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[RandL]

I am trying to buy 2 Non-Gaming cards and I came across these:

GPU 1.GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 2. GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 3.GeForce GT 440 (Fermi) 4.GeForce GT 440 (Fermi)
Core Clock 1. 830MHz (Std 810) 2. 810MHz 3. 810MHz 4. 810MHz
Shader Clock 1. 1660MHz 2. 1620MHz 3. 1620MHz 4. 1620MHz
Stream Processors 96 (all of them)
Effective Memory Clock 1. 1800MHz 2. 1600MHz 3. 3200MHz 4. 1333MHz
Memory Size 1. 1GB 2. 2GB 3. 512MB 4. 2GB
Memory Interface 128-bit (all of them)
Memory Type 1.DDR3 2.DDR3 3.GDDR5 4.DDR3
DirectX DirectX 11 DirectX 11 DirectX 11 DirectX 11
OpenGL OpenGL 4.0 OpenGL 4.0 OpenGL 4.1 OpenGL 4.1

I am NOT doing 3D rendering or any shading. I am puzzled by number 3. 512MB card that has twice the effective memory clock and GDDR5. Will that card do as well as the number 2. card that has 2 GB of memory but half the memory clock with DDR3?

Thanks

 

[Ferzerp]

If you aren't gaming or using them for compute, just buy whichever card is cheapest.

The GDDR5 card will be best in any scenario up until the memory is exhausted, then it is worthless.

 

[KompuKare]

Hm, if you're not going to use any 3D and just want to drive a few monitors in 2D (with a bit Aero), I'd go for a low power passive card. Something like a HD5450 (idle 6.4W) or HD6450 (idle 7.1W) or their Nvidia equivalent like GT 520 (idle 6.5W). Hate needless fan noise...

 

[RandL]

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. With these passive cards will I still be able to play webinars?

Also, I must confess, I do not like AMD/ATI cards, have never been able to make them work and have problems with them at every turn (I need to spend time producing, not fixing pc problems). I need a very reliable and stable card. in the past these have been NVIDIA cards. This machine has 2 e-GeForce 8400 GS installed since 2008 that I have not had to touch.

 

[Arzachel]

Thanks for the replies and suggestions. With these passive cards will I still be able to play webinars?

Also, I must confess, I do not like AMD/ATI cards, have never been able to make them work and have problems with them at every turn (I need to spend time producing, not fixing pc problems). I need a very reliable and stable card. in the past these have been NVIDIA cards. This machine has 2 e-GeForce 8400 GS installed since 2008 that I have not had to touch.

While AMD has a worse driver interface, the driver quality itself is about the same as Nvidia. Get what's cheaper.