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In terms of performance we were disappointed to find the theoretical bandwidth of 25.3GB/s placed this card alongside the old GeForce 9500 GT. Not everyone can afford a high-end graphics card, of course, so we welcomed the addition for the sake of competition. But this is where things got even more ridiculous, as Nvidia decided to slap an $80 price tag on the GT 220, even when the far superior Radeon HD 4670 from ATI had been retailing for less for quite some time.
Prices have dropped slightly since then, but our opinion on it hasn't changed much. Needless to say our expectations for the new GeForce GT 240 are underwhelming, but that's not to say we won't give it a fair go. The card is said to be considerably more powerful than the GT 220, though in terms of performance it should still sit well below the GeForce 9800 GT. We really hope the tweaked version from Gainward that we are reviewing today can surprise us, so let's move on to check it out in more detail.
Read the full review.
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if the GT 240 were priced at $80 like the GT 220 is, I'd say people would find more reason to look its way. It might also make a good buy for dedicated folding rigs.
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This kinda a waste of money
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@freedomthinker I agree why not give some more money to buy sth better than this lite ver. of a new graphic card..
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For a budget card it looks pretty good, but i think it would be better to save up and buy a better card which will give you much better performance!
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Totally useless card , imo if your going to buy a gfx card you wont be bummed out for paying 20 - 30 dollars more , i would definetly go for the hd4850 rather than this crap that nvidia is sprayng on to the not so smart it crowd.
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What a dud, nVidia just won't learn. Seriously, this should be priced at $60, not $100. Wake up nV before its too late.
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Too bad that 4xxx series are still far too superior, the sad part is that this GTX240 is new.
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I saw the review, and yeah, the card is underwhelming. The point is, if anyone is buying a card for gaming, why don't you just pay some $50-60 more, and buy a card that is from a totally different class? It's like people change graphic cards every month :p
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razerblade said:
For a budget card it looks pretty good, but i think it would be better to save up and buy a better card which will give you much better performance!
Did you read? Better cards are there for less money!
This has turned from marketting strategies to direct rip offs.
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I wish nVidia would stop releasing cards that are similar in terms of performance to what's already available on the market and concentrate on releasing their next generation Fermi cards instead.
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lets hope nVidia gets their 300 series cards to market soon and that they don't have the supply issues ATI currently does.
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@Compdata: They already released the first 300 series card, and ripp ooooff.
@Fref: I'm starting to think Fermi cards are just something they imagined :P
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i wonder why nvidia launch this card, while ati focused on new dx 11 cards ,
i hope nvida could compete ati in performance and price
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@Kibaruk: That makes me think that too.
From all these bad cards nvidia launches, I keep getting the feeling that they're dying.
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It doesn't make sense for me to make vga cards like this one except for silent itx pc. Anyway is it silence at all?
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PNagy said:not with a fan it is.
It doesn't make sense for me to make vga cards like this one except for silent itx pc. Anyway is it silence at all?
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The first Wolfenstein graph is highlighting the incorrect GPU.
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This is not the first time I have read of rebranding and marketing spin by nvidia. I'm looking forward to their products for first qtr '10, but I have to say, their retail antics don't really inspire brand confidence.
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IvanAwfulitch said:
The gtx 260 is far superior. There's really no reason to dip below the gtx 260 for reasons other than price-point. For about 200 bucks or less, the performance you get out of the 260 is still so sky-high that it can be a substitute for some of the newer 270 or 280 models.
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considering it comes in way below the 9800gt, and I got mine for about the same price this card is, that's really sad. I really cannot understand why NVidia even released this card.
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I find it funny how a lot of you are bashing nvidea for shady tactics, but at the same time you are awaiting their fermi cards. If they're so immoral..what does it make you?
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This card would only make sense if it was price a whole lot cheaper!
ATI takes the ball again with this one.
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Nvidia does this way too often. Instead of releasing a new card completely, with new technology, they release dozens of cards that vary slightly in performance and price. Nvidia has been marketing the 200 series for about 15 months now. Come on!
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I just have a question, is the Radeon HD 4670 better than the 4770?
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@IvanAwfulitch You looked at the benchmarks? Or are you living in the past? The ATI Radeon HD 4890, 5850, 5870 and 5970 and the Nvidia Geforce GTX 275, 285 and 295 are all better. And the Radeon HD 4870 is a bit worse, though 25 bucks bit cheaper, too.
@sixrealms: The 4770 is most of the times best.
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