For XP gaming in that time frame personally I'd look into underclocking and undervolting a Geforce GTX 650 (Ti).

By default I'd recommend the Zotac GeForce GT 740 DDR5 LP, but it's rare and it appears to have 64W TDP.

The problem is that almost all your options are DDR3 with 64bit bus which cripple the cards. None of them are good for XP gaming past ~2005.

The best out of all that you listed is the HD5570 for it's 128bit bus. It should perform around the 8800GTS 320MB.

Doornkaat wrote on 2022-02-02, 10:44:

For XP gaming in that time frame personally I'd look into underclocking and undervolting a Geforce GTX 650 (Ti).

man this is perfect - yet I can not find it at all in my country, not new, not second hand. the zotac model is low profile, hard to find. thanks

RandomStranger wrote on 2022-02-02, 11:03:

By default I'd recommend the Zotac GeForce GT 740 DDR5 LP, but it's rare and it appears to have 64W TDP.

The problem is that almost all your options are DDR3 with 64bit bus which cripple the cards. None of them are good for XP gaming past ~2005.

The best out of all that you listed is the HD5570 for it's 128bit bus. It should perform around the 8800GTS 320MB.

thank you. so the 128 bits vs 64 bits plays a huge role

The best cards from AMD's side in your list are the 8570, the R5 240 and 340x.

All are GCN based with 384 shaders. The 340X is the highest clocked at ~1GHz.

However, for WindowsXP, only the HD 7000 series is supported with 32bit drivers, I don't know if any of these three would work.

If newer GCN cards can work on Windows XP, you might want to look at the RX 550. There are multiple models, an OEM with 64bit memorybus but the rest have 128bits, there's 512 shader versions and 640 shader ones.

There's also the HD 7750 (55W).

NitroX infinity wrote on 2022-02-02, 12:23:

However, for WindowsXP, only the HD 7000 series is supported with 32bit drivers, I don't know if any of these three would work.
If newer GCN cards can work on Windows XP, you might want to look at the RX 550. There are multiple models, an OEM with 64bit memorybus but the rest have 128bits, there's 512 shader versions and 640 shader ones.

GCN 1st and possibly 2nd generation only, with iCafe 9.000.300.3010 drivers... Modding the INF should work for models that aren't explicitly listed. The RX 550 is a no go.

the HD 5570 must be the one then, since gtx 650 is to hard to obtain.