Picked up (what I thought was) a great deal on an Lenovo quad core i5 desktop, but in my haste to snag it I didnt notice that it's SFF. Since my son wants to do some gaming, I figured I could upgrade the GPU as a holiday gift. Currently has an an integrated 4600.
From surfing the web, it appears that the top two choices for SFF video cards are VisonTek and GalaxyTech. As Galaxy is only available thru their own site (READ: no discounts, no coupons) and VisionTek is everywhere with discounts (potential $50 off either VT at TigerDirect if I order today AND tax free), I'm looking at VisionTek.
I think I have it narrowed down to these two at roughly the same price:
V261-7772 :: VisionTek Radeon HD 7750 900549 Video Card - 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 1x HDMI, DirectX 11, CrossFire Ready, Low Profile, SFF
https://www.visiontek.com/images/datasheets/900549.pdf
and
V261-7752 :: VisionTek Radeon HD 7750 900574 Video Card - 1GB DDR3, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x DisplayPort, 2x HDMI, DirectX 11, CrossFire, Low Profile, Fan, Heatsink
https://www.visiontek.com/images/datasheets/900574.pdf
First impulse is to lean toward the DDR5 model (which is also $6 less than the DDR3 model). Is there anything else I should really be noticing? Does either GPU appear better than the other, save for the display outputs?
TIA
From surfing the web, it appears that the top two choices for SFF video cards are VisonTek and GalaxyTech. As Galaxy is only available thru their own site (READ: no discounts, no coupons) and VisionTek is everywhere with discounts (potential $50 off either VT at TigerDirect if I order today AND tax free), I'm looking at VisionTek.
I think I have it narrowed down to these two at roughly the same price:
V261-7772 :: VisionTek Radeon HD 7750 900549 Video Card - 1GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 1x HDMI, DirectX 11, CrossFire Ready, Low Profile, SFF
https://www.visiontek.com/images/datasheets/900549.pdf
and
V261-7752 :: VisionTek Radeon HD 7750 900574 Video Card - 1GB DDR3, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x DisplayPort, 2x HDMI, DirectX 11, CrossFire, Low Profile, Fan, Heatsink
https://www.visiontek.com/images/datasheets/900574.pdf
First impulse is to lean toward the DDR5 model (which is also $6 less than the DDR3 model). Is there anything else I should really be noticing? Does either GPU appear better than the other, save for the display outputs?
TIA