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So I have decided to upgrade to a gtx 750 Ti. I have heard that the 4Gb version doesn't actually have 4Gb of ram, but rather 2Gb, and can borrow up to an additional 2Gb of system ram.

 

Does anybody know if this is true?

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It is 4GBs but the card really is not fast enough to even use 2GBs. If you can you may want to try to get a 960 as it will perform MUCH better.

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If you are OK buying used here is a 960 for a decent price http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-GTX960OC-2GB-GDDR5-Windforce-/121965138351?hash=item1c65b051af:g:PrUAAOSwYmZXGumW

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The card indeed has 4gb of gddr5 on it , but it really isn't fast enough to effectively use all of it.

For the price , you are better off buying a 950.

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The R9 380 is also a good card here is the cheapest I could find it.  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127880&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

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32 minutes ago, Trey222 said:

It is 4GBs but the card really is not fast enough to even use 2GBs. If you can you may want to try to get a 960 as it will perform MUCH better.

So I bought a prebuilt PC from a store. It currently has an r7 240 in it. Would 960 be compatible? I was looking into the 750 ti because it was know for being a good 'plug and play' card.

 

Edit: The MOBO is a Hewlett-Packard 2B17

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2 hours ago, Sgt-PieFace said:

So I have decided to upgrade to a gtx 750 Ti. I have heard that the 4Gb version doesn't actually have 4Gb of ram, but rather 2Gb, and can borrow up to an additional 2Gb of system ram.

 

Does anybody know if this is true?

It comes with 4GB onboard VRAM

 

1 hour ago, Sgt-PieFace said:

So I bought a prebuilt PC from a store. It currently has an r7 240 in it. Would 960 be compatible? I was looking into the 750 ti because it was know for being a good 'plug and play' card.

 

Edit: The MOBO is a Hewlett-Packard 2B17

What is the power supply? The 960 is generally a horrible value card - it's far too weak and crippled for the price tag of 200$

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5 hours ago, Sgt-PieFace said:

So I bought a prebuilt PC from a store. It currently has an r7 240 in it. Would 960 be compatible? I was looking into the 750 ti because it was know for being a good 'plug and play' card.

 

Edit: The MOBO is a Hewlett-Packard 2B17

It depends on the power supply. Also I  found this on r/hardwareswap if your interested. https://www.reddit.com/r/hardwareswap/comments/4duy60/usatn_h_powercolor_turboduo_r9_280_3gb_gigabyte/

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