GT730 vs r7 250 or wait

[sb1370]

My brother is going to buy a new graphics card in next 2 months.
Considering his budget I could find GT730 and r7 250(both are 2GB 128 bit).
He upgrade rarely so future games support is preferred to high quality gaming. (The only reason he is upgrading is that new games no longer support DirectX 10 graphics, otherwise he doesn't matter playing in low details)
What do you suggest? Isn't it better to wait for next gen graphics with full DirectX 12 support?

 

[renz496]

even if you get current generation of card i don't think it will be a problem. i don't think there will be DX12 only game even by the time win 10 arrive. i'm sure there will be DX12 exclusive game in the future but it will not be here that soon. maybe after 2 or 3 years after DX12 introduction. even some of DX12 function (that doesn't need new hardware) can be run on current DX11 gpu.

 

[boosted1g]

You are talking about future game support for 2 very low end cards.

What you should be doing is saving up to get a half decent card (minimum a GTX 750 ti) instead of worrying about what games you can play on low settings 2 years from now.

 

[sb1370]

He doesn't want to invest much for a graphics card.

 

[sb1370]

According to what I read in internet I sorted these graphics by this order:
1. R7 250
2. R7 240
3. GT730

I had no experience with Radeon graphics, and it seems that NVidia supports its products longer than AMD. Also they optimize their driver for new games.
What do you think?

 

[boosted1g]

Nvidia has more driver releases then AMD, between a 240 and 730 if I HAD to pick one of the two I would go with the 730.
Either way they are both very low end and will barley play games on low at 720p, the directx 12 concern is practically mute because it is doubtful these cards will meet minimum requirements for next generation games.

I bet if you want until black Friday/cyber Monday a much better card like the 750ti or r7-260x will be less then $100

 

[sb1370]

Unfortunately I'm not in US.

 

[achilleasatha]

For 5$ more you can get a GT 740 which is the one I bought about 4 months ago. So far I am extremely happy with it. For very little money you get a small beast. At the moments it's running current games on high settings in 40-120FPS. I'd definitely recommend it, be it 730/740 Nvidia has done a pretty good job in providing a cheap powerful solution for entry gaming.

Also from personal experience I'd stay away from AMD products be it processors, GPUs or w/e. Much less support in the long run and inferior quality. Yet Nvidia products tend to be a bit more expensive.

 

[sb1370]

But GT 740 is far more expensive at (my) local market.
I agree with you, but in benchmarks r7 750 scores pretty well compared to Nvidia counterparts.

 

[sb1370]

And about 1GB GDDR5 vs 2GB DDR3 what do you say?
Can't shared memory satisfy more memory demanding games and hence make 1GB DDR5 better?

 

[achilleasatha]

The 730 will do it's fine. unless you want to play some really high end demanding games