Valkasha Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 (edited) Actually the gtx 260 is stronger than the gt 630... Don't just look at price or minimum requirements for games.You'll need atleast a gtx 500 series card to run Skyrim with decent fps and graphics. If you want a cheap card I'd go for AMD but if you want Nvidia go for a gtx 660 if you want cheap with decent performance. An r9 270 could be a good AMD option for a similar price with slightly better performance than the gtx 660.What? I compared the stats yesterday the 269 had only 576 MHz and only 896 Mb compared to the 630 810 mhz and 1 Gb... how is it possible for it to be better? There's a lot more stats than just that dude.Reasons to consider GTX 260 over GT 630:Higher memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s vs 51.2 GB/s, Around 2.2x higher memory bandwidth - Higher pixel rate 16.1 GPixel/s vs 3.24 GPixel/s Around 5x higher pixel rate - Significantly more render output processors 28 vs 4, 24 more render output processors - Significantly wider memory bus 448 bit vs 128 bit, 3.5x wider memory bus - Higher texture rate 36.9 GTexel/s vs 13 GTexel/s, More than 2.8x higher texture rate - More texture mapping units 64 vs 16, 48 more texture mapping - units Higher memory clock speed 999 MHz vs 800 MHz, Around 25% higher memory clock speed Edited August 20, 2014 by Valkasha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyCrash Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Actually the gtx 260 is stronger than the gt 630... Don't just look at price or minimum requirements for games.You'll need atleast a gtx 500 series card to run Skyrim with decent fps and graphics. If you want a cheap card I'd go for AMD but if you want Nvidia go for a gtx 660 if you want cheap with decent performance. An r9 270 could be a good AMD option for a similar price with slightly better performance than the gtx 660.What? I compared the stats yesterday the 269 had only 576 MHz and only 896 Mb compared to the 630 810 mhz and 1 Gb... how is it possible for it to be better? There's a lot more stats than just that dude.Reasons to consider GTX 260 over GT 630:Higher memory bandwidth 111.9 GB/s vs 51.2 GB/s, Around 2.2x higher memory bandwidth - Higher pixel rate 16.1 GPixel/s vs 3.24 GPixel/s Around 5x higher pixel rate - Significantly more render output processors 28 vs 4, 24 more render output processors - Significantly wider memory bus 448 bit vs 128 bit, 3.5x wider memory bus - Higher texture rate 36.9 GTexel/s vs 13 GTexel/s, More than 2.8x higher texture rate - More texture mapping units 64 vs 16, 48 more texture mapping - units Higher memory clock speed 999 MHz vs 800 MHz, Around 25% higher memory clock speed What memory card would you suggest than? To play skyrim on high graphics without a problem, my price range can be upto 140$ is what i feel comfortable spending and lower if its possible, since I dont want to bring home another graphics card that cannot do what I want. I had a killer MSI hawk but one of the fans broke and they dont make replacements for it very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyCrash Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Any suggestions at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyCrash Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 please, can somebody suggest some cards to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkasha Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) I suggested two cards. gtx 660 and r9 270 are affordable and can run Skyrim with ease. I suggest you save up a little for those. I've seen them go for around 160 dollars on amazon. Edited August 21, 2014 by Valkasha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhhniangue Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 the gtx 260 is stronger than the gt 630http://weber.ninecomputer.com/9.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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