I'm trying to pick between 2 graphics cards - both produced by EVGA & sold thru Buy.com with only a $5 price difference between the two. I currently use my on-board graphics (ATI Radeon HD 3200 that is using 1663MB of my RAM) and Win7's "Performance Information & Tools" report shows my graphics as my lowest score - 2.9 vs 5.9 for everything else. So I'm hoping a cheap graphics card will help the overall performance of my PC (AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 5600+).
I don't do any gaming, just typical Windows apps and occasionally some video via internet. So which of these two cards would be best? They both have a $20 rebate & free shipping, so I'm only looking at spending $30-$35.
The few differences I can find between the two cards are summarized below:
GeForce 210 Graphics Card ($34.24 after $20 rebate)
Chipset Model - 210
Chipset Series - 200
Software Included - none listed
API Support - DirectX 10.1
Shader Model - not described
GeForce 8400 GS Graphics Card ($29.24 after $20 rebate)
Chipset Model - 8400 GS
Chipset Series - 8
Software Included - EVGA Driver/Software
API Support - DirectX 10.0 & OpenGL
Shader Model - 4
I apologize for the newbie simplicity of my question. Thank you in advance for your advice!
I don't do any gaming, just typical Windows apps and occasionally some video via internet. So which of these two cards would be best? They both have a $20 rebate & free shipping, so I'm only looking at spending $30-$35.
The few differences I can find between the two cards are summarized below:
GeForce 210 Graphics Card ($34.24 after $20 rebate)
Chipset Model - 210
Chipset Series - 200
Software Included - none listed
API Support - DirectX 10.1
Shader Model - not described
GeForce 8400 GS Graphics Card ($29.24 after $20 rebate)
Chipset Model - 8400 GS
Chipset Series - 8
Software Included - EVGA Driver/Software
API Support - DirectX 10.0 & OpenGL
Shader Model - 4
I apologize for the newbie simplicity of my question. Thank you in advance for your advice!