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Dear All,

 

My many years old PC got stroke by lightning on November last year. I'm pretty much sure the damage is only on the graphic card (based on previous thunder strike cases). But it's difficult now to find any new nor even second handed Pixelview 9500gt to replace the burnt one.

 

Can anyone suggest what is the OOB graphic card which is compatible with aging mobo (LGA775) as my P41T-ES3G v1? The processor is still C2D E7500. My x86 was running Yosemite at the moment it got stroke by lightning.

 

Many thanks in advance.

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I use Nvidia GT 740 (Kepler GPU) which works OOB (disabled grapic injection in chameleon, not needed) . Before that i had an GT 640 - also OOB, 740 is about 20% faster.

Works with OS X drivers and! NvidiaWeb.

I have also old 775 GA Mainbord with Quad 8400 cpu.

 

I would avoid Fermi (working but some freezes, more power consumtion) and Maxwell GPU (you need NvidiaWeb driver - problem of updates and not full compatible - we wait for Apple Maxwell/pascal drivers)

 

So look for an Kepler GPU type - depends of speed and price you want to pay. Used ones are also available :)

Highend Kepler GPU type would be not a good deal, because you would need then also much faster CPU to get full speed advantage.

GT 640 (Kepler) / GT 740.

GTX 750 Ti maybe also good , faster than GT 740 and not oversized for the low end CPU.

 

Here List of GPu type 600 , 700 - because its really difficult to guess which card type has which gpu type (Fermi/Kelper).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_600_series

700:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_700_series

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I use Nvidia GT 740 (Kepler GPU) which works OOB (disabled grapic injection in chameleon, not needed) . Before that i had an GT 640 - also OOB, 740 is about 20% faster.

Works with OS X drivers and! NvidiaWeb.

I have also old 775 GA Mainbord with Quad 8400 cpu.

 

I would avoid Fermi (working but some freezes, more power consumtion) and Maxwell GPU (you need NvidiaWeb driver - problem of updates and not full compatible - we wait for Apple Maxwell/pascal drivers)

 

So look for an Kepler GPU type - depends of speed and price you want to pay. Used ones are also available :)

Highend Kepler GPU type would be not a good deal, because you would need then also much faster CPU to get full speed advantage.

GT 640 (Kepler) / GT 740.

GTX 750 Ti maybe also good , faster than GT 740 and not oversized for the low end CPU.

 

Here List of GPu type 600 , 700 - because its really difficult to guess which card type has which gpu type (Fermi/Kelper).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_600_series

700:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_700_series

Thanks for valuable information. GT750 Ti doesn't seems to be available anywhere near my living. So I'll look for GT740 or 640. Would it be a problem if previously the size was 1GB (DDR2) then I plug in 2 or more GB (DDR3 or DDR5) into it?

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For a really cheap option (If you don't want games but just basic compatibility) the GT 210 would suffice. In my country (Australia) one can be picked up for $20 AUD. It works OOB with GraphicsEnabler=Yes for Chameleon and nVidia injection in Clover. A GT 610 is also another option if you want a step up.

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For a really cheap option (If you don't want games but just basic compatibility) the GT 210 would suffice. In my country (Australia) one can be picked up for $20 AUD. It works OOB with GraphicsEnabler=Yes for Chameleon and nVidia injection in Clover. A GT 610 is also another option if you want a step up.

I'm not a heavy gamer. Just a basic user. Also since the OSX support on C2D processor is getting fewer and fewer, I don't think spending much on graphic card for such an old rig is going to be worthy enough anyway. But I'll look forward for all the suggestion above, and put them into consideration.

 

Thanks.

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You can not upgrade  any memory (VRAM)  to an grafikcard.

With less game usage or only casual 2D, small 3D games usage 1 GB VRAM is enough. 

Avoid old DDR2 VRAM cards. THat slow VRAM makes the older gpus even more slow. Take DDR3 or DDR5 VRAM (not DDR2) - and better less VRAM1 GB with faster DDR3/5 as more 2 GB VRAM with slower DDR2 VRAM.

Some older GPUs are available with 2 GB VRAM but slow DDR2/3 VRAM - better buy the 1 GB DDR3 / DDR5 VRAM version. For gaming - there its good to have more VRAM - the old gpus are to slow,

doesnt matter 1 or 2 GB VRAM.

 

Speed hint:

If you not already use an SSD as HD type, buy one. This is much faster in all day usage (booting >= 3 times, App start >= 2 times, App usage often better like Safari browsing).

128 GB SSDs are worldwide now cheap - and is normaly enough in combination with an HD (500 GB .... 2 TB) where you have place for big data (Musik, Video,...).

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You can not upgrade  any memory (VRAM)  to an grafikcard.

With less game usage or only casual 2D, small 3D games usage 1 GB VRAM is enough. 

Avoid old DDR2 VRAM cards. THat slow VRAM makes the older gpus even more slow. Take DDR3 or DDR5 VRAM (not DDR2) - and better less VRAM1 GB with faster DDR3/5 as more 2 GB VRAM with slower DDR2 VRAM.

Some older GPUs are available with 2 GB VRAM but slow DDR2/3 VRAM - better buy the 1 GB DDR3 / DDR5 VRAM version. For gaming - there its good to have more VRAM - the old gpus are to slow,

doesnt matter 1 or 2 GB VRAM.

 

Speed hint:

If you not already use an SSD as HD type, buy one. This is much faster in all day usage (booting >= 3 times, App start >= 2 times, App usage often better like Safari browsing).

128 GB SSDs are worldwide now cheap - and is normaly enough in combination with an HD (500 GB .... 2 TB) where you have place for big data (Musik, Video,...).

agee. thanks. games are too heavy (

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You can not upgrade  any memory (VRAM)  to an grafikcard.

With less game usage or only casual 2D, small 3D games usage 1 GB VRAM is enough. 

Avoid old DDR2 VRAM cards. THat slow VRAM makes the older gpus even more slow. Take DDR3 or DDR5 VRAM (not DDR2) - and better less VRAM1 GB with faster DDR3/5 as more 2 GB VRAM with slower DDR2 VRAM.

Some older GPUs are available with 2 GB VRAM but slow DDR2/3 VRAM - better buy the 1 GB DDR3 / DDR5 VRAM version. For gaming - there its good to have more VRAM - the old gpus are to slow,

doesnt matter 1 or 2 GB VRAM.

 

Speed hint:

If you not already use an SSD as HD type, buy one. This is much faster in all day usage (booting >= 3 times, App start >= 2 times, App usage often better like Safari browsing).

128 GB SSDs are worldwide now cheap - and is normaly enough in combination with an HD (500 GB .... 2 TB) where you have place for big data (Musik, Video,...).

One does not simply use a 1GB VRAM card... Upgrade the VRAM with this guide here, although you are pretty much destined to fail. It's really risky and no computer geek would recommend it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnnU5-83QUM.

Good as an experiment I guess?

 

Best regards,

 

- Matt

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Yep, but you must buy that bigger sized VRAM chips, beside unsolder/soldering.

For low cost gpu cards no value (chip cost, shipping cost and! they are after that as slow as before, because gpu same!) - more an "we can do that" :)

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it's alive...!!!

 

 

Nice! Out of curiosity, which GPU did you end up choosing in the end?

 

Best regards,

 

- Matt

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There is a tutorial on the site which must not be named. You can find it if you google "GT 210 HDMI Audio" and it is the first one that pops up. Try that and see if it works. Just don't discuss the site here.

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