[SOLVED] nvidia 440 vs 730

[.valkyrie.]

hey guys
both of them have 2 GB DDR3
gigabyte 440
msi 730
does it worth upgrading? (free upgrade)

for playing dota 2

 

[SoNic67]

The GT730 comes in two flavors. One with GF108 chip (same as in some GT440, older Fermi, 96 cores, 128bit DDR3 memory, 268GFlops SP), and with Kepler chip GK208 (384 cores, 693GFlops SP, but also two variants of memory - 64bit DDR3 or 64 bit DDR5).
GT440 came also with GF106, 144 cores, 342GFlops SP.

Therefore I would consider only the GT730 with DDR5 as an "upgrade". Maybe the DDR3, if is the 64 bit (Kepler), not the 128 bit (Fermi).

 

[.valkyrie.]

how should i know if this 730 DDR3 version , is either fermi or kepler?
all i know is , its 730, 2GB , DDR3 , and the brand is MSI ( with a small FAN)

 

[SoNic67]

Does it say somewhere "128 bit"? Then is Fermi.
Or try it with GPU-Z.

 

[.valkyrie.]

well all i have , is an access to a picture from labels on VGA ( itself, not the BOx)
and i cant see anything about it being 64 or 128 BIT

also this VGA belong to my fiend, and his PSU is broken, he cant turn his system on. so i cant use GPu Z, PluS, my PC is in another City so....

 

[.valkyrie.]

its 128 BIT
should i avoid Free upgrade? i cant see anything is GPU Z about it being fermi or kepler, so ?

even if it is Fermi, does it mean i cant use new nvidia driver even if its 730?
does it use 38W as other 730?(440 is 65w)

 

[SoNic67]

If is 128 bit, then it is Fermi based. It will still use the "730" driver, since it's an official "fake", but performance-wise is not different than the 440.
Not sure of future support between those two, probably the 730 will be supported longer, including the Fermi variant.
Not that it matters too much for those cards.

Being free, I would ask for it and try it.

Below is the link nVidia has for that card, with the three variants, including the power:

https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-730/specifications