Upgrading Graphic Card, I could use a hand.

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Bulbah

Bulbah

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Hello everyone,

To start things off, the reason I'm posting this is because I'm looking to upgrade my Graphic Card on my PC. I'm looking for a good graphic card between 200-300$. Problem is, I almost have no knowledge about GPUs (PC parts in general) . I saw some 2GB and 4GB cards but I don't really know the difference. Is there something I should be worry about when shopping for a card? Any advice and/or recommendation are greatly appreciated !

PC Model : HP ENVY H8-1423

CPU: AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7570
Motherboard: M3970AM-HP
PSU Model : DPS-460DB-5 (460W)
Monitor: 22" Acer X223W LCD Monitor (1680x1050)

What graphic card do you think I should really get?

Thank you!
 
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Efrain96
Hi Bulbah,

At first people are mindboggled as to what the heck is the difference between a 2gb and 4gb graphics card at a similar price range. A lot of it has to do with the type of memory. The most common types of memory are DDR3 and GDDR5; DDR3 is the cheaper option and is way slower than GDDR5. If you are into 3d modeling, gaming, and using 3d applications then GGDR5 is the way to go. If you are only going to surf the web, do some office work like word documents, excel spreadsheets, youtube then DDR3 is totally fine for such basic tasks.

You may find your solution in this other thread with a similar thread to yours

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2292971/graphics-cards-ddr3-gddr5.html
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Hi Bulbah,

At first people are mindboggled as to what the heck is the difference between a 2gb and 4gb graphics card at a similar price range. A lot of it has to do with the type of memory. The most common types of memory are DDR3 and GDDR5; DDR3 is the cheaper option and is way slower than GDDR5. If you are into 3d modeling, gaming, and using 3d applications then GGDR5 is the way to go. If you are only going to surf the web, do some office work like word documents, excel spreadsheets, youtube then DDR3 is totally fine for such basic tasks.

You may find your solution in this other thread with a similar thread to yours

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2292971/graphics-cards-ddr3-gddr5.html
 
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