Good graphics card

[masuresh]

I require a graphics card for the following configuration for price up to Rs.3000/-

Processor - Intel Dual core E5200 2.5 Ghz
Mother Board - Gigabyte M41 Combo
Ram - 4 GB Corasair 1333 Ghz
HDD - 500 Gb Seagate
Monitor - Viwsonic 20” LED

Please suggest a good Graphics card.

M Suresh

 

[theserpent]

GT 520.
Well you can game on 1024x800 or 1280 x 800 with this card on all set to Low/medium

 

[saikiasunny]

Get the gt240 ddr3 for rs 3300. Its faster than the gt520.

 

[topgear]

that's the best option for Op to have but if Op can spend 500 bucks more then getting GT240 1 GB GDDR5 makes more sense.

BTW, the dollar price hike really made things crazy - even 15-20 days ago the ddr3 and GDDr5 version was selling at same price on flipkart - so if Op can find the Gddr5 version locally at cheap price he should get that.

 

[saikiasunny]

Yes the gddr5 version is faster, but in most of the places, ddr5 one is out of stock

 

[topgear]

^^ blame it on sellers - if a gpu has both DDr3 and GDDr5 versions available most of the seller will just stock the DDr3 version - there's a simple logic of them which works behind this - they can't understand the performance difference between ddr3 and GDDr5 - so if you can sell a gpu of same model at 0.5/1k less why bother to stock and get the Gddr5 version as lower priced version of same gpu will have better selling potential and a lot of customers even think that way ( 1GB ddr3 is faster tha 512MB GDDr5 ) though things are changing slowly day by day because of people forum members like us

 

[saswat23]

^^
But i dont find any in my place except the Rashi guys who have atleast some knowledge about all these unlike the dumb shopkeepers.

 

[masuresh]

Would like to buy GT 240 DDR5, checked at Flipkart, no stock, suggest me where it is available

 

[topgear]

get the GDDr3 version then or else opt for HD5570 1GB GDDr3.

BTW, what's the max amount you can spend for the gfx card ?