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Memory bus.

Does it affect the quality of the card and performance depending how big it is?

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Does it affect the quality of the card and performance depending how big it is?

On a GT 730? No. The only instance I've seen where it affects performance is on a 960 4GB. The 128 bit bus physically can't even use 4GB of VRAM, making the 4GB card pointless.

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Yeah it refers to the maximum number of 'bits' or data that can be transferred at a time

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On a GT 730? No. The only instance I've seen where it affects performance is on a 960 4GB. The 128 bit bus physically can't even use 4GB of VRAM, making the 4GB card pointless.

Alright, thanks.

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Alright, thanks.

Quick question, what do you have now that makes a GT730 better?

 

 

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Does it affect the quality of the card and performance depending how big it is?

It depends on the load and usage. A 730 will not see any difference. Quality as in build quality? No. Performance? If the card is strong enough, yes. When we refer to video cards as having 128-bit, 256-bit, etc memory buses, it's how wide it is. How much data can be transferred per memory clock.

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