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Looking for a more powerful low profile card for media pc.
It works great for movie playing and older games, but I am looking to see if someone makes something with a little more umph so I can power some newer games with it. Since my TV is a lot bigger than my monitor it would be cool to have the PC be able to play action games or something. The CPU in the PC is a AMD Athlon II X2 245 and it has 4 gigs of ram, so the video card is where I need to update things a bit. I can play Bastion and Limbo, stuff like that, but how about Batman or something. I dont need to run stuff at some super high resolution with 16xAA or AF, dont care about that, I just want stuff to run smoothly so I can sit back on the couch instead of my computer desk.
It's a smaller case, only 3 inches or so high, not a tower, so it needs to be a low profile card to sit in it.
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I think the 6570 is the same as a 5570, just the newer rev: http://www.amazon.com/EAH6570-1GD3-LP-Radeon-Video/dp/tech-data/B004X8EOB6/ref=de_a_smtd
5450 and 5570 reviewed: http://www.silentpcreview.com/ati-5450-5570
This guy had to mod his 5670, but I can't find that card: http://www.ski-epic.com/2011_low_profile_gaming_graphics_card/index.html
If you were in the asian market you might could get this: http://akiba.kakaku.com/pc/1108/06/233000.php