Is the GTX480 £140 better than the GTX 470?!

[franco_22]

No it's not. The best cards are always more for epeen purposes then anything else .

 

[REAPERUK]

No it's not. The best cards are always more for epeen purposes then anything else .

your not the inverter of that silly series Due South are you, always thought Why the Horse and not a car.

 

[Nocky24]

your not the inverter of that silly series Due South are you, always thought Why the Horse and not a car.

That tv theme tune was brilliant! Sorry off topic

 

[REAPERUK]

That tv theme tune was brilliant! Sorry off topic

it was, but that is it

 

[marc512]

If you have the money for the best get the best because oviously the 480 is better than the 470. If you can just afford a 480 with £2-£3 to spare just go for the 470gtx. You will only notice at lag the more monitors you add.

 

[Sean_UK]

When I tested some 470's overclocked to around 800core with game bench utilities etc; the performance increase hauled it to within couple fps of stock clocked 480. So in my opinion the 470 is by far the better value if you intend to overclock it.

I can over clock the hell out of the 470 - I'm up to 775Mhz from 607Mhz, whereas with the 480 I can't get it stable beyond 750Mhz from 700Mhz, no matter how much I play with the voltage

One very dire 480, unlucky Once you get GTX480's over 800core which most can achieve; performance jumps a notch, 850+ tends to be the sweet spot imo.

 

[Klo]

I feel some contributors in this thread are compensating for something

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

I'd say it would be worth it for your own piece of mind.
You already put the element of doubt into your head. If you got the 470 now, you'd always think... "What if I'd got the 480?"

Depending on how long you usually keep your hardware, you could maybe justify breaking the "no more than £300" rule.

Not as if either of them are slow though...

 

[Michaeljcox24]

I always go by the rule of thumb that is the lower FPS stopping my enjoyment of the game. If it isn't, then all I would be doing is spending £140 for peace of mind. I have the 470, it's overclocked to 800, but that's still not enough for decent 3D vision FPS. To get decent FPS in 3D vision (with graphical enhancements in most modern games) you need SLI.

So your talking £700 odd for the cards, £150 for the PSU, and £300 for the monitor.

Not much under a whole months salary to have games in 3D? Not really worth it yet if you ask me.

 

[Dunners]

depends how rich you are

 

[kmufc77]

Imo yes,ive owned a 470 but had to RMA it within the first week,i then bought a 480 which when OC to 800Mhz + is a lot better than a 470 imo anyway.

I would rather pay the extra to have the best single best card that overclocks like crazy

 

[Razor Time]

I think it all depends on how much £140 means to you. £140 to some is not allot of money but for others it can take months to save if not more.

 

[DELETED_83755]

I'm not trying to be rude but consider this. The monetary difference between the GTX 470 and 480 (£140) is more than what most people can afford to spend on a graphics card. I would say just get a gtx 470 and then save the rest to just get a better card in the future.

 

[shaffaaf27]

10% extra FPS for 60% extra cost.....

you tell me.

 

[sturmtruppe]

470's an awesome card.

I would grab a pre-oc'd 470 and then SLI it later on when it starts to struggle with newer games.

 

[Peter450]

I went for a GTX470, i looked at the GTX480, but i could not quite get my head round the £360 asking price, when i bought my previous GTX280 around 2+ years ago (which was the green teams flagship card at the time) i paid just over £200, i guess my brain was struggling to re-adjust to £360 this time round, seeing as the 470 will be only around 10% slower in most games, and was priced around the £200 mark, it quickly shunted the 480 out of my mind

The 480 is a good card, but it's a lot more money for not much more performance, back in the 280's days it was not that much more money than a 260, so although it offered only a little more go, it was not that much more money either, this seems to have changed with the 470/80 and a little more go now costs a lot more cash

 

[Rroff]

Clock for clock the GTX470 is generally less than 15% behind the 480, I've usually managed to post benchmark results in the region of 10% behind Raven's OC'd 480 results. Which isn't too hideous.

 

[kmufc77]

The 480 is only £100 more expensive when bought elsewhere

 

[Peter450]

Even a £100 is to much IMO, the 280 last time round was not that much more than a 260 (usually £40 quid or there abouts), and around 10% faster give or take, if the 480 were around the £280/290 mark it might be worth it, over a 470

As it is while the card is very good, you are paying a awful lot more money for quite a small gain, were as if you get a 470 over a 460, the price increase is buying you quite a bit more performance

I know the 480 is flagship, but so was the 280, the 480 IMO commands to much of a premium, it really needs another 60 processing cores added on, or a £70 price drop for it to be a fair value upgrade over a 470, like the 280 was over the 260 2 years ago

 

[OLDPHART]

Get a 470, save £100, when you get it, get afew beers in order a pizza in and game till you drop.