[Solved] Is nvidia geforce GT 240 1GB GDDR5 (Gigabyte) good for gaming?

my pc spec:
Core 2 quad Q8400 2.6ghz, ram 2 gb DDR3, res: 1360*768 of my 18.5'' monitor and 1440*900 of my 17'' monitor. I have bought and installed nvidia geforce GT 240 1GB GDDR5 (Gigabyte). Will it be good for gaming?

model name: GV-N240OC-1GI

About as good as a 9600GT was, basically low to medium settings for the newer games and medium to high for older ones.

To give you an idea...

I played Crysis with my 9600GT (comparable to the GT 240) with medium quality settings @ 1920 x 1200 resolution in Win XP (meaning DX9). I was able to play it fine throughout most of the game except the final battle where the "boss" makes gameplay a bit choppy. With the exception of the final battle, I would say I probably averaged 25 FPS based on my memory.

btw, botg graphics ratings in win7 showing 6.8

today i have installed a thermaltake power supply having 430 watt......will it be fine or cause any problem?

Just checked your psu. It has only one rail 18a.
Also it's not that good, it can only deliver 350w.
You're fine with the gt240, but if I were you I wouldn't use that PSU for any other high consuming gpu and/or cpu.

Sli and Crossfire is when you put 2 gpus (or more) on the same mobo. Even if your mobo can support this configuration, don't try it with your current psu.

model of this thermaltake psu is W0311RE

will i be fine playing games with this graphics card for the next 3 years? I will mainly play fifa, nfs, gta, cod.

recommended resolution of my 18.5'' is 1360*768 and of 17'' is 1440*900. will i b fine if playing with these resolutions? the problem of my 18.5" is that some games like fifa10 does not support 1360*768, therefore it does not come up with full wide-screen. res of that 17" is well supported by fifa10.

Best answer selected by junayed93.

Well my system is not that good -- nforce 610i motherboard with intel C2D 2.20GHz E4500,2x2GB DDR2 RAM,400W Cooler Master PSU;
and i use the same card just from XFX(which means the memory is not factory overclocked ~1700 unlike Gigabyte gives a 1800 effective)

Still I ran Dirt2 in maxed out in max resolution with 16x CSAA multi-sampling and it ran amazingly swift.
Then I ran Splinter Cell Conviction on very high settings with anti anisotropic set to 16x no AA on 1366x768 resolution and its running very smooth except some cuts in frame rates when your watching the cinematics

Conclusion:Your card will have no troubles playing games and may run even better than mine

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