Soleron on 05 October 2009
sharky974 said:
The other one had 1Gb RAM, my linked has 512. But on a card this low end theres no need for 1GB RAM, so I'd save the 12 bucks. |
If you're looking for a given card name (e.g. 4650), pay no attention to branding or price differences. They're all the same card really, and any good store has an RMA policy if it fails and then you can switch brands. So go for the cheapest. The execption to this is really high overclocks (>10%). A 10% OC can justify a few dollars price increase if you need the extra performance.
As a rule of thumb on VRAM:
4870, 4890, 4850 X2, 4870 X2, 58xx, GTX2xx - benefits from by 5-10% 1GB on high resolutions >=1920x1200
All other cards - use 512MB
