Humor me: Radeon R7 240 or Geforce GT 730

[76561193857876471]

I'm going to do my best Miss Cleo impression and predict that you are going to tell me that both cards offer sub-par performance, that anything below the GTX isn't worth investing in, and that I should look at a GTX 750ti or 770. This is fair. I have heard this many, many times and I understand the limitations of the two cards I am asking about.

Let's pretend for the moment that the only two graphics cards in existence were the Radeon R7 240 and the Geforce GT 730. Which one would offer better performance? Or if they offer similar performance, which do you think would be a better value for what it provides?

Many thanks in advance.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Sorry but both are rubbish for gaming, office PC cards.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N802O58/?tag=pcpapi-20

If you are really hellbent on those cards then performance depends if card has DDR3 or DDR5 memory, DDR5 are better performance:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125686

[76561193857876471]

Thank you for your responses.

[Carlsberg]

I would take the GT 730, Rumples link is for the R7 250 which is ddr5, you are not likely to get a 240 with ddr5 they are more commonly ddr3.

[Rove]

R7 240 for some things GTX 730 or other things. Careful though there are 3 versions of the GT 730 and one is really really bad compared to the other.

EDIT:
get a R7 250 you can find it for near the same price as the R7 240 nd the difference for gaming is big. Also can later crossfire with A10 APU.

[MstPht697]

This is a great question, the issue for me is my motherboard only supplies 25W to the PCI slot.
So finding a somewhat decent gaming card(better then intel GMA 4000)
that will run low wattage AND be half-height is quiet the issue.

Now for some relevant information, and for future searchers with same issue.
The better 730
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127830&cm_re=MSI-N730K-1GD5LP-OC-_-14-127-830-_-Product

Threw this one in cause reviews were high.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/MSI-ATI-Radeon-HD6450-1GB-DDR3-Low-Profile-PCI-Express-Video-Card/17038212

[_I_]

amd/ati 4650 is about the same as the intel hd 4000

i got one for $20 shipped once, used in in htpc for about a day
great for movies, but horrible for flash heavy, and any games

[76561193857876471]

I'm using a low profile Radeon HD 6450 to replace my GMA X4500, and it's considerably better. It also has a TDP of 18 watts. It won't play modern games at all. Here's just a brief sample of what it will play, at what settings, and with what frame rates. It's not always pretty (it often isn't.)

Duke Nukem Forever

Min. 17
Max. 54
Avg. 34.953

Resolution: 1360x768

Textures: High
Shadows: Off
Motion Blur: Off
Antialiasing: Off
Film Grain: Off
Post Special Effects: Off

Screenshots:
http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/torvuseremita/media/2015-03-24_00002_zps3k3ymkmm.jpg.html
http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/torvuseremita/media/2015-03-24_00006_zpsliiydtrn.jpg.html

Bioshock

Min. 29
Max. 93
Avg. 51.563

Resolution:1360x768

Vertical Sync: Off
Shadow Maps: Off
High Detail Post Processing: On
High Detail Shaders: On
Real Time Reflection: On
Distortion: On
Force Global Lighting: Off
DirectX 10 Detail Surfaces: On
Horizontal FOV Lock: On
Actor Detail: High
Texture Detail: High

Screenshots:
http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/torvuseremita/media/2015-03-24_00001_zpsr70v6qmm.jpg.html
http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/torvuseremita/media/2015-03-24_00003_zpsq3ipoy1o.jpg.html

Red Faction: Armageddon

Min.12
Max. 127*
Avg. 24.850

*Prerendered cutscene. Realistic max. frame rate is around ~36FPS.

Resolution: 1152x648

V-Sync: Disabled
Antialiasing: Off
Filter Mode: Anisotropic 2x
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Texture Detail: Low
Motion Blur: Enabled
Scene Detail: Normal
Post Processing Detail: Low

Screenshots:
http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/torvuseremita/media/2015-03-24_00002_zpszsnnkwur.jpg.html
http://s1297.photobucket.com/user/torvuseremita/media/2015-03-24_00003_zpsjvzeosnz.jpg.html

There's more, obviously, but I don't want to flood the forum with a bunch of benchmarks nobody cares about. Some other games I consider to get playable frame rates include The Witcher, Far Cry 2, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, The King of Fighters XIII, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, and Legend of Grimrock.

You could also look into a Geforce GT 720, which should perform a bit better and has a max power draw of 19 watts.