NV GF210 or ATi R5 230 ?

The AMD R5 230 supports 4K resolution and DirectX 11, but some cards are designed without 4K capability. It has a Nice "chilled" TDP of 19 watts.

The Nivdia GT220 does'nt support 4K and only DirectX 10.1. It has a TDP of 58 watts.

Can't say how much fun they are crunching boinc, but solely for desktop use i'd go for the R5 230

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I'm an Nvidia nutter, but these days I wouldn't use a 210 as there are better, newer devices on the market for much the same price.
Take a look at the GTX720, more cores, faster and lower power consumption. Admittedly the price is a bit more just now as it is still so new.

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Bob Smith
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Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I'm an Nvidia nutter, but these days I wouldn't use a 210 as there are better, newer devices on the market for much the same price.
Take a look at the GTX720, more cores, faster and lower power consumption. Admittedly the price is a bit more just now as it is still so new.

In addition, I wouldn't buy an end-of-life pre-fermi (cc 1.2) card these days, except for specialist testing.

I agree with Rob, the GTX 720 would be a much better candidate from the NV stable in the long run (consider TCO).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units#GeForce_700_Series

Raistmer, I have no idea why anybody would want a G210 these days but if you really wanna have one, I can send you my old card for free:

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I'm an Nvidia nutter, but these days I wouldn't use a 210 as there are better, newer devices on the market for much the same price.
Take a look at the GTX720, more cores, faster and lower power consumption. Admittedly the price is a bit more just now as it is still so new.

Have to agree.
Between R5 230 and GT 720 the race is very close on most features.
In this case i'd go for the GT 720.

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I'm an Nvidia nutter, but these days I wouldn't use a 210 as there are better, newer devices on the market for much the same price.
Take a look at the GTX720, more cores, faster and lower power consumption. Admittedly the price is a bit more just now as it is still so new.

+1
210 is ancient by today's standards!
I mean, if you want really old stuff, start looking for gt430.

On the other hand, since you are in Russia, your choices are a bit limited.

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On the other hand, since you are in Russia, your choices are a bit limited.

Do you think so? We closer to China, BTW, don't forget where actually all stuff produced now ;)

Thanks all for comments, I'll look how GTX720 priced currently.

EDIT: Card not for me but my friend, just to make it clear.

No GTX 720 on both eBay or Newegg. GT 720 perhaps...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Depa=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=gt%20720&IsRelated=1&cm_sp=KeywordRelated-_-GTX720-_-gt%20720

No GTX 720 on both eBay or Newegg. GT 720 perhaps...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Depa=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=gt%20720&IsRelated=1&cm_sp=KeywordRelated-_-GTX720-_-gt%20720

I dont say much.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125672&cm_re=R5_230-_-14-125-672-_-Product

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http://www.ironbook.ru/catalog/videocard/272242/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=yandex_market&utm_content=videocard&_openstat=bWFya2V0LnlhbmRleC5ydTvQktC40LTQtdC-0LrQsNGA0YLQsCBQYWxpdCBHZUZvcmNlIEdUIDcyMCA3OTdNaHogUENJLUUgMi4wIDEwMjRNYiAxNjAwTWh6IDY0IGJpdCBEVkkgSERNSSBIRENQIFNpbGVudCAoTkVBVDcyMDBIRDA2LTIwODBIKTt3U2RucjhYSnlST3FhSWlHeXJSbG9BOw

Little costly than initial price I was told to look for, bot not too much, thanks all again.
If not I will go with AMD's one.

No GTX 720 on both eBay or Newegg. GT 720 perhaps...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Depa=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=gt%20720&IsRelated=1&cm_sp=KeywordRelated-_-GTX720-_-gt%20720

I dont say much.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125672&cm_re=R5_230-_-14-125-672-_-Product

AMD is cheaper. In my local shop cheaper considerably.
How about performance compared with GT 720 ? [Overall, not only SETI-oriented]

I saw very nice link to performance test with really huge number of GPUs involved but can;t find that link anymore.

No GTX 720 on both eBay or Newegg. GT 720 perhaps...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Depa=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=gt%20720&IsRelated=1&cm_sp=KeywordRelated-_-GTX720-_-gt%20720

I dont say much.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125672&cm_re=R5_230-_-14-125-672-_-Product

AMD is cheaper. In my local shop cheaper considerably.
How about performance compared with GT 720 ? [Overall, not only SETI-oriented]

I saw very nice link to performance test with really huge number of GPUs involved but can;t find that link anymore.

For gaming the 720 is faster.
Overall almost the same.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

A decent entry level card is the GT 630 Series 3.

It's a more modern chip than the original GT630, and only uses ~20W of power. Less heat and noise.

http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5045#ov

It's a more modern chip than the original GT630, and only uses ~20W of power. Less heat and noise.

GT720 has better performance, and uses only 19W.

For me, nothing can beat the GTX 750/750Ti for price/performance/power usage. But it does cost more than the most basic of older series cards.

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Grant
Darwin NT

And if one could go above GT 720 by ~30-40$ what would you recommend then?

What about a GT 730? Does it need to be a low profile card or can it be a regular size card?

This is low profile model

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487052&cm_re=gt_730-_-14-487-052-_-Product


This one has 2 GB of DDR5 Ram, 902Mhz with 384 cudas

What about a GT 730? Does it need to be a low profile card or can it be a regular size card?

This is low profile model

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487052&cm_re=gt_730-_-14-487-052-_-Product


This one has 2 GB of DDR5 Ram, 902Mhz with 384 cudas

Quite old case with old PSU, but PSU replacement to 550W FSP already planned.
MB is microATX, AMD Phenom(tm) 9350e based.