GT 730 or R7 240?


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Howdy, I'm looking to get a bit more life out of my family's desktop, it really needs a new gpu.

 

The PC is a HP 6000 Pro small form factor PC

 

It is running an Intel Q9400 CPU with 4 GB RAM, a 1TB Seagate HDD and a nVidia GT 610 1GB PCIe video card.

 

OS is Win 8.1 x64

 

I am upgrading the RAM to 8GB RAM but I'm unsure of the best choice for video card, the current GT 610 is a bit pokey.

 

The challenge is that since the PC is a small form factor, it will only accept a half height card.

 

I've been looking into the GT 730 with GDDR5 RAM, but I've also come across an xfx Radeon R7 240.

 

I haven't used an AMD card in quite some time, the last I owned was a HD 4350, is the R7 240 any good or should I stick with my original plan of the GT 730?

 

Games played are World of Tanks, World of Warplanes, Skyrim, Mass Effect 3 and I'd hopefully Dragon Age: Inquisition.

 

The display on the PC is an HP e231 at 1920x1080 using DVI.

 

Thanks!

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if you can, this card would probably be your best bet. I have it in my low-profile pc and it works great

 

Galaxy GTX 750 Ti Slim

 

This card looks like it may be the perfect option, I didn't even know it existed :)

 

Time to start looking into its availability and costs, thanks Brando.

I should probably confirm the PSU can handle it first, being an HP business class PC, it is likely to be weak for the Ti 750.

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It won't consume much more power than the other 2, any card which is powered by the PCI-E slot will consume a maximum of 75 watts, any PSU in a remotely modern computer should be able to handle that easily

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It won't consume much more power than the other 2, any card which is powered by the PCI-E slot will consume a maximum of 75 watts, any PSU in a remotely modern computer should be able to handle that easily

good to know, thanks

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This card looks like it may be the perfect option, I didn't even know it existed :)

 

Time to start looking into its availability and costs, thanks Brando.

I should probably confirm the PSU can handle it first, being an HP business class PC, it is likely to be weak for the Ti 750.

cost if I remember correctly was somewhere around $120-140

and as Javik said, if your other card runs fine this one should as well

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