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I have a 4870 With prices as they are should I go GTX470 HD5850 HD6870 or stay as I am?

Panda90uk

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My budget is about £200 so I know I won't be able to afford the 6970. What would you suggest? I read the Anandtech review and it seems that the 6870 is the best bet in this price range.
 
im in the same boat mate . im thinking gtx470 or a highly overclocked 460 or one of the new ati cards , but would rather stay nvidia
 
Panda90uk said:
My budget is about £200 so I know I won't be able to afford the 6970. What would you suggest? I read the Anandtech review and it seems that the 6870 is the best bet in this price range.
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Read the same review and came to the conclusion the 6870 is no better than an overclocked 460? Worse in some cases?
 
If you would prefer to stay with nvidia the GTX470 is the card to get, it is well worth the now small premium over the GTX460 1Gb.
 
Honestly, you won't be dissappointed with any of them. But I think you should narrow your choice to either 6870 or 470 though if that's your price range.

If you play a lot of Nvidia's publishers games, get Nvidia (and use CUDA/PHYSX), if you play loads of ATI favoured games get ATI. Oh and if the power consumption bothers you (or not), then the 470 takes more power and is hotter, but to be honest, I really don't think that's an issue in my book, unless you really care about those issues? (noise is more a concern to me).
 
Posted this question on the big thread but it's got lost already - has anyone got benchies showing 68xx vs the 4870s? Not interested in nvidia cards as they pump out too much heat for my liking.
 
jigger said:
Not sure what review that was but the 6870 seems to pune a 460 everywhere else. 6850 ?
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FoxEye mentioned the overclocked 460. I've read too many reviews on the 6870, but the one that I can recall is this one:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3987/...renewing-competition-in-the-midrange-market/5

Where they use the EVGA GeForce GTX 460 1GB F TW which is factory overclocked. Look at the results and it does well to keep in range of the 6870.

Meanwhile if you care about a balance of performance and power/heat/noise, then it’s the 6870 versus the EVGA GTX 460; and the EVGA card wins in an unfair fight. As an overclocked card in a launch card article we’re not going to give it a nod, but we’re not going to ignore it; it’s 5% faster than the reference 6870 while at the same time it’s cooler and quieter (thanks in large part to the fact that it’s an open-air design). At least as long as it’s on the market (we have our doubts about how many suitable GPUs NVIDIA can produce), it’s hard to pass up even when faced with the 6870.
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jigger said:
Not sure what review that was but the 6870 seems to pune a 460 everywhere else. 6850 ?
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Not true. Look at the reviews which compare to the EVGA overclocked 460 (850Mhz core, 1600Mhz shaders, 4000Mhz VRAM).

You'll find those 460s are neck-and-neck with the 6870, better in some games, worse in others.

And as I'm reading reviews of the £150 Gigabyte OCUK are selling, there are reports of people OC'ing those to 800/1600/4000 without voltage increases... making that a £150 card that trades blows with a £175+ AMD card...
 
FoxEye said:
Not true. Look at the reviews which compare to the EVGA overclocked 460 (850Mhz core, 1600Mhz shaders, 4000Mhz VRAM).

You'll find those 460s are neck-and-neck with the 6870, better in some games, worse in others.

And as I'm reading reviews of the £150 Gigabyte OCUK are selling, there are reports of people OC'ing those to 800/1600/4000 without voltage increases... making that a £150 card that trades blows with a £175+ AMD card...
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i have the gigabyte with the twin fan cooler and it does 800/1600/4000 without breaking a sweat.
 
I'm thinking I'll go for the 6870. The clever thinking seems to be to wait for the 69xx reviews but I know I won't be able to afford them. The GTX470 is tempting at the current price but they are just too hot/loud/hungry for my liking.
 
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Yep, I'd say the 6870 is a much more refined card, but taking OC'ing into account the 470 beats it in performance but once over clocked it will suck up loads of juice and create lots of noise.
As the 6850 at £135 (also a good OC'r) beats a 1gb 460, I would say the 460 is a little overpriced.
 
I just managed to get a 6870 for £175 from another site (apologies for my treachery OCUK). I think I got a bargain since I'm able to sell my 4870 back to a friend and I won £35 at poker last night :P (happy birthday to me!).
 
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