geforce gt210

stags67 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:22

can anyone tell me if i have wasted money on buying this "recommended" card for gaming , or if there is anyway of getting it to perform better , i can play cod mw2 but only low level m cheers

Trunks9486 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:33

Its not good for games really... and you cant really get more out of it.

When did you buy it? Can't you return it under DSR?

stags67 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:40

not really , it was recommended as entry level gaming card , i wanted the 250 but was told this was as good , it will have to do for now then go into my first build

Martini1991 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:42

stags67 said:
not really , it was recommended as entry level gaming card , i wanted the 250 but was told this was as good , it will have to do for now then go into my first build

Lulwut?.. Who told you that?

UKDTweak · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:43

Who on earth recommended the 210 as an Entry Level Gaming card???
I would only mention it as an entry level Display adaptor, if that!!!

stags67 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:47

a self claimed know it all , most of his other advice was ok even down to overclocking , we learn by our mistakes

Martini1991 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:49

stags67 said:
a self claimed know it all , most of his other advice was ok even down to overclocking , we learn by our mistakes

Smash his face in.

UKDTweak · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:50

If he thinks it is so good, get him to buy it off you so you can buy a Real Gaming card

P.S. What is the rest of your spec???

Martini1991 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:50

UKDTweak said:
If he thinks it is so good, get him to buy it off you so you can buy a Real Gaming card

P.S. What is the rest of your spec???

This.
And what overclocks?

Martini1991 · 11 Dec 2009 at 16:51

I'm getting this impression of an extra value PSU.

Rroff · 11 Dec 2009 at 17:24

The 240 would be okish as an entry level gaming card... the 210 not a chance.

Naff8000 · 11 Dec 2009 at 17:30

stags67 said:
not really , it was recommended as entry level gaming card , i wanted the 250 but was told this was as good , it will have to do for now then go into my first build

loooool. Come to these forums for all the advice you need

jms198 · 11 Dec 2009 at 18:51

Whats the 210 a rebrand of? I'm all confused by nVs naming tictacs (sorry tactics)!

PishY · 11 Dec 2009 at 20:34

should have gone with your instinct, and gone for the GTS 250

Jynmagic · 12 Dec 2009 at 01:47

jms198 said:
Whats the 210 a rebrand of? I'm all confused by nVs naming tictacs (sorry tactics)!

The 9400gt. Also that guy is an idiot. Entry level card my ass.

kylew · 12 Dec 2009 at 07:06

jms198 said:
Whats the 210 a rebrand of? I'm all confused by nVs naming tictacs (sorry tactics)!

9400, which was an 8400 before, now it's a G210, and it's being re-branded to a GT310. :rolleyes:

Geforce? GeFarce more like!

chaparral · 12 Dec 2009 at 07:39

stags67 said:
i wanted the 250 but was told this was as good

But surely you should have known yourself that there no way a £30 GPU card is going compare with an £80+ GPU card..

gurusan · 12 Dec 2009 at 08:21

Martini1991 said:
Smash his face in.

+1

Columbo · 12 Dec 2009 at 10:11

Martini1991 said:
Smash his face in.

+2

Then insert the 210 into an opening that isn't meant to be breached.

Rroff · 12 Dec 2009 at 11:49

kylew said:
9400, which was an 8400 before, now it's a G210, and it's being re-branded to a GT310.

Geforce? GeFarce more like!

While for all intents and purposes its about right - thats not entirely correct technically - its closer to an 8500GT renamed 9400GT performance wise but its not on the old G86/96 core but a new DX10.1 core with better internal color precision, filtering, etc. which you can notice all the more clearly at slideshow fps. Its also clocked a little higher...

I bought a couple of 8500GT for media PC builds - but found they overclock like crazy... so for a laugh benched 2 of them in SLI running almost +80% overclocks... was about half the speed of an 8800GT