ECS NGT240-512QI-F Video Card Review

Conclusions

Against Radeon HD 5570, GeForce GT 240 is a no-brainer. From the six games and simulations we ran, GeForce GT 240 was better than Radeon HD 5570 in four of them. If the difference was small, we could say that they are “equal competitors,” but this is not the case: GeForce GT 240 was between 14% and 64% faster than Radeon HD 5570 on these games and simulations, depending on the resolution and image quality settings.

On the other hand, Radeon HD 5570 was faster than GeForce GT 240 on Crysis Warhead (33%) and on the Tropics simulation (between 17% and 29%). So it may exist other games that Radeon HD 5570 is a better product, but at least based on our results we would simply forget Radeon HD 5570 and buy GeForce GT 240.

Radeon HD 5670, however, presents a tough competition to GeForce GT 240: from the six games and simulations we ran, Radeon HD 5670 was faster in five of them, between 4% and 66.4%, depending on the program and video configuration. Costing, on average, only USD 5 more than GeForce GT 240, Radeon HD 5670 is definitely our pick today for a video card on the USD 85 – USD 95 price range.

There is one detail, though. ECS NGT240-512QI-F can be found at Newegg.com for USD 84 with a USD 20 mail-in rebate. If you can get this rebate this video card will cost you only USD 64, making it a terrific pick. If you can get this video card for this price, buy it. Otherwise get a Radeon HD 5670 instead.

And, of course, we have to mention that we liked that ECS added a cooler from Arctic Cooling on this video card.

Important: there are several different GeForce GT 240 models on the market, with different hardware configurations. We are talking about the GDDR5 model (see table on first page).