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August 30, 2014 4:21:59 AM

I have an Intel i3 530 Quad Core CPU and will be buying a Sapphire Radeon R9 270x 2GB Dual-X OC Edition Graphic Card. And my friend has a ZOTAC GeForce GT 210 1GB Synergy Edition Graphics Card and will be buying an AMD FX-6300 Hecta-Core CPU. Who's config is more powerful and capable of playing latest games on high settings? Both of us have 4GB DDR3 RAM.

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August 30, 2014 4:25:48 AM

Yours is more powerful since the GT 210 that your friend has is a very weak card, and it can't handle modern games.
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August 30, 2014 4:27:04 AM

But he has the more powerful CPU though
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August 30, 2014 4:35:42 AM

^maybe, but a gt210 is just too slow. i'd rather stick with built-in gpu (and save up) than buy a 210 (or any x10)
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August 30, 2014 4:40:34 AM

It's like the tale of mismatched components.
Your gpu is gonna be bottle-necked by the cpu.
His cpu is gonna be bottle-necked by the gpu.

The question is which bottle-neck is worse. I'm guessing yours is better since gaming is more gpu than cpu reliant.

Though I would advice both to upgrade the other component as well is you want to use your new component to its full capability.
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September 7, 2014 1:18:21 AM

Sorry guys, he has a GT 240, not a 210
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September 7, 2014 1:23:23 AM

Even still, he has a really weak GPU an it will be really bottlenecking him
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