GeForce GT 610 or GeForce 9600 GSO

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Darthjonathan12

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I have an older graphics card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150320
And I am considering upgrading, I got this card for free from a friend. My only concern is making sure that the card I upgrade to is worth paying $50 or will I need to go much higher to reach that same speed?

All I want is the ability to play Sleeping Dogs on my PC without freezing constantly.

This is the possible upgrade card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127689

The older one has 98 CUDA cores while the new one only has 48. But the new one has 2 GB of vRAM and the other has 768MB so which one is better?

 
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Dom_79
At best the 610 would be a "sideways" move. You're going to notice the fewer Cuda's and the 192bit vs. 64bit memory.

If you want to upgrade the minimum I would recommend is this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500298

For a good reference on how GPUs compare check this hierarchy chart: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Normally, to be worth the money and time and to really see a noticeable difference they recommend going up by three tiers in that chart. The GPU I linked is only up one tier so it's a hard call.
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At best the 610 would be a "sideways" move. You're going to notice the fewer Cuda's and the 192bit vs. 64bit memory.

If you want to upgrade the minimum I would recommend is this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500298

For a good reference on how GPUs compare check this hierarchy chart: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

Normally, to be worth the money and time and to really see a noticeable difference they recommend going up by three tiers in that chart. The GPU I linked is only up one tier so it's a hard call.
 
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The 610 is not at all a good gaming card, it would be horrible. Like NinjaPenguin said, you are much, much better off spending a little more for a R7 250. It is a huge difference in performance and will let you play Sleeping Dogs at decent settings. The 610 would be terrible. Look, to give you some idea, here is a comparison of a GeForce 640 vs. a R7 250 (remember the 610 would be even worse): http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1132?vs=1124
 
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