amd radeon r7 240 or nvidia gt 630

vijayboopathy

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I have a gt210 ( I know this card sucks) right now and looking forward to upgrade... my price range is around 100$ more or less... I got some idea about the two cards mentioned above... Which one is best for gaming?
 

its pcie 3.0... But my board supports 2.0 only. What about that?
 
i'd go for the R7:
there are 2 known GF 630 revisions: the first one is definitely a "no", since its calculation power is not worth upgrading
rev.2 however, is a good one in GPU (much more powerful than the R7!), but comes with a 64bit bus with and a DDR3 memory controller, which will make it perform poorly in games compared to what the chip can actually do.
so I'd go for the R7, but get your hands on a GDDR5 version if possible, not ddr3.
 
I wouldn't waste my time or money on either of them because the performance increase would be so slight that you may not even notice one at all. If you want to upgrade, get AT LEAST a Radeon HD 7750. Otherwise, you're upgrading for the sake of upgrading, nothing more. Save your money and get a card that will actually make a difference. It's only an extra $30 or so.
 


Going for HD 7750 😀 Thank you :)
 


Can I fit HD 7550 with the same slot of GT210?
 


I have a 450W PSU. So that is not a worry at all. But my only doubt is can I fit it in the same slot of GT210? Will it fit properly?
 

I just measured ... Its about 9.5cm long... So is it enough... And It seems that card doesn't have a vga port? :s