2 year old Graphics Card VS 4 year old

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rjackowens

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I am severely limited in money. I want a super cheap card for light gaming. The two cards in consideration are the GT 430 and the HD 3870. The 430 is two years old and the HD 3870 is four.

THE SPECS:

GT 430-
#96 CUDA Cores
#1GB 128-bit DDR3
#PCI Express 2.0 x16
#Direct X 11

HD 3870-
#320 Stream Processors
#512MB 256-bit GDDR4
#PCI Express 2.0 x16
#Direct X 10

They both are the same price. Which is best for gaming? Does Direct X 11 make a difference? THANKS!!!!
 
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4890 > 5770

Same number of steam processors, but higher clocks and double the memory bandwidth. Besides the tessellation engine on the HD 5000 series isn't very good, so DX11 isn't as big a deal as the 4890 will outperform the 5770 by a decent margin, more so at increased resolutions or higher AA.

rjackowens

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Much better? It is older I am curious how it is better.
 

zloginet

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Crazy.. for that price you can get a 5770...
 

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4890 > 5770

Same number of steam processors, but higher clocks and double the memory bandwidth. Besides the tessellation engine on the HD 5000 series isn't very good, so DX11 isn't as big a deal as the 4890 will outperform the 5770 by a decent margin, more so at increased resolutions or higher AA.
 
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