Graphics Card has low Stream processors

[IamCathal]

I am Looking for a new graphics card and I came across this: http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/ASUS-NVIDIA-GeForce-GT6302GD3-PCIE-Graphics-Card-2-GB/311516/146


I was reading the specs and I saw that it only has 98 stream processors. Does that make it not very good for video games. I have read about stream processors and my understanding is that if a graphics card dosen't have a alot of stream processors it isnt very good at rendering for maybe like open world games


Please Help me!

 

[Kuroimaho]

I am Looking for a new graphics card and I came across this: http://www.pcworld.ie/Product/ASUS-NVIDIA-GeForce-GT6302GD3-PCIE-Graphics-Card-2-GB/311516/146


I was reading the specs and I saw that it only has 98 stream processors. Does that make it not very good for video games. I have read about stream processors and my understanding is that if a graphics card dosen't have a alot of stream processors it isnt very good at rendering for maybe like open world games


Please Help me!

That's a very weak card, I wouldn't recommend it for gaming.

 

[SithSolo1]

No, it is not a great card but you need to answer the following questions for us to help you further.

1) What games are you trying to play?
2) What CPU/Ram/OS do you have
3) What country are you purchasing from?
4) What is your budget?

 

[IamCathal]

No, it is not a great card but you need to answer the following questions for us to help you further.

1) What games are you trying to play?
2) What CPU/Ram/OS do you have
3) What country are you purchasing from?
4) What is your budget?

I mainly am trying to play:
Just Cause 2. Terraria, Minecraft, Dirt 3 And BeamNG Drive
CPU: LGA1155 socket for Intel 3rd and 2nd Generation core i7/i5/i3 Pentium processors. (I'm reading this from my computer manual. I'[m not sure if that info is helpful to you)
4gb of ram. Maybe upgrading to 6 or 8gb soon
Windows 7 professional 64bit
Purchasing from Ireland
My budget would be probably be 80 or maybe if I have to 100 euro
I currently Have the ASUS RADEON HD 5450 1gb memory

 

[frozentundra123456]

That info you gave about the CPU still doesn't tell us exactly which one it is. In any case, nVidia makes some very good mid/high range cards, but in the lower price ranges, AMD offer the best choices.

Is this an off the shelf system? If so, the power supply is critical as well. It probably has a poor quality, low wattage power supply with no auxiliary power connector for the gpu. In that case, you would be limited to a HD 7750. If you have a power supply that has a six pin connector, your budget would allow for something like a HD 7770 or maybe HD 7790.

The games you mentioned are not terribly demanding though, so I think even the HD 7750 should work well, although you might have to lower some settings.

Edit: for gaming on this kind of budget, 4gb of ram should suffice. I would not upgrade the ram but put the money saved towards gpu/puwer supply upgrade.

 

[IamCathal]

That info you gave about the CPU still doesn't tell us exactly which one it is. In any case, nVidia makes some very good mid/high range cards, but in the lower price ranges, AMD offer the best choices.

Is this an off the shelf system? If so, the power supply is critical as well. It probably has a poor quality, low wattage power supply with no auxiliary power connector for the gpu. In that case, you would be limited to a HD 7750. If you have a power supply that has a six pin connector, your budget would allow for something like a HD 7770 or maybe HD 7790.

The games you mentioned are not terribly demanding though, so I think even the HD 7750 should work well, although you might have to lower some settings.

Edit: for gaming on this kind of budget, 4gb of ram should suffice. I would not upgrade the ram but put the money saved towards gpu/puwer supply upgrade.

Yeah, All Stock except for the Asus Radeon HD 5450

 

[SPBHM]

GT 630 is not a good card for gaming, and the original GT 630 had a 128bit memory bus, the one you are trying to buy have it reduced to 64bits...

that's a seriously bad card for gaming.

 

[Piroko]

I would probably go with a HD 7750 GDDR5.
Reasons: No risk regarding the PSU, plenty fast compared to what you currently have, in your budget and no driver swap needed.

 

[frozentundra123456]

I would probably go with a HD 7750 GDDR5.
Reasons: No risk regarding the PSU, plenty fast compared to what you currently have, in your budget and no driver swap needed.

Agreed. I thought most were GDDR5, but there may be some DDR3 cards floating around.

In any case make sure the card is DDR5, as Pirko said.

 

[Rvenger]

7790 Gets my vote.