gtx280 with 1gb, 512bit, gddr3 and PCI-E 2.0 OR gtx650 with 1gb, 128bit, gddr5 and PCI-E 3.0?

Fgen

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Hello everyone. So, what is better - gtx280 with 1gb, 512bit, gddr3 and PCI-E 2.0 OR gtx650 with 1gb, 128bit, gddr5 and PCI-E 3.0?

512 bit of gtx280 is awesome, but can be gddr5 of gtx650 with 128bit is better?
 

chenw

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According to http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html; 280 is benched at 1197, 650 is benched at 1837; so I would expect 650 to run faster than 280, despite its 512bit bus width.

If you are choosing which to buy, 650 would be my pick, 280 is far too old (at very least 5 years old, since it was released in 2008).