470 v 460

[subbytna]

is the 470 worth the extra cash outlay? Simple enough question

at my res 1680*1050...

might be getting another monitor though so thinking of future

 

[HW91]

assuming you don't care about noise/heat/power and you will overclock it then 470

if you do care about those things and won't overclock then get a KFA2 460 1GB LTD OC

 

[subbytna]

would the 460 1GIG model be able to handle gaming on 2 or even 3 monitors....?

 

[Razor Time]

You will need 2 cards for stereo surround.

 

[subbytna]

duly noted...cheers fellas

 

[HeX]

assuming you don't care about noise/heat/power and you will overclock it then 470

if you do care about those things and won't overclock then get a KFA2 460 1GB LTD OC

Don't get the KFA. Nasty horrible coolers on them.


MSI or Giga, if you want a 460.

 

[lord filbuster]

The EVGA 1GB is supposed to be ok too. Plus i think it has a lifetime warranty.

 

[HW91]

Don't get the KFA. Nasty horrible coolers on them.


MSI or Giga, if you want a 460.

KFA performs better than the 5850, sometimes on par with 470 or even 5870 and they have also solved the fan issues with a new BIOS

 

[HeX]

As do the MSI and Giga, while running cooler, having no fan motor noise, and not requiring manual bios flashing to work as they should

 

[skotish|]

Palit sorted there issues aswell the 1gb platinum is quality makes the same noise as my ati 5770 the choice is yours lol

 

[drunkenmaster]

KFA performs better than the 5850, sometimes on par with 470 or even 5870 and they have also solved the fan issues with a new BIOS

OF course, it costs more than the cheapest 5850, which can overclock WAY beyond the 460gtx performance, the KFA is preoverclocked, quite heavily with not much headroom in it, the 5850's are essentially heavily underclocked 5870's and have huge headroom, the only issue being voltmoddable ones are rarer. A stock 5850 spanks a stock 460gtx, and a overclocked 5850 spanks a overclocked 460gtx, paying more, for a much slower card pre-overclocked is daft.

There has NEVER, in over ten years, been a worthwhile good value pre-overclocked card. You can get a £187 460gtx 1gb and overclock it to the KFA's speed, why on earth is spending £30 more for identical performance, card, cooling etc, good, its not, thats almost a 20% premium for the same card with a different bios.

A 460gtx 1gb would be the card of choice, its noticably ahead of the 768mb version, the MSI looks like the best one to go for temps/noise wise, but price wise its starting to run very very close to 5850's which are just better cards. A stock one will overclock ok, not great though, but is a decent wedge faster, a highly overclockable one will run you a bit more cash unless you find a great deal somewhere, those should overclock a heck of a lot faster.


A cheaper 460gtx 1gb, or a 5850, stupidly expensive pre-overclocked 460's or 5850's, or any other cards, are simply never worth the premium.

A 5850 would let you run 3 screens off one card, but I really wouldn't want to be gaming at 3x1680x1050, or 3x1920x1200 with a single card anyway so not such a big deal. For 3 screen gaming I'd be looking towards 2x5850's or 2x460gtx's anyway, either setup should be fine for surround screen gaming.

 

[subbytna]

thanks for the info DM

I opted for the 1GB Gigabyte 460...arriving Friday ..wOOt


...now just need a new MOBO to get another 460 for SLI

 

[HW91]

*snip*

read my first answer again