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#1 wirey87
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what does mean when a card has 128 or 256 bit?

I was looking through some gfx cards when I came across the radeon hd 5750 and it has 128bit as a Memory Interface?

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#2 kilerchese
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The HD 5750 has a 128-Bit memory interface of GDDR5. GDDR5 has double the memory bandwidth over GDDR3.

If your looking at a HD 5 series get a 5770. If you don't have a lot of money then just go with HD 4770 instead.

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#3 wirey87
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The HD 5750 has a 128-Bit memory interface of GDDR5. GDDR5 has double the memory bandwidth over GDDR3.

If your looking at a HD 5 series get a 5770. If you don't have a lot of money then just go with HD 4770 instead.

kilerchese
is the 4770 better than the 5750?
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#4 polarwrath11
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The HD 5750 has a 128-Bit memory interface of GDDR5. GDDR5 has double the memory bandwidth over GDDR3.

If your looking at a HD 5 series get a 5770. If you don't have a lot of money then just go with HD 4770 instead.

kilerchese
All these tech specs, but in the end, isn't it all about real world performance, where the 5750 is more powerful than the 4850/4770? Although you might have a point in terms of value for money.
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#5 kilerchese
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Or a GTS 250. The 5750 performs between the 4830 and 4870. It's kind of hit or miss in a few games.

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#6 wirey87
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Or a GTS 250. The 5750 performs between the 4830 and 4870. It's kind of hit or miss in a few games.

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but it has no dx11 support, which i dunno how important that would be, but anyway..
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#7 wooooode
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That is the bandwith of the memory, so 256 has twice the bandwith of the 128.
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#8 kilerchese
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That is the bandwith of the memory, so 256 has twice the bandwith of the 128.wooooode
But 128-Bit GDDR5 has the same bandwidth or MORE than 256-Bit GDDR3.

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#9 Joe77
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direct x 11 support is important, more and more games will start using it, if possible I would get the direct x 11 card.

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#10 kilerchese
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I wouldn't get a 5750 though and there are going to be as many DX11 games in the next 2 or 3 years as there are DX10 games AND DX11 is backwards compatible with DX10.1, DX10 and DX9.

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#11 Joe77
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[QUOTE="wooooode"]That is the bandwith of the memory, so 256 has twice the bandwith of the 128.kilerchese

But 128-Bit GDDR5 has the same bandwidth or MORE than 256-Bit GDDR5.

256-bit gddr5 has twice the bandwidth of 128-bit gddr5

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#12 kilerchese
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256-bit gddr5 has twice the bandwidth of 128-bit gddr5Joe77
Do not flame a mistype, you know what I meant. Flaming will get you an infraction.

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#13 KLONE360
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[QUOTE="Joe77"]256-bit gddr5 has twice the bandwidth of 128-bit gddr5kilerchese

Do not flame a mistype, you know what I meant. Flaming will get you an infraction.

Maybe he didnt dont rage on ppl so easily.