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which is better - GeForce GT 620 or 7950?
My girlfriend's sister may be looking at buying a new PC, but she really isn't that interested in gaming. She does some light gaming, like Peggle, ec. - and with her current PC with built-in graphics, even Peggle HD runs choppy. One of the PCs she's looking at is a MicroCenter brand PC which comes with an NVIDIA Geforce GT 620. Currently, I have a Geforce 7950 OC card sitting in the closet I could just give to her. Which is a better card for light gaming like she'll be doing - the GT 620 or my 7950? Because if mine is better there's a cheaper PC that comes with integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 - maybe it could save her money if I'm just going to give her my card anyways. My 7950 is several years old so I imagine the 620 should be better, no? I just don't want her to buy a PC that comes with a card if I'm going to pull out the card anyways and replace it with one of mine. Then again I'm not certain my card will fit that pc:
http://microcenter.com/product/41330...sktop_Computer
Will the GT 620 be good enough for her needs in terms of light gaming? Also will it handle HD video and blu-ray playback okay? Her monitor is 1920x1080 so I just want to make sure she can play some of the types of games she likes without stuttering like her old PC does currently. She really doesn't want to spend a lot on a video card.
According to engadget, "The GT 620 is a GT 530 with a 49-watt TDP and twice as many CUDA cores as the 610 -- although a meager 64-bit memory bus will put a cap on any performance gains."
EDIT: hmm, it seems my 7950 says 350w minimum power supply - the PC I linked to comes with a 300w. I wonder if that 620 card at least performs as well as my 7950 - I assume it's certainly better than the Intel integrated graphics.
Last edited by tgfyhre; 17 Jul 2013 at 15:17.