Best for the Budget

TheAnswer3 · Oct 21, 2012

I am looking for a graphics card around $90 for mid level gaming at med-high settings I am looking at two cards. It has com down to AMD vs. Nvidia. These are the cards:

GeForce GT 640 1GB:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162113

Radeon HD 6670 1GB DDR5:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127586

I'm leaning towards the GT640 it's a factory overclocked card with a faster memory and core clock. And my PSU is only 400w. My CPU is an AMD athlon II x3 450. 8GB RAM. Is there a big difference between DDR5 and DDR3 even if it is 2x faster?

Knufire · Oct 21, 2012

I would be looking at used cards in that price bracket. The video cards you find for less than $100 aren't great for gaming. Might be able to get a used GTX460 or used 7770/6850 for under $100.

TheAnswer3 · Oct 21, 2012

I have kind of a bad history with used GPU's I really don't want to buy used. I'm not doing really intense gaming just a entry level card will do.

Knufire · Oct 21, 2012

Probably grab this 6770 then: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125396&name=Desktop-Graphics-Cards

TheAnswer3 · Oct 21, 2012

What exactly do you look for when telling which one is better. The GT640 has a much higher core clock and memory clock. I compared the cards on this website even though they don't have the 1gb version:

http://www.hwcompare.com/12828/geforce-gt-640-ddr3-vs-radeon-hd-6670-oem-1gb/

Is memory bandwidth more important to gaming than the texel/pixel rate? Also would 2gb DDR3 be better than 1 GB DDR5 if i'm only running one monitor?

Scout · Oct 21, 2012

There are 1gb 6950's going for 100-125 on ebay

Which would outclass any of the cards you listed so far.

Knufire · Oct 21, 2012

Specs don't really tell you anything about a GPU, you have to find reviews on it that test the cards in games.

TheAnswer3 · Oct 21, 2012

I bought a HD7750 DDR5

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