Which is a better graphics card ddr3 gt240 1gb or ddr3 gt430 2gb?

I want to buy a new gpu so which is better?|||Model GeForce GT 240 GDDR5 GeForce GT 430 1GB

Manufacturer nVidia nVidia

Year Novermber 2009 October 2010

Code Name GT215 GF108

Fab Process 40 nm 40 nm

Bus PCIe x16 PCIe x16

Memory 512 MB 1024 MB

Core Speed 550 MHz 700 MHz

Shader Speed 1360 MHz 1400 MHz

Memory Speed 425 MHz 900 MHz

Unified Shaders 96 96

Texture Mapping Units 32 16

Render Output Units 8 4

Bus Type GDDR5 GDDR3

Bus Width 128-bit 128-bit

DirectX Version DirectX 10.1 DirectX 11

OpenGL Version OpenGL 3.2 OpenGL 4.1

Power (Max TDP) 70 watts 60 watts

Shader Model 4.1 5.0

Bandwidth 27200 MB/sec 28800 MB/sec

Texel Rate 17600 Mtexels/sec 11200 Mtexels/sec

Pixel Rate 4400 Mpixels/sec 2800 Mpixels/sec



When you consider the pixel rate, i would say the gt240 1GB would perform a little better in games than a gt430 2GB, unless you are running in a pretty low resolution.



As for the 1GB vs 2GB argument, it hardly makes a difference when you consider how weak these cards are. No game requires more than 1GB for its textures, and the 2GB just helps with if your playing games on a very high resoltuion, which the 430GT sucks at doing.|||The GT 240 is actually quite a bit faster than the GT 430. In terms of raw processing power (GFlops) the GT 240 is about 25%-30% faster.



With that said the GT 240 is mostly just a renamed 9600GT. It's an obsolete card. Neither of the these are cards are powerful enough to run modern games effectively.|||GT430 benchmarks much higher than the 240.|||the ddr gt430 2gb why because 1 gb vs 2 gb the ddr dosnt have anything to do with it thats just the model of memmory|||DDR 3 is Just the model



GT 430 2GB is the better option.|||GT 430 2GB is better