***DEAL OF THE MILLENIUM - MSI GTX 470 Twin FrozR ONLY £143.99 Inc. VAT!!*****

[TerrierHTFC]

Would 2 of these be ok with a 700w OCZ modxstream pro psu?

Shame OCUK have culled their stock of p55 mobo's, as my current one doesn't support sli.

 

[glenimp617]

Thanks Gibbo, just ordered

wasn't too sure with the 480 deal due to the extra PSU requirements, heat, noise etc etc not to mention this one is cheaper

 

[zAndy1]

Got a 480 on pre-order but think I'm gonna cancel it and order this instead and put the £50 saved towards the new monitor I need. How do I go about doing this, just order this and send a webnote re the 480 order to ask you to cancel it? Would need a refund on the 480 pre-order pretty quick that's all.

 

[Relentless81]

How will one of these perform at 1080P with 4x AA and 16x AF in most modern titles out of curiosity?

Just a single card, not interested in SLI

 

[woody79]

realy thinking about getting 2 of theys and selling my 6970 what do you guys think, would this be a stupid move ?????? gaming at 1900x1200

 

[glenimp617]

How will one of these perform at 1080P with 4x AA and 16x AF in most modern titles out of curiosity?

Just a single card, not interested in SLI

I can only comment on F1 2010 but I ran that on a standard 470 at maximum settings. That is with everything on Ultra, or the maximum the settings would go up to. 1920x1080 gave me around 50fps. That was with the DX11 mode on. Think the AA was set to something weird like MSAAQ figgured as it was the last setting it must have been the best.

Did look good I must admit.

 

[Casdawer]

Got a 480 on pre-order but think I'm gonna cancel it and order this instead and put the £50 saved towards the new monitor I need. How do I go about doing this, just order this and send a webnote re the 480 order to ask you to cancel it? Would need a refund on the 480 pre-order pretty quick that's all.

I would ring them up and see if they can change it there and then for you.

I'll get this card, only if i can overclock it so that it runs on par with the 480 while not being too noisy or hot.

 

[martynpd]

bare in mind its about 5% fasters than a 5850

and the 480 is 20% faster than the 5870

do we know if theses msi cards overclock well?

 

[martynpd]

realy thinking about getting 2 of theys and selling my 6970 what do you guys think, would this be a stupid move ?????? gaming at 1900x1200

if SLI is supported by all games by now then sure its worth it.
2 470s would waste the 6970

 

[Overslop]

AWESOME deal!

This is much better than the 480 deal IMO as custom cooling is a must with the original Fermis. I have 2 480s with Zalman ZF-3000s attached. If I didn't I would snap a couple of these up in a heartbeat. I'm almost tempted to regardlessly for the sake of warranty...

 

[Rroff]

How does this compare to a GTX 260 216? (2x faster?)

Depends a lot on the game - averages about 2x faster but some games its more some less. I went from 2x GTX260 in SLI to a single (at first) GTX470 and it was roughly on par out the box and a lot faster when overclocked.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/170?vs=160

Would 2 of these be ok with a 700w OCZ modxstream pro psu?

Shame OCUK have culled their stock of p55 mobo's, as my current one doesn't support sli.

Not really - I'm running 2 on a OCZ Fatal1ty 750watt and thats pushing it - for an i5/7 setup you'd really want a minimum of an extra 100 watt.

How will one of these perform at 1080P with 4x AA and 16x AF in most modern titles out of curiosity?

Just a single card, not interested in SLI

Comfortably manages 60+fps in most games with high quality settings and 4x AA.

 

[martynpd]

might even get one and SLI it with the 480

 

[RavenXXX2]

^ Not possible.

 

[Mr Gimp]

*Millennium* /pedant

 

[555BUK]

How will one of these perform at 1080P with 4x AA and 16x AF in most modern titles out of curiosity?

Just a single card, not interested in SLI

It will easily handle those settings.

 

[kitch9]

might even get one and SLI it with the 480

Can you even do that? I didn't think you could....

 

[MooMoo444]

^ Not possible.

Could always give it a go and flash the 480 to a 470*



*I am not responsible for any issues or problems caused by trying the above.

 

[kidkhaos]

Yeah it will be fine with a 480, take into account that the 480 will run hotter and will not be as quiet as the 470.

cheers, i guess the best and cost effective thing to do is get the 470 and try and o'c closer to the 480.

thanks again for the help

 

[Relentless81]

Thanks for all the replies, too much choice at the moment, think my head is going to explode. Absolute bargain though.

 

[mattup]

Would 2 of these be ok with a 700w OCZ modxstream pro psu?

Shame OCUK have culled their stock of p55 mobo's, as my current one doesn't support sli.

I think you would be close to the PSU's limit.

Matt