which of the two is better? gt 240 or gt 730 with 300 watts power

andP · Mar 16, 2016

Hello,
I have a 300 watts power supply and i am thinking to upgrade my graphics card.
Right now i have an nvidia gtx 240 1gb ddr5
http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-240/specifications

and i want to upgrade to this:
https://www.asus.com/Graphics-Cards/GT730SL2GD3BRK/specifications/

Anyone knows if it is better than my graphics card?

i have a dell inspiron pc and the power supply is the official from the dell.

If not has anyone any ideas of a good graphics card that can run with 300 watts power supply?

sizzling · Mar 16, 2016

The 730 is not really for gaming, it for pc's that don't have integrated graphics. It's fine for basics but not gaming.

What make and model PSU do you have, there is a huge difference between a low and high quality unit. Also what is the rest of your build? A 750 or 750Ti might be options but it depends on the above

maxalge · Mar 16, 2016

andP :

the gt 730 is faster yes

but you should be looking at a gtx 750 ti, specifically a low power version that does not need a 6-pin cable from the power supply

that is about max that power supply is going to be able to handle

Dustybin · Mar 16, 2016

1. What make is your PSU?
2. What do you want the GPU for as the 730 is barely better than an integrated GPU in a modern processor.
3. What is the rest of your spec, you can run a 750 ti on 300w with a good quality PSU depending on what else you've got connected.
4. What is your budget?

andP · Mar 16, 2016

maxalge :

andP :

the gt 730 is faster yes

but you should be looking at a gtx 750 ti, specifically a low power version that does not need a 6-pin cable from the power supply

that is about max that power supply is going to be able to handle

that card is going to run on a 300 watts power supply? it requires at least 400 watts

andP · Mar 16, 2016

sizzling :

I have a dell inspiron pc and my psw is from the dell. I have a dell inspiron 580, so i5 cpu 4 gb ram but gtx 750 requires 400 watts minimum

sizzling · Mar 16, 2016

You really need to upgrade PSU at the same time then, Dell use cheap low quality PSU's. The 750Ti would happily run on a good quality 300w, the total setup would run on less than 250w. That PSU you have is very unlikely it can manage anything like 300w

andP · Mar 16, 2016

Dustybin :

3. my psw is the official from dell and i have not anything connected to it besides the standards. i have added 1-2 things to the motherboard and pci.
4. my budget is from 60-80 euros

andP · Mar 16, 2016

sizzling :

my power supply is really used like 5 years, you are right but graphics cards that are not connected to a psw are really depended on a quality psw?

ktolo · Mar 16, 2016

Yes. They still take voltage from the slot they are plugged into. Everything that uses power, draws it from the power supply.

Dustybin · Mar 17, 2016

Hmm I think an R7 250 might be better bet than the NVidia card, you can get them for £65 so you might be able to get that into budget. The main concern would be that Dell PSU.

I had a quick look and saw one on German amazon for 82 EUR.

hang-the-9 · Mar 17, 2016

sizzling :

Dell actually uses pretty good power supplies, better than many "gaming" systems out there.

A 750 Ti without a secondary power connection should run fine in the system, but if it's a tower system, then a power supply upgrade will help with stability and possibly longer lifespan as well, for maybe $40 for a decent unit. A 750 Ti and the GT 240 use pretty much the same power, if the 240 works, then the 750 will work.

Depending on the CPU, it may not be worth getting though if you care a Core 2 Duo system. 730 GDDR5 is OK for a low end gaming system and is a lot faster than the GT 240. Or the 740, about the same power use, bit faster than the 730, cheaper than the 750 Ti, will match a Core 2 Duo without bottlenecking too much.

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