Graphics Cards for older Hardware

[snk13]

I was doing some research on cheap graphic's cards and stumbled upon a couple nice ones

http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=Radeon%20R7%20250&linkCode=ur2&tag=myblorev-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=ZWT46KZVTROB5PE2

http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=Radeon%20HD%206670&linkCode=ur2&tag=myblorev-20&url=search-alias%3Daps

Does it matter what kind of hardware I have if I want to install one of these?

Or if I use an out dated OS (aka Vista)

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[Zeblote]

wrong board

[snk13]

wrong board

I need this to help me play blockland so this is kinda the right board...

[Frontrox]

Vista is fine just make sure the parts can actually fit into your motherboard.

[honytawk]

The difference between the cards is that the Radeon HD 6670 has a PCI Express 2.1 x16 connection and the Radeon R7 250 has PCI-Express 3.0 x16.
So you have to look at your motherboard to see what PCIe slots it has.

If it is a 2.x slot, it doesn't matter
If it is a 3.x slot, you are better off with the Radeon R7 250


You cant do much wrong buying any of those.
If one works, the other will work too.

If you want a comparison between the cards:
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R7-250-vs-Radeon-HD-6670
http://www.hwcompare.com/15336/radeon-hd-6670-oem-1gb-vs-radeon-r7-250/