The GeForce GT 610 is a rebranded GT 520. It's likely better than your old HD 2400 but at the same time it's not worth the price. I had a GeForce GT 430, which is far faster, that was ~$50 over four years ago. I actually used to mention it as being an okay-ish low end card if you could find it cheap back then, but I couldn't recommend paying that same price, today, for half-ish the performance.
It's slightly more expensive but one of the better entry level cards currently is the GDDR5 (make sure it's GDDR5) GeForce GT 730, especially if your options are limited to low profile cards.
It used to be that I'd recommend to stay away from 64-bit cards and look for 128-bit ones if you were limited to entry level cards, but given that most of the low profile/low end cards are (G)DDR3, this one is actually still faster despite being 64-bit because it's GDDR5.
The GeForce GT 610 is a rebranded GT 520. It's likely better than your old HD 2400 but at the same time it's not worth the price. I had a GeForce GT 430, which is far faster, that was ~$50 over four years ago. I actually used to mention it as being an okay-ish low end card if you could find it cheap back then, but I couldn't recommend paying that same price, today, for half-ish the performance.
It's slightly more expensive but one of the better entry level cards currently is the GDDR5 (make sure it's GDDR5) GeForce GT 730, especially if your options are limited to low profile cards.
It used to be that I'd recommend to stay away from 64-bit cards and look for 128-bit ones if you were limited to entry level cards, but given that most of the low profile/low end cards are (G)DDR3, this one is actually still faster despite being 64-bit because it's GDDR5.
Yeah I do the 34 bit thing with the vista that doesn't get spammed by an updater, I have a 15gb stick plugged in too that is "ready boosted" along with 4gb of ram. Also it has a 600w power supply in it.
This is what I have to work with... Its relatively fast, but I feel as if I updated the 9-10 year old graphics card in it that it would make minecraft smoother.
I was looking at this one because it is both 34 and 64 bit compatible and if I were to upgrade the system I could use the same graphics card. It is also compatible with vista to windows 8, so I could later upgrade that if I absolutely had to.
The pro is 1.5GB ddr2
the one im looking at is 2gb gddr3 (which makes it be able to work with the tv?)
Fitting my specs and looking around for what is compatible this is what I was lead to. I figured I would ask though to see if there is something nicer for around the same price I could go with, just to kinda be certain about what I'm doing.
Hm, your post is all over so I'll try and touch what I can.
1. I wasn't referring to your Windows being 32-bit or 64-bit. I'd recommend 64-bit for what it's worth, but if it's already 32-bit, it is what it is.
What I WAS referring to was how graphics cards have a bus bit width they use to communicate to the RAM, and, all else being equal, more is better. Usually a series comes in just one type anyway so you don't have to pay it much attention, but some of the low end video cards come in 64-bit and 128-bit varieties, and getting the 128-bit ones is an important factor for these cards. My recommendation is probably one of the only examples where I'd recommend 64-bit instead because the GDDR5 GT 730s are only available that way, but they are far better than the 128-bit DDR3 GT 730s (compare the memory bandwidth here for an example).
2. NOT someone too aware of the impacts Ready Boost can make, but if you have 4 GB system RAM I wouldn't even do it. If your Windows version is 32-bit your limit is 4GB anyway.
3. VRAM type or amount has nothing to do with display (TV) support. But almost all of these cards will support one at least via HDMI.
4. nVidia's has drivers that support 32-bit Vista so the card will work.
Getting a GT 610 for $50 these days is just a bad choice when something at least 4 or 5 times better is not even $20 more.
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Curse PremiumRight now I'm bangin a AMD ATI Radeon HD 2400 pro
its about 9 years old.
This is the card I've been looking at, its an msi nvidia card. I know that it will work on my vista pc...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008AJKIN2/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2T9GZEZYI0IP9
By looking at the specs will I see a boost in performance?
Is it worth the buy?
Will it work?
Thanks for any answers
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Curse PremiumThe card is fine. The Hardware support and driver vista compatibility could be a problem.
Factor in
-> Power Supply Wattage, to the entire system see if it can support your entire computer.
-> Drivers support older versions of windows (May want to upgrade your OS then) (As vista support is being dropped since its a obsolete OS)
-> Motherboard supports this card.
-> It will boost performance greatly
-> May want to look around and compare cards before buying
Don't expect to be playing large PC games on that card or an Old PC for that matter at high settings.
Can't really say without a detailed list of the parts in your PC.
Feel free to message me if its PC related.
Former everything.
How to get dxdiag
The GeForce GT 610 is a rebranded GT 520. It's likely better than your old HD 2400 but at the same time it's not worth the price. I had a GeForce GT 430, which is far faster, that was ~$50 over four years ago. I actually used to mention it as being an okay-ish low end card if you could find it cheap back then, but I couldn't recommend paying that same price, today, for half-ish the performance.
It's slightly more expensive but one of the better entry level cards currently is the GDDR5 (make sure it's GDDR5) GeForce GT 730, especially if your options are limited to low profile cards.
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It used to be that I'd recommend to stay away from 64-bit cards and look for 128-bit ones if you were limited to entry level cards, but given that most of the low profile/low end cards are (G)DDR3, this one is actually still faster despite being 64-bit because it's GDDR5.
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Curse PremiumYeah I do the 34 bit thing with the vista that doesn't get spammed by an updater, I have a 15gb stick plugged in too that is "ready boosted" along with 4gb of ram. Also it has a 600w power supply in it.
This is what I have to work with... Its relatively fast, but I feel as if I updated the 9-10 year old graphics card in it that it would make minecraft smoother.
I was looking at this one because it is both 34 and 64 bit compatible and if I were to upgrade the system I could use the same graphics card. It is also compatible with vista to windows 8, so I could later upgrade that if I absolutely had to.
The pro is 1.5GB ddr2
the one im looking at is 2gb gddr3 (which makes it be able to work with the tv?)
Fitting my specs and looking around for what is compatible this is what I was lead to. I figured I would ask though to see if there is something nicer for around the same price I could go with, just to kinda be certain about what I'm doing.
I don't feel like wasting 50 bucks.
Hm, your post is all over so I'll try and touch what I can.
1. I wasn't referring to your Windows being 32-bit or 64-bit. I'd recommend 64-bit for what it's worth, but if it's already 32-bit, it is what it is.
What I WAS referring to was how graphics cards have a bus bit width they use to communicate to the RAM, and, all else being equal, more is better. Usually a series comes in just one type anyway so you don't have to pay it much attention, but some of the low end video cards come in 64-bit and 128-bit varieties, and getting the 128-bit ones is an important factor for these cards. My recommendation is probably one of the only examples where I'd recommend 64-bit instead because the GDDR5 GT 730s are only available that way, but they are far better than the 128-bit DDR3 GT 730s (compare the memory bandwidth here for an example).
2. NOT someone too aware of the impacts Ready Boost can make, but if you have 4 GB system RAM I wouldn't even do it. If your Windows version is 32-bit your limit is 4GB anyway.
3. VRAM type or amount has nothing to do with display (TV) support. But almost all of these cards will support one at least via HDMI.
4. nVidia's has drivers that support 32-bit Vista so the card will work.
Getting a GT 610 for $50 these days is just a bad choice when something at least 4 or 5 times better is not even $20 more.