GTX 460 SLI or GTX570/580

[3K0]

Hey, I already purchased the MSI GTX 460 Hawk this was about 2 month ago. In terms of overclocking its a decent card, altho i did have a few problems with it when i got it. Im going to upgrade again soon either to SLI or a GTX 500 seriese card. However id like some suggestions and throughts about going to SLI or getting one 500? Or should i wait to see what nVidia has round the corner.

Thanks

-3K0

 

[antran]

I think is a much better value if you get another 460.

have a look at this comparsion between a 480, 580 is not much faster then a 480.

here

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/12/02/geforce_gtx_580_vs_460_1gb_sli/1

 

[555BUK]

So long as you game at 1920x1200 or below, 460 SLI will offer the best value and performance.

 

[3K0]

Very nice links, thanks a lot it seems that the SLI option is a good idea, thoes benchmarks are on stock clock speeds so i might be able to push alittle more out if i can get 2x GTX460s stable,

and im currently running 1920*1080 so that sounds good to me

Other Question will i need a 1000W PSU for this SLI?

 

[razer1978]

I've just gone 460GTX hawk talon sli and i'm running a corsair TX850W without issue, i think the recommended is 600W iirc

 

[3K0]

thanks for the replay, well ill test it on my 750W saves me some money, gonna by a Noctua DH14 from my CPU if i dont need the extra power

 

[555BUK]

Other Question will i need a 1000W PSU for this SLI?

A decent 700-750W PSU should work fine. I have run 5850 Xfire and GTX460 SLI off of a Corsair HX 520W before, but they are extremely good "520W" PSU's.

 

[3K0]

well i use a 750W Quad silencer SLI certified PSU, so im pretty confident about that. will see how stable my system is overclocked with these in SLI.


This PSU:
http://www.pcpower.com/power-supply/silencer-750-quad-black.html

 

[bfar]

You should have plenty of power. SLi 460s are a solid option, especially overclocked. Should keep you going until the next gen.

 

[3K0]

yeah going with SLI, seems like the best choice, thanks for your thoughts. will get some pics of my system when im about done with it.

 

[Alexfk]

Will an antec True power new 650w be enough for 460 hawk sli also?

 

[Cleeecooo]

Will an antec True power new 650w be enough for 460 hawk sli also?

Should do

 

[Leeroy123]

im running 2 evga 1 gb nvidia 460's on a coolermaster M700 psu. that is on an overclocked system and overclocked cards. runs no problem at all.

 

[3K0]

Hey, well i got SLI as suggested. havnt really had time to play around with it yet. However here are some pics as promised.

Only had a phone camera so bare with it.

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[Doggie2k]

haha tissue paper!!

Nice set up looks all very neat and tidy

 

[i7_860]

Might look to SLI 460s too but have to upgrade psu

 

[razer1978]

i7_860, what make is your PSU? I'm running sli on a corsair TX850W as long as it's a quality PSU you'll be fine the recommended is something like 600W for sli 460's

 

[chaparral]

528watts (at Standard clock speeds ?)

 

[Elma]

Nice setup what do the 5850 run like as there on offer ATM I might be tempted

 

[3K0]

Nice setup what do the 5850 run like as there on offer ATM I might be tempted

Thoes are GTX460s, single GPU was running at 69degrees with 930core/2000memory
(Load Temps)
In SLI im running them at 850/2000, 72degrees for the top card, stock voltages.
(Load Temps)
Apparently the ATI cards run cooler, and overclock a little bit better in most OCing i saw ppl using stock memory core and just pushing the coreclock to the stable max