Nvidia vs AMD

[Prasad64]

what will be the difference in Nvidia GT610 2GB ddr3 and AMD R5 230 1GB ddr3 ??? What's the difference in these cards? As I saw in the futuremark tests...it showed gt 610 scored 540 points whereas r5 230 scored 1760 points....so is the r5 230 better???

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... What kind of computer work/play/Program do you want use with this hardware purchase?

 

[Prasad64]

Nothing...just my little brother wants to play normal games on the home pc...at 720p...

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... the GTX750 or GTX 750ti is a very good base level, low power Gaming card... treat your brother GOOD!!! he might grow up Bigger than you B )
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=GeForce+GTX+750

 

[Sakkura]

I have a AMD phenom 2 x2 560 black edition
And planning to put Gigabyte R5 230 2 gb ddr3 card....so will there be any problem regarding the bottlenecking ??

Well no... it will run bad either way. I would really, really recommend trying to find the cash for a better card. Doesn't have to be a much more expensive card, just an R7 240 is a LOT better.

 

[Prasad64]

I don't want to spend much money for now...so what if I install R5 230 for now...and then in a year I think about installing a better card...like R7 260X or R7 360...will I be able to crossfire then? I mean does the R5 support crossfire?

 

[Prasad64]

And the last question I have....is the new crimson driver 16.1.1 supporting R5 230???

 

[maxalge]

I don't want to spend much money for now...so what if I install R5 230 for now...and then in a year I think about installing a better card...like R7 260X or R7 360...will I be able to crossfire then? I mean does the R5 support crossfire?

no, CF requires same model 260x + 260x for example

 

[Sakkura]

And the last question I have....is the new crimson driver 16.1.1 supporting R5 230???

The last non-beta driver for that card seems to be the 15.7.1 from last summer, but there is a 16.2.1 beta driver available.

Since the R5 230 is rebranded from the old HD 6000 series, I would not expect much in the way of driver support or updates.

 

[Prasad64]

Finally, asked my dad for it...made up my mind to buy R7 240....but confused nw...
Will my cpu face bottlenecking now?
Amd phenom 2 x2 560 black edition
450W PSU
Gigabyte M68MT-S2 motherboard
4 gb ram

 

[Prasad64]

I have a option to buy Sapphire R7 240 1 Gb GDDR5 and Gigabyte R7 240 2 GB DDR3.... which should I buy? I've used gigabyte products for a long time...don't know about Sapphire? Is it good? And what difference does a GDD5 card and DDR3 card really make on games??

 

[Sakkura]

I think the Phenom 2 x2 560 and R7 240 are a decent match. A faster graphics card would just be held back by the CPU, and upgrading the CPU would just leave no money for the graphics card.

The GDDR5 version is faster, and it doesn't really matter that it's only 1GB instead of 2GB. Sapphire tends to make some of the best AMD graphics cards, though with cheap cards like this the brand usually doesn't matter.

 

[Prasad64]

Sir, what actual difference does it make while playing games on the gddr5 and DDR3? I mean what difference can we actually notice?? And what's the real difference in these versions?

 

[Ironsounds]

Hello... It's all in the hardware B ) there is no Magic going on here... Electronics is not to the point of 'ReaL Time" Like our senses and brain work. GDDR5 is closer to real time than DDR3... But as I like to say " it takes 300msec too blink"
Original TV's broadcasts are 25-30 fps, in relation... But when gaming a faster FPS will help you too make fast decisions, and your scores improve. If your brain can handle the faster DATA, why not give it to it?

 

[Sakkura]

Sir, what actual difference does it make while playing games on the gddr5 and DDR3? I mean what difference can we actually notice?? And what's the real difference in these versions?

The GDDR5 memory chips are just a lot faster. Effectively 4.5 GHz instead of 1.8 GHz. That means the main GPU chip on the card won't be sitting around waiting for data to arrive from memory, so it can always perform to its full ability.

The performance difference in games will vary depending on how memory-intensive the game and settings are, but there should be a noticeable difference in most cases.

 

[Prasad64]

Ok Sir....got it...thank you to all...for clearing all my confusion...thanks a lot to help me in choosing the card...

 

[Prasad64]

Just a last confirmation....is the 450W PSU enough for R7 240?

 

[Sakkura]

450W is way more than plenty, as long as the PSU is decent quality.

 

[Prasad64]

Sir, what do you mean by decent quality? I mean in what way?

 

[Sakkura]

The way it's designed and built, and the components used in it, determine whether it will be able to safely deliver the power it promises. Low-quality power supplies can fail even when you're drawing much less power than they're rated for, but good quality power supplies won't.

At least your system will draw very little power, so the risk of power supply problems is minimized.

 

[Shiny_Sword]

actually no, its much more likely at the lower end scale because the cpu's are much weaker while running lower resolutions

Well if you're running a CPU that would bottleneck a GT 610 or R5 230, you're screwed anyway. More likely you'd have a much more powerful CPU.

i would like to know how you think so when most people dont even run a quad core of any kind



most people dont even run 1080p XD

"most people dont even run 1080p"..? Are you serious? ALL MONITORS ON THE MARKET RIGHT NOW ARE 1080P. It doesn't even make a huge FPS difference either (from 720p to 1080p). Also most people that I know have a quad core, or at least a 3 core (fx 6300) or in some cases an i3. But those are minorities from what I've seen.