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Ok, guys as of today the 23 Novemeber 2010, what is the best price/performance GPU on the market?
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Price/Performance best GPU?
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I almost spat my orange juice out (what? It's too late for coffee).
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He has got a point tho, the ati 5850 is still a really good card compared to the recent ones. Easily beats the gtx 460 and is on par with gtx 470 and the card can oc like a hoe too.
I totally agree, I just didn't realise the 5850 could be had for so little - I thought it was still hovering around the £190 mark. It took me by surprise.
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Haha, that price because they are currently EOL. Shame, good cards, they can be picked up at around £120 aswell on the mm.
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In terms of pure bang-per-buck this is probably the best - but the warranty is only 3 months, so not the best card to buy.
excluding that, i think this is better bang-for-buck than the 5850, but if I was buying I would still go for the 5850, its a nice card and performance GPUs price never scales linearly with performance.
excluding that, i think this is better bang-for-buck than the 5850, but if I was buying I would still go for the 5850, its a nice card and performance GPUs price never scales linearly with performance.
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Apparantly, in a recent review which I saw but cant find, this 5750(not this exact card) was found to be best 'bang for buck' taking into consideration pound per watt etc etc.....
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Apparantly, in a recent review which I saw but cant find, this 5750(not this exact card) was found to be best 'bang for buck' taking into consideration pound per watt etc etc.....
Pounds per watt? My 2 bar heater beats that
But if you mean performance per watt - then that makes sense. But since running costs of graphics cards are pretty low compared to capital costs, it doesn't show the whole picture.
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Pounds per watt? My 2 bar heater beats that
But if you mean performance per watt - then that makes sense. But since running costs of graphics cards are pretty low compared to capital costs, it doesn't show the whole picture.
My 2 bar heater beats that
You sure! LOL, DOH.
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initial question, if you could still get it
GTX 470 @ 164.99
or 5870 for 234.99
GTX 470 @ 164.99
or 5870 for 234.99
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a cheap gtx 460 is only about £120
Yeah but you want the 1GB version really...
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-135-OK seems good value considering some 460 1GBs cost more.
(I paid more for my 460, fml
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-135-OK seems good value considering some 460 1GBs cost more.
(I paid more for my 460, fml
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This is what I think is best bang for buck: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=56&subid=1830&sortby=priceAsc
Will probably advise my freind to get this.
(Also he is a cheap skate and we are on a tight budget)
Will probably advise my freind to get this.
(Also he is a cheap skate and we are on a tight budget)
Surely it depends what resolution you want to play at as well?
ATI cards with AA enabled perform better than nVidia cards. By this I mean at 1920x1080 with no AA there may be 10fps difference between the cards with either being fastest but enable AA and the ATI cards lose less performance compared to nVidia.
I have recently gone from a 4870 to a GTX470 simply because I wanted to have a CUDA enabled card for my module I am doing, so I am not biased.
ATI cards with AA enabled perform better than nVidia cards. By this I mean at 1920x1080 with no AA there may be 10fps difference between the cards with either being fastest but enable AA and the ATI cards lose less performance compared to nVidia.
I have recently gone from a 4870 to a GTX470 simply because I wanted to have a CUDA enabled card for my module I am doing, so I am not biased.