Reddit reviews VisionTek Radeon 5450 2GB DDR3 (DVI-I, HDMI, VGA) Graphics Card - 900861,Black/Red
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The VisionTek Radeon HD 5450 Series GPUs fully support Microsoft DirectX 11Dolby TrueHD and DTSHD Master Audio Support: Content protected, high bandwidth, 7.1 channels of surround sound over HDMI.Avivo Technology Enhanced Unified Video Decoder 2 (UVD 2)Dual or Two Monitor support: HDMI, DVI, VGA (configurations require an adapter that is sold separately). Designed for full size case installationsPCI Express based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard, download of updated video drivers may be required to use this unitOnly supports up to two monitorsDesigned for full size case installationsBe aware that you may need to download updated video drivers to use this unit
2013 was in the middle of AMD's CPU winter, meaning you were realistically only looking to buy Intel chips. Unless you were in high-end desktop/workstation land (at which point you're not getting your information from Linus Tech Tips), these all came with integrated graphics. Something like a 3570k, a sensible buy at its launch in Q2'12, would have supported three monitors with its HD4000 graphics.
If you just want more ports, you go cheaper and grab something like this, which gets you the same three ports for half the price. Back in 2013, we find analogous models below the r7 240. My understanding is that at that level of performance, you're taking silicon that didn't make the cut for higher-end products and would otherwise be waste, so the costs are mainly the ports/cooler/bracket/labor/transportation, which are factors not subject to Moore's-law-but-slower-now, such that pricing hasn't changed in the past five years.
All that said, I agree with your larger point. In fact, contrary to Linus's anti-recommendation, I am currently booting off a 58GB 800P, following reasoning similar to yours. I have a 16TB RAID array of spinning disks and don't run a comically bloated OS, so 58GB is plenty for everything I do that's I/O sensitive. (Also, eyeballing how long it takes me to open Chromium and LibreOffice, looks like I'm opening them in under one-tenth the time Linus did on Windows 10. Maybe because I'm not subject to overhead from NSA spyware that looks at my dick pics and watches me jack off?). I absolutely paid ~$2/GB, rather than ~$0.4/GB, which absolutely made sense for my use case because the extra 440GB of a similarly-priced 970 EVO would be wasted on me.
There certainly exist "reasonable" utility functions (insofar as they're monotonic, etc) which choose the r7 240, although they're uncommon to nonexistent among IRL GPU buyers in general, much less Linus's gamer-centric audience. And really, by the time you're such an edge case, you know you're such an edge case—and are still able to enjoy such a rant for its entertainment value. So, in the end, I'll ding Linus a few points for theoretic impurity, while noting that he fundamentally achieved his stated goals of (1) criticizing a product and (2) explaining why he doesn't bother with low-end products.
Yeah, you can buy an ArcadeVGA card, but it's overpriced IMO. I bought a VisionTek Radeon 5450 2GB and used drivers that force it to only output the modes the monitor will support.
I paid like $40 for it on Amazon, better than the $90 for the less powerful ArcadeVGA. It's double the memory for less than half the price.
Ok so I've researched a bit and I'll probably go the crt_emudriver route. I've seen the lists of compatible cards, but is there any reason to get a particular one? Should I just buy this? Is there a slim card I could get? I don't think a regular one will fit in the PC case, although not a dealbreaker because I can always just run it without a case.
Also, is there any way to get a J-pac without paying $20 shipping?
sounds like you might have a system part or more that has a high chance of taken electric surge damage. Here are two video cards that are cheap that you can try out if you want to Amazon link $40 newegg link $40 since its obvious that your video is a current issue you could get one of these cards to use and test. if it works then you have a dead GPU. if it does not work. the odds of other damaged components will grow dramatically.
Just throw in the cheapest GPU you can find that has HDMI output.
Boom, problem solved for like $40.
https://www.amazon.com/VisionTek-Radeon-5450-DVI-I-Graphics/dp/B01CN1F1ZM/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=GPU+with+HDMI&qid=1566842699&s=gateway&sr=8-14