GT 530 vs GTX 460

[Cyonn]

How much of a difference am I going to see upgrading to the GTX 460?

 

[JoshWS]

If your talking about the integrated GT530 or if it was a typo of the GT430 there is going to be a massive boost in performance. It will be like trading in a tricycle for an SUV.

 

[amk-aka-Phantom]

Full system specs?

 

[niyosha]

This should help clear things up for you...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-graphics-card-geforce-gtx-590-radeon-hd-6990,2879-7.html

 

[ko888]

This should help clear things up for you...

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-gaming-graphics-card-geforce-gtx-590-radeon-hd-6990,2879-7.html

The GeForce GT 530 (OEM) doesn't show up in that list.

 

[ko888]

How much of a difference am I going to see upgrading to the GTX 460?

The differences between the GeForce GT 530 (OEM) and the GeForce GTX 460 are massive in terms of performance capability.

The GT 530 is an entry level OEM card with :
CUDA Cores : 96
Graphics Clock (MHz) : 700
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) : 11.2
Memory Clock : 898 MHz
Standard Memory Config : 1 GB or 2 GB DDR3
Memory Interface Width : 128-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) : 28.8
NVIDIA SLI-ready : Not supported
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) : 50 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W) : 350 W

The GeForce GTX 460 is more upper mid-range :
CUDA Cores : 336
Graphics Clock (MHz) : 675 MHz
Texture Fill Rate (billion/sec) : 37.8
Memory Clock : 1800
Standard Memory Config : 1 GB GDDR5
Memory Interface Width : 256-bit
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec) : 115.2
NVIDIA SLI-ready : 2-Way
Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) : 160 W
Minimum Recommended System Power (W) : 450 W
Supplementary Power Connectors : Two 6-pin

 

[Cyonn]

Best answer selected by Cyonn.

 

[WyDiablo]

Can you run a GDDR5 in a PCI-Express 2.0-16 DDR3 slot?

 

[ko888]

Can you run a GDDR5 in a PCI-Express 2.0-16 DDR3 slot?

The GDDR5 on the graphics card is only accessible by the GPU on the graphics card and is completely independent of the DDR3 RAM on your motherboard.

The motherboard's memory bus, that the DDR3 memory modules are installed on, is independent of the PCI Express bus that the graphics card is on.

 

[WyDiablo]

So then I can take a GDDR5 video card and insert it into the PCI-Express 2.0x16 slot where my GT530 DDR3 graphics card is right now?

 

[ko888]

So then I can take a GDDR5 video card and insert it into the PCI-Express 2.0x16 slot where my GT530 DDR3 graphics card is right now?

Yes.

 

[WyDiablo]

Now I'm wondering whats the biggest card this system will hold as for as lenght and heigh? I has an Asus intel core i7 (CM6850-07) 8 gb ram 3.4 Ghz 1TB hard drve.

Thanks the the replies
WyDiablo

 

[ko888]

Now I'm wondering whats the biggest card this system will hold as for as lenght and heigh? I has an Asus intel core i7 (CM6850-07) 8 gb ram 3.4 Ghz 1TB hard drve.

Thanks the the replies
WyDiablo

It depends more on the size of the chassis/case and the maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of the power supply unit.

 

[Mousemonkey]

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