GTX295 vs GTX460 1Gb

[MeatLoaf]

Will a GTX295 be any quicker than my current GTX460?

 

[Rroff]

Yes... but... older tech, reliance on SLI, less VRAM, higher power use/heat output. Clock the 460 to around 850MHz and it won't be hideously behind the 295. (Tho off the top of my head I think you need about 1000MHz to match it in every case, but 850 will get you close based on average SLI scaling).

 

[MaxP779]

Will a GTX295 be any quicker than my current GTX460?

Yes significantly:

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/168?vs=180

I wouldnt go out and buy one though as it is older tech, can probably do better for the money.

 

[MeatLoaf]

Well im considering one of the ones on MM. For £100, if i like it i can keep it and flog the GTX460 i have now. If not sell on the GTX295. Shouldnt actually cost me anything.

However one slight snag is i think a GTX295 will foul the SATA slots on my mobo

EDIT : Nope it wouldnt ive just checked

 

[Freddie1980]

Yeah even without looking at benchmarks I know of the top of my head a GTX295 would crush a single GTX460 like Robbie Coltrane sitting on Victoria sponge cake.

 

[nicnik]

it's no contest. a game that supports SLI will rip through the 460.

consider this. the 460 even clocked very high is like a 285 GTX.

 

[Rroff]

GTX460 @ 810MHz is comparable with a GTX470 which is way faster than a 285. Infact its more or less on par with stock 260 SLI which is a little slower than a GTX295. Your not realistically gonna catch up a 295 overall but given average SLI scaling you will get into the same ballpark with a well clocked 460.

 

[strumpusplunket]

GTX460 @ 810MHz is comparable with a GTX470 which is way faster than a 285. Infact its more or less on par with stock 260 SLI which is a little slower than a GTX295. Your not realistically gonna catch up a 295 overall but given average SLI scaling you will get into the same ballpark with a well clocked 460.

Pleased to read this, as I've just splashed out £120 on a PNY GTX460 OC XLR8. Thinking it should be a nice upgrade from my 4870, but been befuzzled by all the recent price fluctuation (£125 for a 5850, £150 for a Talon Attack 460, <£200 for a 470...).

I'm hoping to clock it up a bit more, ideally to around 850-900 core. Then I was thinking that my whole rig (Q6600 @ 3.5GHz, 4GB) would see me through next year gaming on high settings at 1680x1050.

I'm guessing it will be at least a year or more anyway before anything really overpowers a clocked 460 at that res?