• Competitor rules

    Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.

need graphics card help

davie77

davie77

davie77

Associate
Joined
16 Dec 2010
Posts
34
hey would 2 Gigabyte GTX460 Super OC or MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK give me better performance than a gtx 480 or a 5870 vapor-x oc ???? building a first ever build pc any input lads ? to many cards to choose from struggling to make up my mind:confused:
 
it would give you better performance, as 2x460 @800Mhz are about the speed of 5970 which is well quicker than 480.

but buying 6950 is a lot more sensible, they have twice the memory of 460 and are a lot quicker also have lower power consumption. So you can later easily add second one.
 
sand_dune said:
it would give you better performance, as 2x460 @800Mhz are about the speed of 5970 which is well quicker than 480.

but buying 6950 is a lot more sensible, they have twice the memory of 460 and are a lot quicker also have lower power consumption. So you can later easily add second one.
Click to expand...

cheers for the advice m8 , dont really fancy the new ati ones not seen many gd reviews about them , what makes them better than 2 oc 460s ?
 
Np mate, to start with there are a few games that would slightly benefit from having more than 1 gig of memory. While 2x460 will start having some problems with that in 1-2 years time, the ati cards wont, as they have twice the memory.

ati has amazing performance in crossfire and 2x6950 is the most powerful graphics combination that won't burn a hole in neither your pc nor in your wallet. it's well ahead of single gtx580 by at least 50%. and by 30% faster than dual 460. and they overclock like hell.

on the other hand 460 are a lot cheaper, so it's your call. but I would go for single 6950 and then possibly add one more.
 
sand_dune said:
Np mate, to start with there are a few games that would slightly benefit from having more than 1 gig of memory. While 2x460 will start having some problems with that in 1-2 years time, the ati cards wont, as they have twice the memory.

ati has amazing performance in crossfire and 2x6950 is the most powerful graphics combination that won't burn a hole in neither your pc nor in your wallet. it's well ahead of single gtx580 by at least 50%. and by 30% faster than dual 460. and they overclock like hell.

on the other hand 460 are a lot cheaper, so it's your call. but I would go for single 6950 and then possibly add one more.
Click to expand...

was thinking of getting that 470 soc n getting a 570 r 580 in a years time or somthing would that work putting them in sli ?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom