Im looking at buying a new video card for gaming, and was looking at some Radeons and noticed a nice card for 320$ which is a 1024MB card.. and then saw some GeForces with 520mb or w.e which were slightly cheaper?.. im a video card noob, but.. shouldnt then 1024mb card be better?..or is it cheaper because of the brand?..how does it work.
heres the card i was looking at: http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10112374&catid=25617&logon=&langid=EN&test_cookie=1|||Well 1024 mb means simply twice the memory but 520 cards can still be very good. I would check to see if your motherboard has extra features for nvidia or ati. and also if it can use gddr5 but if you have the money you might as well go with a 1024 mb card But the speed is the most important part|||High resolution monitors requires more memory. It's not about speed nowadays, since all of them come with memory that's fast enough (GDDR5).
If you're on a small screen, stick with the 512MB.|||There is more to a video card then just how much memory it has.
The speed of the memory (DDR2 or DDR3) and the Speed is important.
See how many shader models and pipe lines the graphic card has. The more pipelines the faster it can move data.
Then search for reviews online. I never buy a graphic card until I have read through reviews on it.
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