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GT440 - GDDR5 or GDDR3

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February 26, 2011 4:17:28 PM

Hi all; I am planning to get an NVIDIA GT440 sometime in the near future and was wondering if I should get the GDDR5 version or the GDDR3 one. Both have the same memory amount (1gb) and I don't know which one to get.

The GDDR3 version - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-msi-gt-440-40nm-1800...

The GDDR5 version - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1gb-asus-gt-440-40nm-320...

Some other possibly useful info.

CPU - AMD Athlon II 630
PSU - Standard HP 300w
RAM - 3GB DDR3

Thank-you all in advance

P.S Price isn't an issue and if you think it is bad choice for my system please recommend a better one.

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February 26, 2011 5:13:51 PM

you should buy a better psu and buy a gts 250 intead
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February 26, 2011 5:26:15 PM

ur gonna have to upgrade ur power supply if u wanna upgrade ur graphic card, whats ur budget, and also the card with gddr5 would be faster than the ddr3 ,
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February 26, 2011 5:31:22 PM

My budget overall would be around £150.
I know I should get another PSU but I think I may make a mistake in the installation process.
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February 26, 2011 5:48:50 PM

The gDDR5 variant has 51.2GB/sec memory bandwidth compared to 28.8GB/sec for the gDDR3 variant....so it should provide slightly better performance in memory intensive applications such as gaming. The minimum recommended power supply by nVidia is 300watts....the card itself has a TDP of 65watts for the retail version. The GTS250 will perform better.....but it also has considerably higher power consumption as well.

Source: http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gt-440-us.... <--retail specs, not oem
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February 26, 2011 5:53:07 PM

Would you recommend the GDDR5 version of the 440 over the GDDR3 version then if I couldn't get a 250/450 for a while. (I plan on doing a complete PC overhaul in August) I just want something that would keep me going on decent frame rates until then otherwise it looks like a may have to use the intergrated 6150 nForce 430 graphics :??: 
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February 26, 2011 6:37:44 PM

yes go with the gddr5 , which would be faster and better,
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February 26, 2011 6:49:18 PM

Ok thank you for your help.
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February 26, 2011 6:49:54 PM

Best answer selected by JoshWS.
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February 26, 2011 6:55:29 PM

cheers
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