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To the gtx 460, should i sell the radeon 5870 and go for 2XGTX460 or should iwait for the ATI 6000 series.
My radeon 5870 has lost the battle
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Nothing wrong wth the 5870, just because the Nvidia have brought out a new card 400 series. The 5870 is the better card than the 460, overclock it or go xfire to get some extra performance out of it....
I'd rather wait for the next ATI card.
I'd rather wait for the next ATI card.
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The GTX 480 calls you and awaits with 32XAA
How has the 5870 lost to a GTX 460? The 5870 maxes out pretty much every game I have tried. Metro 2033 is the only game which I have to knock AA down on, unless you are running on a 30" screen, Eyefinity, or want stupid high frames per second, I can't see a reason to drop the 5870 at the moment.
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so even the ocuk staff are having fanboi wars.
finally i can express my true feelings XD
intel suck
finally i can express my true feelings XD
intel suck
Quite faithfully way past the point one can no longer see any difference with screens us mere mortals use.
Also, keep 5870... it's good... ... seriously.
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What's wrong with 5870 in crossfire rich?
I just got an ATI 5870 (for free mind you).Huh, "get next 5870 and XFire it"... Please, give him next 300 quids for such pleasure 
Of course 2xGTX460 are better and just a little bit more expensive than 5870. Stop fanboying, it's just simple calculation. If his mobo can take SLI and his budget let him do it = so do it man and don't look at others AAx32 is waiting
I can't see any reason why you couldn't have SLI and if next Radeon 6xxx came up - to swap SLI to new Radeon (if better, of course) ? How much will you loose selling GTX260 ? 10 quids ?
Of course 2xGTX460 are better and just a little bit more expensive than 5870. Stop fanboying, it's just simple calculation. If his mobo can take SLI and his budget let him do it = so do it man and don't look at others
AAx32 is waiting I can't see any reason why you couldn't have SLI and if next Radeon 6xxx came up - to swap SLI to new Radeon (if better, of course) ? How much will you loose selling GTX260 ? 10 quids ?
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I'd go for it - sli 460s are a lot of bang for your buck. Considering you're also leaving ATI's wonderful driver support behind, it's win/win (they're still lagging well behind Nvidia on that front)
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could you please explain the reasoning behind the driver comment?!
OP
looking at the 460 benches in sli they apear to be extremely good but you do have a very good card as it is. but it's upto you
Ati drivers are utter pants and have been for years.
I've had nothing but trouble with them recently. I've tried 10.2, 10.5, 10.5a and 10.6. All have been troublesome apart from 10.6 so far.
Just for balance, I've been ATi since Jan and had no problems at all with the drivers.
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Why get a GTX 460 if you have a 5870? makes no sense.
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so 10.3, 10.4, 10.4a & 10.6 are fine. What went wrong with the others?
also i've been using ATI since switching from Nvidia for the last 18 months and have not had 1 issue with drivers.
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