1030 better than 650?

[ExoMale]

i nearly purchased a gtx 650 earlier, but after spending so much on things lately I decided not to spend a further £28 for it and so I thought I would try google it vs the 1030 and not much results.

However what I did find seemed to favour the 1030 and I don’t think just becuse it’s newer, so is the 1030 actually a much better gpu then?, I only want to try medium settings in certain games.

 

[arc@css]

Quite a bit by the looks of it:

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GT-1030-vs-Nvidia-GTX-650/m283726vs3154

 

[smsmasters]

Around 19% better.

 

[LeMson]

I have an asus 1030, brilliant card, low power useage, if your at 1080p go for it!

 

[p5ychonaut]

If you end up getting a 1030 be aware there is a DDR4 version which has crippled memory bandwidth and is slower than the GDDR5 version, sometimes by a huge margin.

 

[arc@css]

^^ Good point. That completely slipped my mind.

 

[Marine-RX179]

If you end up getting a 1030 be aware there is a DDR4 version which has crippled memory bandwidth and is slower than the GDDR5 version, sometimes by a huge margin.

I think I've seen this showing the DDR4 version of the 1030 being only around 45% of the GDDR5 1030's performance.

If anyone unfortunate enough to fall for the bait and switch trap, then they are screwed.

Avoid the DDR4 1030 like plague!!

 

[ExoMale]

Was away on holiday since I posted this, so thank you for the replies.

I know the 650 was a mid-range cars in its day, but I didn’t think a new, but low range multimedia card would better it, so it’s good to know the confirmations are correct, so I guess 1030 ha and thanks for the heads up on the vram, I haven’t been looking yet, but good to know there is a pretty terrible version to watch for.

 

[Armageus]

A 1030 (£79.99 gddr5) isn't worth £52 more than that £28 gtx650 though...

£28 would likely get you a 7770 that's faster in the above chart, and for £40-£50 there are lots of choices that are much faster than either (7850/7870/7950/260x/270x/gtx660/gtx670)

 

[twistedheat]

You can get the 2gb HD 7850 for like £35 used on online auction site. I have one in my current system and it's about 50% better than a 1030. There's plenty up for sale and I'll be throwing mine up in a few days as well. If you can find a HD 7870 for near that price than pick that up instead.

 

[LeMson]

Should we look at the power consumption of the cards then? :E

 

[Armageus]

Should we look at the power consumption of the cards then? :E

Will still take an age to pay for the price difference between a used 7850 and a new 1030 in terms of power saved

 

[LeMson]

Yeah only thing against the 7850 is it's prolly been eth mining and now has no warranty, though you can buy 2 I guess lol

 

[Armageus]

Yeah only thing against the 7850 is it's prolly been eth mining and now has no warranty, though you can buy 2 I guess lol

7850 haven't been eth mining...

Cryptonight and equihash maybe

 

[LeMson]

I googled mining and seen a post with someone running 6 eth mining, so thought it was a thing lol