Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Budget Builds Episode where today we're taking a look at a bit of an Nvidia Abomination, but one that poeple constantly ask if we can look at...Mostly because they've seen that I own one (Thanks Dell for putting this in Alienware Gaming PCs)...But yes today we're taking a look at probably one of the worst Nvidia cards to ever bare the name "GTX". Complete with DDR Based VRAM, Half the cores of an entry level card...And best of all Nvidia still supports this card with updates...It is ofcourse the GTX745!
Intro - 0:00
What is this card? - 0:19
Installing the card & Where did this come from? - 1:15
So why did they make this GTX 745 - 3:15
We try and "run" 3D Mark - 4:43
Does it overclock at all? 5:50
Running its first modern Benchmark... - 6:30
Can it launch a modern game? - 7:22
The Specs - 8:15
3D Mark Stock vs Overclock / Progression & Comparison to GTX 750Ti - 9:42
Whats the plan for testing today? - 11:30
The Benchmarks (Start) - 12:37
GTA V Legacy & GTA O Legacy - 12:38
GTA V Enhanced & Online - 14:03
Counter Strike 2 - 15:23
Counter Strike GO - 16:31
BeamNG - 17:28
Arc Raiders - 18:32
Cyberpunk 2077 - 19:58
Fortnite - 21:09
M&B Bannerlord - 22:10
PUBG - 23:11
Rust - 24:11
Sims 4 - 25:15
Fallout 4: Anniversary - 26:17
Crysis Remastered - 27:12
Thoughts on the performance (and crashes) - 28:11
Thermals and Power Consumption - 29:53
Extra Features...and....This has and NVENC Encoder??? - 31:13
Can it handle retro games (Halo, CSS, Battlefront 1, Fable TLC) - 32:33
My thoughts on the worst GTX - 35:00
Patreon: patreon.com/BudgetBuilds
Twitter: twitter.com/Budget_Builds_
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/budgetbuildsoff...
Second Channel: youtube.com/@budgetbuildsliveunofficial7896
Discord: discord.gg/YUCPJWqjRE
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Budget Builds Episode where today we're taking a look at a bit of an Nvidia Abomination, but one that poeple constantly ask if we can look at...Mostly because they've seen that I own one (Thanks Dell for putting this in Alienware Gaming PCs)...But yes today we're taking a look at probably one of the worst Nvidia cards to ever bare the name "GTX". Complete with DDR Based VRAM, Half the cores of an entry level card...And best of all Nvidia still supports this card with updates...It is ofcourse the GTX745!
Intro - 0:00
What is this card? - 0:19
Installing the card & Where did this come from? - 1:15
So why did they make this GTX 745 - 3:15
We try and "run" 3D Mark - 4:43
Does it overclock at all? 5:50
Running its first modern Benchmark... - 6:30
Can it launch a modern game? - 7:22
The Specs - 8:15
3D Mark Stock vs Overclock / Progression & Comparison to GTX 750Ti - 9:42
Whats the plan for testing today? - 11:30
The Benchmarks (Start) - 12:37
GTA V Legacy & GTA O Legacy - 12:38
GTA V Enhanced & Online - 14:03
Counter Strike 2 - 15:23
Counter Strike GO - 16:31
BeamNG - 17:28
Arc Raiders - 18:32
Cyberpunk 2077 - 19:58
Fortnite - 21:09
M&B Bannerlord - 22:10
PUBG - 23:11
Rust - 24:11
Sims 4 - 25:15
Fallout 4: Anniversary - 26:17
Crysis Remastered - 27:12
Thoughts on the performance (and crashes) - 28:11
Thermals and Power Consumption - 29:53
Extra Features...and....This has and NVENC Encoder??? - 31:13
Can it handle retro games (Halo, CSS, Battlefront 1, Fable TLC) - 32:33
My thoughts on the worst GTX - 35:00
Patreon: patreon.com/BudgetBuilds
Twitter: twitter.com/Budget_Builds_
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/budgetbuildsoff...
Second Channel: youtube.com/@budgetbuildsliveunofficial7896
Discord: discord.gg/YUCPJWqjRE
