I Just Purchased a GT 240 Graphics Card and Here's What I Thought of It

I recently purchased a GT 240 graphics card, which I had initially thought was a great find at a low price. However, it turns out that this particular card features GDDR5 instead of DDR3 RAM, which changed my expectations. After re-testing the card, I realized that there was potential for overclocking, and I'm excited to share my findings with you.

The GT 240 is a 70-watt card, making it compatible with most systems. However, I believe that a 400-watt PSU is necessary to ensure stable power delivery. Before installing the card, I decided to replace the thermal paste, which had likely not been changed since its release. This was a simple process that involved removing the four screws holding the heatsink in place, gently wiping off the old thermal paste from both the GPU and the heatsink, and applying new thermal paste to the GPU. The new thermal paste should provide better cooling performance.

Now that I had my system up and running with the GT 240 installed, it was time to test its performance. I'll be using my personal rig, which features a Ryzen 3 processor and an AM4 motherboard. Removing the graphics card is a straightforward process, requiring only one or two screws and the removal of the PCI Express power connector. With the card removed, I was able to boot up my system and run some tests.

Destock speeds for the GT 240 are impressive, with a core clock speed of 550 MHz, a shader clock speed of 1314 MHz, and a memory clock speed of 1700 MHz. After testing, I managed to overclock the card to 640 MHz with a shader clock speed of 15.59 MHz and a memory clock speed of 1950 MHz. This was the absolute limit that I could push without causing the system to overheat.

When I ran some games, including Paladins, CS:GO, Far Cry 3, GTA V, and Minecraft, at low settings (1080p with low graphics settings), the card performed admirably. In Paladins, I averaged around 55 frames per second, while in CS:GO, I achieved an average of 60 frames per second. Far Cry 3 ran smoothly at 50 frames per second, and GTA V was playable with an average frame rate of 30 frames per second on the lowest settings. Finally, Minecraft ran at a smooth 90 frames per second.

