10 year old PC, new GPU?

Lanz · 1 Jul 2020 at 10:00

Hi
My boy wanted a PC to play Fortnite, so i dusted off my old PC from the loft.
It has x58, 4/8c Xeon, 6GB, SSD and Radeon HD 5850. It still works ok apart from the gpu, so what 2nd hand card should i be looking for to give him a reasonable fortnite framerate at 1080p?

I really don't want to spend any money - as it's probably a fad as we'll be getting PS5 at the end of year.

cheers

Lanz · 1 Jul 2020 at 10:21

Under £40 sound better! I'm flogging a dead horse here, i've yet to test how the current HD 5850 plays, but seeing as the last driver was in 2015, I'm not holding much hope.

Lanz · 1 Jul 2020 at 10:32

Oh i forgot to mention, i have a 700W ocz700sxs2 PSU, so maybe that wont work with these older, high end cards?

Lanz · 2 Jul 2020 at 17:14

I tested the old HD5850 and it was ticking along at about 40fps at low. It was good enough for him to get practicing with the mouse and keyboard. Meanwhile, I’ll keep my eyes out for a sub £50 bargain.
Cheers