which is better? 4gb DDR3 or 1gb DDR5 graphics card?

kandur16 · Feb 8, 2016

i choose 2 garphics card:
MSI GT 730 1GB GDDR5 64BIT - link:
https://www.msi.com/product/graphics-card/N730K-1GD5LPOCV1.html#hero-overview

and
MSI GT 730 4GB DDR3 128BIT - link:
https://www.msi.com/product/graphics-card/N730-4GD3V2.html#hero-overview
hmmm? which better?

KLawinger · Feb 8, 2016

The one with 4gb is significantly better since it will alleviate the potential bottleneck of not enough video ram

kandur16 · Feb 8, 2016

KLawinger :

so 4gb ddr3 better?

KLawinger · Feb 8, 2016

kandur16 :

I believe so, while GDDR5 is better than DDR3, the ddr3 ram has a larger memory bus & more ram

Edit:

I'm wrong, sorry

kandur16 · Feb 8, 2016

KLawinger :

kandur16 :

I believe so, while GDDR5 is better than DDR3, the ddr3 ram has a larger memory bus & more ram

ahh ,okay, thanks

KLawinger · Feb 8, 2016

kandur16 :

KLawinger :

ahh ,okay, thanks

Yep no problem! glad i could answer your question, if you have any other questions just shoot me a pm

madmatt30 · Feb 8, 2016

The ddr5 version is actually about 30% faster !
A 730 ddr3 isn't capable of using 4gb so to me is a waste of money.

kandur16 · Feb 8, 2016

madmatt30 :

really?

kandur16 · Feb 8, 2016

madmatt30 :

you try it this video card?

rgd1101 · Feb 8, 2016

with such an low end card, more ram doesn't really help. you can't do high res anyway. go for the faster ram GDDR5

madmatt30 · Feb 8, 2016

http://www.back2gaming.com/reviews/zotac-gt-730-1gb-64bit-gddr5-review/

Look at the table half way down the review , I actually underestimated , its close to twice as powerful.
Its nvidia's fault with their naming conventions in all honesty.

The 730 ddr3 128bit has 96 cuda cores, the ddr5 64bit has 4x (384) as well as 40% more memory bandwidth - they're essentially completely different cards , they have nothing in common at all.

rcald2000 · Feb 8, 2016

@kandur, what are the prices for these two cards that you're referring to? What is your budget? What resolution are you playing? Which games? What country do you live in? What are the rest of your specs? I apologize for throwing so many questions your way but I honestly just want to help you. One last thing, in addition to your system specs, what is your old graphics card?

Dulith1118 · Feb 8, 2016

what i would suggest is wait some time and get a 750ti cuz 730 and the r7 240 are low cards which are out performed by the HD 530 graphics

madmatt30 · Feb 8, 2016

KLawinger - not your fault in all honesty, its nvidia's for naming 2 completely different cards 'gt 730' , & then stating the ddr3 model as a 128 bit card (although it is) - if it had the same amount of rendering units as the gddr5 it would be s viable comparison but it doesn't .

You're not the first to be duped & you honestly won't be the last.

KLawinger · Feb 8, 2016

madmatt30 :

So just to clarify in case i see this question again down the line

The main difference between drr3 and gddr3/5 when used in graphics cards is just that gddr3/5 is application specific? while ddr3 being used on a gpu is just unspecific and somewhat unoptimized? Aside from the huge differences in memory bandwith and speeds.

madmatt30 · Feb 8, 2016

KLawinger :

for gaming ddr3 now is not fast enough irregardless of card spec/model,memory bandwidth counts big time nowdays.
As a general desktop card ddr3 is fine,just not for any kind of 3d gaming.

Nvidia were pretty scummy with those gt 730 models,many many people were tricked the same as you there by that 4gb of vram,calling a card the same model name with only 1/4 of the cuda cores though is bad imo.
AMD did similar a few years back with the 6670, & they tricked me personally with that one.

kandur16 · Feb 8, 2016

oh,okay 20-25,000 huf price i buy card

rcald2000 · Feb 8, 2016

Understood. 20 000 - 25 000 Hungarian Forint equals $72 - 90 US dollars. Also a major factor is that computer components are apparently more expensive than where I live in the United States. For example: A MSI N750Ti-2GD5 on Argep.hu is 38 215 Ft. Are you open to the possibility of purchasing a used 750 Ti? I just think you'll get more performance for your money, if there is a reputable online marketplace for you to buy from.

http://www.argep.hu/product_2323342.html

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=25000+huf+to+usd

kandur16 · Feb 8, 2016

rcald2000 :

i dont have 38,215 huf

rcald2000 · Feb 8, 2016

I understand that. My point is that the 38,215 huf exceeds your budget of 20,000 to 25,000 huf. Therefore would you be willing to buy used?

madmatt30 · Feb 8, 2016

https://www.pcx.hu/termek/gigabyte-gt730-2gb-gddr5-gv-730d5-2gi-videok-rtya-20330

best priced 2gb ddr5 730 I can find - you can at least game on it ,youre going to have to go low settings at 1080p or medium setings at 720p to play newer titles but on a budget itll do the job - just dont expect too much of it.

jim1061 · Mar 8, 2016

4GB is better than 1GB. That goes without saying but having used iMacs with both of these I did NOT find the 4TB "significantly" better. It also depends on what you are using the IMac for. Video and 3D rendering would warrant the better card. I use the iMac to edit photos not video and in that case the 4GB is better.... Yes... significantly? No

jim1061

KLawinger :

hang-the-9 · Mar 8, 2016

jim1061 :

More video ram is not automatically better. The GDDR5 card with 1 gig of memory is faster than the DDR3 card with 4 gig (you needed to have read the post a bit), and the low end card won't be able to use that much memory anyway. Only time more RAM = better is if you are comparing exact same things. GT 730 DDR3 and GDDR5 not only have different RAM they also have different core specs.

I also don't see anything in the original post about an iMac.

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