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GeForce GTX 460 SLI Performance vs. AMD GPUs

I hate how they present their results, hard to read at a glance and hard to take anything meaningful away from it :S
 
I like their ethos though that try and test real world

The 460s are factory overclocked versions bear in mind.

So I have it that the 460s beat the 5970 2 out of 3 (close though), I doubt Nvidia could produce a 495GX2 using 2 of these GPUs though, power would be well over 300W TDP which I doubt they would do.
 
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Actually the test is very poorly done.

Overclocked GTX460's in SLI. vs a stock HD5850 is hardly a worthwhile comparison. Its even worst considering the test games used.
 
A pair of overclocked GTX460's are 12 frames per second faster than a single stock HD5850 running Metro 2033 at 2560x1600.

I nearly fell off my chair overwhelmed with surprise.


http://hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTI4MDEzMjAyMktaeXptalVUemdfMV8zX2wuZ2lm

Interesting how the single card has much more stable performance compared to the dual card setups.
Some very big variations between the peaks and troughs.


How come I cant add a image ? That's about the forth time an image has just vanished.
 
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a pair of GTX460 have minimum frame rates higher than a 5870 not 5970, in those three tests, 11fps more in metro2033, 13fps more in splinter cell, and BBC2 was nearly twice more 31fps vs 16fps

so I nearly fell of my chair too.
 
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You need to go to spec savers.

That's 460 SLI v single 5870 your blabbing on about.

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wow...and the GTX460s are only factory overclocked to 810MHz. I wonder what performance would a pair of GTX460s with voltage tweak overclocked to 900~950MHz in SLI be like...

Hope someone can give some results...
 
RavenXXX2 said:
You need to go to spec savers.
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you need to learn to count.

it was actually the 5870 i was talking about.

even with a slight typo of 5970 instead of 5870, its easy for anyone who has attended high school, to see which two cards i was referring too.
 
Marine-RX179 said:
wow...and the GTX460s are only factory overclocked to 810MHz. I wonder what performance would a pair of GTX460s with voltage tweak overclocked to 900~950MHz in SLI be like...

Hope someone can give some results...
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"135 MHz above the GPU core reference clock rate, 270MHz above the Shader core reference clock, and 400MHz higher than NVIDIA’s reference memory clock"
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Thats quite a big overclock IMO.
 
LoL you fail, get it right first time, " 460 SLI has better min than 5970 in those thee tests " yeah what else are people meant to think you were referring to, check it out 460 SLI @ 810Mhz beats a stock 5870...surprising..:o
 
RavenXXX2 said:
LoL you fail, get it right first time, " 460 SLI has better min than 5970 in those thee tests " yeah what else are people meant to think you were referring to, check it out 460 SLI @ 810Mhz beats a stock 5870...surprising..:o
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so why couldn't you read the charts yourself and see I meant to put 5870.
 
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