DDR5 vs DDR3

[IAm Victories]

is AMD ATI HIS R7 250 iCooler 1GB GDDR5 better than Asus GeForce® GT 740 2GB 128 Bit GDDR3

 

[plaintuts]

Both are weak cards, but generally a gddr5 has faster memory

 

[Novuake]

The GDDR5 version of the R7 250 is A LOT better.

 

[photonboy]

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/pc-components/3533832/asus-radeon-r7-250-1gb-review/

"...but there are versions of the 250 restricted to GDDR3, and you should avoid those."

(They probably mean "DDR3" not "GDDR3" but that answers your question. Either way, I'd recommend a 2GB video card with a bit more processing power for any type of gaming.)

*For 32-bit Windows you should get a 1GB video card as it can only address 4GB in total which includes system and video memory and minor other things. For example, a 2GB video card might limit you to about 1.8GB of System memory if you have 2GB or more installed whereas a 1GB card would allow about 2.8GB if you have at least that much installed. Below 1GB of VRAM and you'd have far too many issues with games.

GPU comparison (not all cards listed): https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/25.html

Price comparison: http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/video-card/

Best value is best performance vs price (as well as quality and features). If you can afford it I recommend one of these cards:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-1003662l
or
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r7260xcnf4

 

[LucoTF]

At that sort of level I would always choose 1gb ddr5 over 2gb ddr3

 

[DzOnIxD]

Even 1gb of ddr 5 is much better than 4gb of ddr 3 , because you practically won't be needing that much memory when its slow.

 

[Sig2525]

DDR5 twice the speed of DDR3

i would get a 1gb ddr5 over 2gb ddr3 any day.