam Beckett quantum leaps , similar sound.
excellent .
Back in the day, that card may have been OP, but those days are long gone, lol. I've gotta load up FO4 again after watching this tho.
I bought a Radeon R7 250 2GB GDDR3 (OEM) and am actually quite happy with it. Considering it's probably one of the cheapest used GPUs. Paired with a Phenom II X4 955 (95W) and 2x2GB DDR2-800, I'm able to play Hollow Knight maxed out (which was my goal), Wayward (secondary objective) Mass Effect 2, Dead Space, C&C3, Lego Lord of the Rings, Batman, and Indiana Jones, Fable 3. Lots of PS3/360 era PC games. Along with a whole mess of other indie games.
I overpaid for it due to the seller listing it as GDDR5, which doesn't exist for this 2GB model. But I've seen them going for like $12. I also have it in a PCIe v1.1 slot.
Hey terra i have a question Do you think you could comfortably play Osu! With that setup you mentioned above? Min requirements for Osu! ( A dope rhythm game btw) is 1ghz cpu with 512mb ram and 1gb gpu, My current setup was HWiD banned so im thinking of making a cheap build to play again after being false banned. I really hope you see this man 🎉🎉
Cloud. He'll just never get it
Pool Noodle SLAP!
Looks like you built a superb office PC. Those cards have good pdf rendering and will run 3D cad softwares as well.
Better than a school chromebook xd
Oh i have boxes of these Dell OEM R7s. They are not all created equal.
Pool noodles are a very important tool that should be in every person's toolbox. It is a very versatile tool. I use mine as a anti-distraction device. Whenever someone comes to distract me from my build, it takes usually about to wacks and they're usually gone.
I see that rascal Cloud is up to his usual shenanigans 😂 Time for Chair Desk to put him in his place once and for all 😂
😄 Cloud is out of control
xD, nice video man really entertaining!
Thank you!
Honestly better than expected, but definitely not worth giving someone actual money for
great vid
These are Great Budget cards for the price .good for a retro machine .Dell makes a RX550 low profile 4gb ddr5 .but they go for around 40 to 50 dollars on Ebay. Thanks for the Video
Tangent overload? Pool noodle activate!
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@@LowcastleTechGood evening.
@@Chicken_Soy Hello
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The Z240 in question is an S eF eF one, worth a note. The E3-1240 v5 is roughly a Core i7-6700, in case someone isn't sure.
That card is not too shabby for an OEM card. Definitely better than your random GT710s or 1030s...
Awesome video, try out those Dell OEM RX 550's sometime. They're usually 10-20 bucks more!
Thank you! I've had a couple other people mention that one as well, I will have to check that out.
Paste sand paper and emery boards oh my.
As far as I know, SFF guts can go into an ATX case. Then you can use (with an adapter) ATX PSU, and full size expansion cards.
NewEgg has mid size ATX cases for like $40 shipped.
put it in a server, as some extra video outputs, or maybe as a video player gpu
that card also runs very hot....
Still lookin for a faster single slot single stack heatsink due to confines of the dell case and power supply
I believe the r7 and similar cards are oem version of the HD series. I think the closest is the hd 7770. They're both based on the Cape Verde GPU. I like to look at passmarks video card benchmark comparison website. They give the following scores to these cards:
R7 450: 1935
Hd 7770: 2172
Hd 7790: 3090 (Xbox one)
Quadro k2200: 3545
Hope that information is useful somehow.
7750 has the same number of cores
The Radeon WX 2100 can be found for $35 and performs close to a GT 1030 or RX 460 for half the price
30$ GPU par with cheap office pc is actually very good deal if you want to do emulation compared to raspberry pi 4 current price
u should add msi afterbutner to your games so we can see a better metric on the PCs performance
E X P E C I A L L Y
😄 Old habits
I'm using an old Acer slimline with an Athlon xp4400 that came with Vista. I upgraded it to Windows 7 just because a lot of stuff wouldn't work. I kept all of my really old PC games so I use it to play those. Like Age of Empires II and Starcraft and stuff. I have Elder Scrolls Oblivion too that works okay. I have an old Radeon HD4600 in it. It's probably even worse than the GPU in this video, but it can play the old games of it's time okay. Instead of emulation, I just play the actual old PC games. Surprisingly, the computer can still do normal office tasks and TH-cam and web surfing with no problems.
Great vids. I am assuming you own more then that black shirt... :)
😄 Fair question. I have several black shirts, that are all very similar. Though I should likely get some different colors now 🤣. And glad you are liking the videos, thank you!
Dell optiplex 7020 crew
Poolnoodle pusing the boundaries!! Warp speed ... and beeeeyyyooonnnddd!!!
😄 Pool noodle, NO LIMITS
I'm Still Waiting on Beautifully Mounted 5-Below RGB on the Walls Behind You...
I don't even mention to people PS2 when I make charity systems: If they can Rock Wii, Dreamcast/PSP, then I call it done. My personal System can barely hit PS3, IM BROKE!
Well, Done Sir!
Some RGB on the wall could look cool, though I don't know if "beautifully mounted" quite describes anything I do. "Crude but mostly functional" is more of my style 😂.
@@LowcastleTech Half Ar$ed Home-Made is Always Best lol
The R7 450 smelled like a Cape Verde GPU - tech powerup confirmed that. The card will play e-sports titles just fine, but you may want to drop the resolution to 720 in more recent titles. Fortnite in performance mode should run ok at 1080p, better at 900p.
Entertainment? When did that start?
Can it survive the furnace?
Furnace, maybe. But the pool noodle, NOTHING SURVIVES THE POOL NOODLE
Psycho AB Lincoln makes me laugh with his wildness shit.
Odd question then, if you are trying to run a Gamecube/PS2 emulator on an old-ish laptop. Say, about 2016, how would you go about doing that?
PCSX2 is way too power hungry for that but Dolphin? with some frameskip - maybe?
What specs do you have?
I don't have a lot of experience with running emulators on top of Windows, but what I usually do is flash the Batocera operating system to an SSD. If you're not familiar it is a distribution of Linux with a focus primarily on emulation. And then remove the existing SSD in the computer and replace it with the Batocera SSD. After that you just kind of load the roms/bios, that kind of thing and it's ready to roll. How well it runs will depend on the specs and whatnot.
@LowcastleTech That is exactly what I did do. My only downside is that it doesn't like to run any games that feature 3D. Though, to be fair, it is a pretty old laptop.
Thank you for getting back to me.
@@Koutsie If I remember to check it, when I get home, I'll drop them here so we can have a look. It is a Toshiba Satellite, S50-D.
@@liamjones2131 No problem, thanks for checking out the video!
I imagine with the admitted driver debacle, it would probably be to much to see if performance improves with the nimez drivers.
They were a bit of a pain but they were the difference in wouldn't even load vs solid 45-60 fps when I built my pc during the tailend of the covid gpu shortage.
you can get gtx 750ti, gt 1030 in $30
Can it play Crysis, or is it a crysis
Everything I touch seems to become a crysis 😄
I like my modded 1030gt ai and my 1050gt ai
it's a good GPU for Windows Xp gaming
Fair point! I didn't really think about that, but would definitely be cool.
Now get another one and Crossfire them, I see it has 2 x16 slots.
A lot
pls only buy a rx 580 8gb when you got 30-60 bucks guys! it still plays everything fine