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[Aaryaman Piplani]

The thing is i am looking for a graphic card and am stuck between 2 choices gt 610 or 750 ti.

my specs:

core 2 duo e7500 @ 2.93 ghz
9400gt
200 w psu
1 tb hard drive
stock cooler
4 gb ddr2 ram

I realise that gtx 750 requires pci e 3.0 but i read that they are backwards compatible too .


So my 2 questions are :-

1- get gtx 750 even though i have pci e 2.0 or get the gt 610?
2- if i get one of them which will not heavily bottleneck my cpu, or if the bottleneck by them will be very minimal ?

3- please list the minimum wattage of psu required to run either of them.

 

[tambeshakunt]

1) Yes there is no problem regarding 2.0 and 3.0. It is fully backwards compatible and you will hardly notice a difference.
2) The 750Ti is a WAY stronger card than the GT 610. You might get a little bottleneck in some GPU intensive games but not too much. Also, answering 3), most 750Ti's need PCIe power and to help with bottlenecking too, I suggest a GTX 750 (Not Ti.) This will ensure no bottleneck, and most 750s can run off the 75W that is in the PCI lane itself. You do have a very weak PSU but this is also a very efficient card. Something like this:
http://www.cclonline.com/product/151172/ZT-70702-10M/Graphics-Cards/ZOTAC-GeForce-GTX-750-1GB-Graphics-Card-PCi-E-DVI-HDMI-VGA/VGA2480/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-PU0vg_2VdUkNi.LXW_cUpA Which does not need additional power.

 

[jb6684]

Get the GTX 750Ti for sure, latest Maxwell GPU with FAR more power than the obsolete GT 610....

Power supply, your's Might just work, review shows system under load drawing 185watts. But I wouldn't think of trying it. Purchase a new 350--400watt power supply to be sure and safe. Anything smaller is almost always of very, very poor quality and reliability. Corsair, XFX, Antec are very good brands.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7764/the-nvidia-geforce-gtx-750-ti-and-gtx-750-review-maxwell/22