Gt520 (1 gb) vs gts 450 (1gb)

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TankerHC

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I am currently using a GT520 with 1 Gig of DDR3. Someone I know is selling a GTS 450 with 1GB DDR5. My questions are:

1. I dont play a lot of games but I do play MS Flight Sim X and also hit a lot of graphics heavy (Video) sites. Would I see any improvement with the 450?

2. I do a lot of video editing for friends and family, again would it be any kind of upgrade to add the 450?

3. Will it make much of a difference in refresh rates?

4. Being that it is a used card, what is the max you would pay for it. New I see them going anywhere from $98 with shipping to $140 with no shipping.
 
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TankerHC said:
1. I dont play a lot of games but I do play MS Flight Sim X and also hit a lot of graphics heavy (Video) sites. Would I see any improvement with the 450?
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Back when I had a GTS 450 1GB I played FSX at high settings and it ran fine. A GTS 450 would own a GT 520 at FSX. You won't be able to max out FSX on a 450, but you'll be able to play it at medium-high settings at around 1280x1024 resolution.

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2. I do a lot of video editing for friends and family, again would it be any kind of upgrade to add the 450?
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Depends what software you use to edit video, not all software takes advantage of CUDA which is a technology that allows the GPU to render video. Adobe Premiere Pro supports CUDA, but Sony Vegas does not, so you wouldn't see any advantage if you use Sony Vegas, but if you use Premiere Pro and you set it up to use CUDA, then you would see an advantage. I used a GTS 450 for video editing and yeah it was fine.

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3. Will it make much of a difference in refresh rates?
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No, that's your monitor that determines the refresh rate. I think you mean FPS? Yes, the GTS 450 will achieve a higher average FPS than a GT 520 on just about every game out there.

TankerHC said:
4. Being that it is a used card, what is the max you would pay for it. New I see them going anywhere from $98 with shipping to $140 with no shipping.
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As it is a last-generation card, and soon to be two generations old, I wouldn't pay more than $100 for one, maybe $120 at max (that's excluding shipping). $98 with shipping seems about right for a used two-generation old mid-range GPU.
 
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Not really, isn't the 5770/6770 about the same performance as it, and they are about 110 new with rebates around 90, and either free or 7 for shipping. Also, the gts250 is almost as powerful, barely less, and they're like 55 or less on ebay. I would see if he'd take 60-70
 
you guys arent reading what the OP is saying, this is probably going to be far cheaper than a retail price on a card, so any arguements here are invalid. to the OP, just grab the GTS450.
 
That's what people want for them on ebay, but people on ebay are retards and only look at used things, and don't ever think to compare what they pay for it to the what a newer and equally powerful card costs. Tell him no, and grab a slightly older but just as strong card for a chunk less if you want to upgrade, otherwise, a 5770/6770
 
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That's what people want for them on ebay, but people on ebay are retards and only look at used things, and don't ever think to compare what they pay for it to the what a newer and equally powerful card costs. Tell him no, and grab a slightly older but just as strong card for a chunk less if you want to upgrade, otherwise, a 5770/6770
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Yea, Our local Best Buy has the 6770 for $89
 
FuryRosewood said:
ouch yea, 95 for that card is not very good price, its equavalent to a 9800GTX+ roughly, and you can probably snag one of those for close to fifty

http://www.ebay.com/itm/XFX-NVIDIA-...579?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item3a7306d453

theres a 50 dollar PNY GTX, but its refurbed, id go with this card though, ive owned them in SLI, they work pretty well, tho not at higher resolutions, but that honestly would even beat the GTS450
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Yeah, if you don't mind using used parts without warranties, you can save a good chunk, and use something like this for an idea of relative performance

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

that 9800gtx+ is just a bit slower than a 5770 but nearly half the price.
 
Personally, I would not get a 9800 GTX, given that it only supports DirectX 10. I would limit the options to only Radeon 5xxx cards or newer and Geforce GTx 4xx cards or newer.
 
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After adding the 6670, my Novabench score jumped over 100 points.

Verified NovaBench Score: 778


Test run on April 12, 2012 at 01:16
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium

AMD AMD Phenom II X4 960T running at 3375 MHz

AMD Radeon HD 6670 GPU

16371 MB System RAM (Score: 197)
- RAM Speed: 3992 MB/s

CPU Tests (Score: 417)
- Floating Point Operations/Second: 104038536
- Integer Operations/Second: 369500228
- MD5 Hashes Generated/Second: 905906

Graphics Tests (Score: 150)
- 3D Frames Per Second: 456

Hardware Tests (Score: 14)
- Primary Partition Capacity: 56 GB
- Drive Write Speed: 119 MB/s

Edit: After looking at some comparisons, I wonder how good that is considering this scored a point higher:
Intel Core2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz running at 2999MHz
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
GPU: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
RAM: 2047 MB

But it also bumped my overall PCMark7 score from a 2014 to a 3518.
 
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