SuperBiiz has the Zotac ZT-60201-10L GeForce GT 640 2GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card for $105 - $7 off with coupon code RWBJULY [Exp 7/9] = $98 with free shipping. Features 900MHz core clock, and two DVI and one miniHDMI outputs.
It's more than bandwidth starved... as techreport said "GT 640 feels like so much wasted potential"..."the choice is clear". http://techreport.com/articles.x/23179/1
DDR5 might have saved it some, so why didn't Nvidia just release it that way they knew the competition and for this price they cant justify it without DDR5? Right now Nvidia needs to drop the price to $50-60. They could get a little more if they had it as low prifile with passive cooler.
is this a deal price?
This is a SLOW card. The ddr3 ram kills it really. you would be better off with a 550ti or above for the same amount of money.
Spend the extra few bucks for a 7750.
it's a Kepler GPU but the ddr3 RAM makes it a dog. I'm waiting for the ddr5 version. there will be one
It's more than bandwidth starved... as techreport said "GT 640 feels like so much wasted potential"..."the choice is clear".
http://techreport.com/articles.x/23179/1
DDR5 might have saved it some, so why didn't Nvidia just release it that way they knew the competition and for this price they cant justify it without DDR5? Right now Nvidia needs to drop the price to $50-60. They could get a little more if they had it as low prifile with passive cooler.
And no you don't need to spend more for 7750, here a nice passive cooler unit is $100 -AR$10 wF/S and includes the game Dirt Showdown.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161417