Overall, I'm impressed with the performance of the GT 240, especially considering its low power consumption. While it may not support DirectX 11 anymore, it's still a great option for those looking to upgrade an older system without breaking the bank. With prices starting as low as $15, you can't go wrong with this affordable GPU.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhello everyone and welcome to another video now if you saw yesterday's one then you'll remember that I had this graphics card come out of an old $50 system that I found online now I didn't know what was inside it at first I just purchased it and it turns out that this GT 240 was the graphics card that occupied the motherboard since then however I realized I made a slight mistake because this card actually features gddr5 instead of ddr3 vram and so with that said I just had to test it out again after I realized that there was potentially a lot more room for overclocking there are the specs there just to recap if you didn't see yesterday's video and because this is a 70 watt card it means that it doesn't require an additional power connector and will work in most systems although I do believe a 400 watt PSU is needed now I wanted to replace the thermal paste first of all because I doubt that it's been changed ever since this card was released and this is a very simple process simply undo the four screws to remove the heatsink remove the thermal paste from both the GPU and the heatsink itself again which is a very simple process and it should just wipe off like so although you may need to find yourself some rubbing alcohol in order to do the job once you're done with that it should come up nice and shiny as this example has done here and reapplying thermal paste could not be simpler just like a CPU apply a little bit in the middle although you want to use a little bit less than you would with a processor but using the same thermal paste that you would do on a processor is absolutely fine and once you're done you can sit the heatsink back on and then you can go ahead and screw the card back together some random toast there just I don't know why I left that in but I did and there we have it so the system I'll be using the GT 240 in today is my personal rising 3 build replacing my GTX 1060 for the day so removing a graphics card it's very simple especially if you installed it yourself it's just one or two screws as well as the removal of the PCI Express power connector there which obviously will not be required for this 70 watt card which will just slow in nicely and should be ready to fire up so on the desktop here and you'll see destock speeds the 550 megahertz core clock the 1314 megahertz shader clock and the 17 hundred megahertz memory clock there I did manage to overclock this to 640 megahertz with a 15 59 megahertz shader clock and a nineteen fifty megahertz memory clock as well this was the absolute limit that I could push this thing and as you can see there it remained pretty cool of 43 degrees on idle so it's time to get into some games one popular title a lot of you have been asking me for is paladins which run at 1080p with the low settings the average 55 frames per second and as you can see from those other figures there there really wasn't much lag or stutter to speak of and I had a lot of fun playing this game up next it's csgo again with the low settings but I don't really feel the need to turn the settings up anymore in this game and not a lot of you guys told me that as well this overreached out at 60 frames per second especially when you consider that we played a variety of different maps here and once again looking at the 1% and point 1 percent low as you can see there really was not much stutter to speak of as we moved on to Far Cry 3 we had to switch the resolution to 720p here again keeping those low settings but we did average 50 fps and the game was definitely more than playable and had a great experience with Far Cry 3 a game that I really haven't played since my xbox 360 days of gaming now you may remember yesterday I said that GTA 5 kept crashing well I managed to get it working today with an average of 30 frames per second on the absolute minimum settings but looking at those other figures you can see that there was quite a bit of stutter here which really rendered the game unplayable in some situations although it performed a lot better in the countryside areas so to end the day we rounded the gameplay tests off with minecraft which at 1080p ran with 90 frames per second a great experience in my opinion and although minecraft is more CPU intensive it couldn't have done it without the help of that GT 240 so there we have it it is an old card and it doesn't support DirectX 11 anymore but if you're looking for something to put an older system at a great cheap price they can be found for as low as 10 pounds or $15 you could do a lot worse than one of these low powered and relatively cheap gt2 40 GPUs thanks for watching guys and hopefully I'll see you all in the next videohello everyone and welcome to another video now if you saw yesterday's one then you'll remember that I had this graphics card come out of an old $50 system that I found online now I didn't know what was inside it at first I just purchased it and it turns out that this GT 240 was the graphics card that occupied the motherboard since then however I realized I made a slight mistake because this card actually features gddr5 instead of ddr3 vram and so with that said I just had to test it out again after I realized that there was potentially a lot more room for overclocking there are the specs there just to recap if you didn't see yesterday's video and because this is a 70 watt card it means that it doesn't require an additional power connector and will work in most systems although I do believe a 400 watt PSU is needed now I wanted to replace the thermal paste first of all because I doubt that it's been changed ever since this card was released and this is a very simple process simply undo the four screws to remove the heatsink remove the thermal paste from both the GPU and the heatsink itself again which is a very simple process and it should just wipe off like so although you may need to find yourself some rubbing alcohol in order to do the job once you're done with that it should come up nice and shiny as this example has done here and reapplying thermal paste could not be simpler just like a CPU apply a little bit in the middle although you want to use a little bit less than you would with a processor but using the same thermal paste that you would do on a processor is absolutely fine and once you're done you can sit the heatsink back on and then you can go ahead and screw the card back together some random toast there just I don't know why I left that in but I did and there we have it so the system I'll be using the GT 240 in today is my personal rising 3 build replacing my GTX 1060 for the day so removing a graphics card it's very simple especially if you installed it yourself it's just one or two screws as well as the removal of the PCI Express power connector there which obviously will not be required for this 70 watt card which will just slow in nicely and should be ready to fire up so on the desktop here and you'll see destock speeds the 550 megahertz core clock the 1314 megahertz shader clock and the 17 hundred megahertz memory clock there I did manage to overclock this to 640 megahertz with a 15 59 megahertz shader clock and a nineteen fifty megahertz memory clock as well this was the absolute limit that I could push this thing and as you can see there it remained pretty cool of 43 degrees on idle so it's time to get into some games one popular title a lot of you have been asking me for is paladins which run at 1080p with the low settings the average 55 frames per second and as you can see from those other figures there there really wasn't much lag or stutter to speak of and I had a lot of fun playing this game up next it's csgo again with the low settings but I don't really feel the need to turn the settings up anymore in this game and not a lot of you guys told me that as well this overreached out at 60 frames per second especially when you consider that we played a variety of different maps here and once again looking at the 1% and point 1 percent low as you can see there really was not much stutter to speak of as we moved on to Far Cry 3 we had to switch the resolution to 720p here again keeping those low settings but we did average 50 fps and the game was definitely more than playable and had a great experience with Far Cry 3 a game that I really haven't played since my xbox 360 days of gaming now you may remember yesterday I said that GTA 5 kept crashing well I managed to get it working today with an average of 30 frames per second on the absolute minimum settings but looking at those other figures you can see that there was quite a bit of stutter here which really rendered the game unplayable in some situations although it performed a lot better in the countryside areas so to end the day we rounded the gameplay tests off with minecraft which at 1080p ran with 90 frames per second a great experience in my opinion and although minecraft is more CPU intensive it couldn't have done it without the help of that GT 240 so there we have it it is an old card and it doesn't support DirectX 11 anymore but if you're looking for something to put an older system at a great cheap price they can be found for as low as 10 pounds or $15 you could do a lot worse than one of these low powered and relatively cheap gt2 40 GPUs thanks for watching guys and hopefully I'll see you all in the next video\n"