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http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=94462
I came across this article and while it is slightly old, it shows how Nvdia is selling low end GPUs like GT730 as new models even though they are still using extremely old GF108 architecture from the GT4xxx series.Morever these "new" video cards are actually slower than the one they are replacing. For example GT730 is actually slower than GT630 and GT820m is just a rebadge of GT435m.
Moreover these new video cards like GT730 cost more than the old faster models it replaces misleading the consumers into thinking they are buying a faster card when in fact they are actually getting the slower card by spending more money.
Moreover each of the card comes in different variety which makes already rebadge of a rebadge of a rebadge even more confusing. Gt730 is a rebadge of GT630 which was a rebadge of gt440 which was a rebadge of gt240 and comes in following flavors.
GT 730 DDR3 128-bit
GT 730 DDR3 64-bit
GT 730 GDDR5 64-bit
As Anandtech puts it
" The GeForce GT 730 is an unfortunate mix of different GPUs. NVIDIA is offering GK208 and GF117 versions of the cards yes, Fermi is back once again which means the performance of the card is going to depend on which version it is. All told NVIDIA is offering 3 versions of the card: GK208 with 1GB of GDDR5, GK208 with 2GB of DDR3, and GF117 with 1GB of DDR3. The GK208 GDDR5 version should be the strongest performer, however dueto GK208s 64-bit memory bus, the GF117 card exists in a particular odd place due to its small CUDA core count (96 Fermi cores) versus its wider 128-bit memory bus."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8225/best-video-cards-june-2014
Its all very confusing and tailor made to trap buyers into paying more for a slower card. And this is just for GT730.There are also similar things happening with other low end models too like GT720 and GT740 for instance.
I know AMD is notorious for doing this too but certainly not to such an extent. In most cases these $50-80 video cards are barely faster than integrated video in i3 and i5 CPU's and significantly slower than APU's like A8-7600/7700k and A10-7850k.
I came across this article and while it is slightly old, it shows how Nvdia is selling low end GPUs like GT730 as new models even though they are still using extremely old GF108 architecture from the GT4xxx series.Morever these "new" video cards are actually slower than the one they are replacing. For example GT730 is actually slower than GT630 and GT820m is just a rebadge of GT435m.
Moreover these new video cards like GT730 cost more than the old faster models it replaces misleading the consumers into thinking they are buying a faster card when in fact they are actually getting the slower card by spending more money.
Moreover each of the card comes in different variety which makes already rebadge of a rebadge of a rebadge even more confusing. Gt730 is a rebadge of GT630 which was a rebadge of gt440 which was a rebadge of gt240 and comes in following flavors.
GT 730 DDR3 128-bit
GT 730 DDR3 64-bit
GT 730 GDDR5 64-bit
As Anandtech puts it
" The GeForce GT 730 is an unfortunate mix of different GPUs. NVIDIA is offering GK208 and GF117 versions of the cards yes, Fermi is back once again which means the performance of the card is going to depend on which version it is. All told NVIDIA is offering 3 versions of the card: GK208 with 1GB of GDDR5, GK208 with 2GB of DDR3, and GF117 with 1GB of DDR3. The GK208 GDDR5 version should be the strongest performer, however dueto GK208s 64-bit memory bus, the GF117 card exists in a particular odd place due to its small CUDA core count (96 Fermi cores) versus its wider 128-bit memory bus."
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8225/best-video-cards-june-2014
Its all very confusing and tailor made to trap buyers into paying more for a slower card. And this is just for GT730.There are also similar things happening with other low end models too like GT720 and GT740 for instance.
I know AMD is notorious for doing this too but certainly not to such an extent. In most cases these $50-80 video cards are barely faster than integrated video in i3 and i5 CPU's and significantly slower than APU's like A8-7600/7700k and A10-7850k.
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