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What Card 5830 vs 460 (768mb)

craigy72

craigy72

craigy72

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HIS ATI Radeon HD 5830 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics
£146.86

Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
£124.98

Hello All,

Im thinking about the 3 cards above. My current Rig supports Crossfire so I'm slightly more swayed towards the 5830 for future thinking.

I would probably prefer the 1GB version of the 460 but I don't think it justifies the extra £50?

P..s this will be used for gaming and some 3D work (Maya) - play at 1920 x

Please help!

Thanks,

Craig
 
Hi there

Thats quite a tough one there really.

Both cards are good deals, but the Asus is a really good deal.

However as your gaming at 1920 resolution I think the ATI card will have the edge performance wise. :)
 
Personally I'd take the 460 because it's a freakin' steal at that price.

Will OC like a mental thing as well.
 
get the 5830 and at a later date crossfire it if your psu is upto the task , i did this and not even crysis runs below 50fps @1920x1080
 
I would have to go with the 5830 out of them.

Most seem to hit 950Mhz - 1000Mhz core, and 1150Mhz - 1200Mhz Mem. That plus the extra RAM is well worth the extra £20.

Why have the Nvidia cards gone up in price so much ?
 
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Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [NE5TX460FHD79]

£122.19 inc VAT


Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5830 PCS+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [AX5830 1GBD5-PPDH]

£140.99 inc VAT



GTX 460 wins on price and performance.
 
craigy72 said:
thank! I think the 460 it is then..

I've got a 4850 atm - would two 4850's running in CrossX beat the 460?
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It's an idea but if your motherboard is P45 I wouldn't bother for some reason the implementiation of Crossfire on P45 it borked (not due to 8x/x8 though) but if you have a P55 or another chipset Crossfire away as it's a lot cheaper and will give good performacne then you can upgrade to a solid single card once 28nm GPU's arrive.
 
Locky said:
Palit GeForce GTX 460 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [NE5TX460FHD79]

£122.19 inc VAT


Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 5830 PCS+ 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [AX5830 1GBD5-PPDH]

£140.99 inc VAT



GTX 460 wins on price and performance.
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Or if he was to buy today or tomorrow

Asus GeForce GTX 460 Direct CU TOP 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

£124.98 inc VAT
 
Even a 4890 seemingly outperforms a 5830, comes with 1gb Ram and is a good £30 cheaper.

If you don't care about dx11, get a 4890.

Your single 4870 isn't exactly a slouch either if it is a 1gb version.

Out of the two cards stated, I would go with the 460.
 
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