4gb old or 2gb new

[jdstargamer]

Currently I have a gt 730 with 4gb of memory. What I'm looking to buy is either a 960 or 970 or 1050. Nothing ridiculous because I'm also buying a better cpu. Anyways, the newer gpu's are 2gb in my price range (about 100-130). What is the major difference between the two gpus (1050 2gb and 730 4gb)

 

[clutchc]

The GT 730 would never have the guts to utilize 4GB VRAM. If your budget limits you, go with the 1050 2GB. Or save a bit longer and get a 1050 Ti 4GB.

 

[jdstargamer]

The GT 730 would never have the guts to utilize 4GB VRAM. If your budget limits you, go with the 1050 2GB. Or save a bit longer and get a 1050 Ti 4GB.

 

[jdstargamer]

@clutchc yeah I am going to go with the 2gb 1050 from my 730. And I am buying a Ryzen 3 1300 to replace my fx4300 quad core. Thanks for the advice dude!

 

[clutchc]

@clutchc yeah I am going to go with the 2gb 1050 from my 730. And I am buying a Ryzen 3 1300 to replace my fx4300 quad core. Thanks for the advice dude!

I recently built a Ryzen 3 1200 budget gamer for someone. The little quad core is one heck of a performer for it's price. Can handle any card up to a 1060 6GB or RX-580 w/o bottleneck. You might want to save yourself some money on the CPU, get the 1200 instead, OC it, and put the savings towards the GPU. Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFRXzR8D8kw

 

[dontlistentome]

Fast beats slow, regardless of memory. The 1050 is just much faster.

What extra memory can do, in certain situations, is allow you to run the game at higher settings since you won't run out of vram as fast. However, a slow card like the 730 is not fast enough to run games well anyways even at low settings, so you certainly would not want to try and raise settings when using it.

 

[jdstargamer]

The GT 730 would never have the guts to utilize 4GB VRAM. If your budget limits you, go with the 1050 2GB. Or save a bit longer and get a 1050 Ti 4GB.

I compared the gtx 960 2gb with the 1050 2gb and suprisingly the 960 was better.