GTX460 1Gb - Radeon equivellent?

[MeatLoaf]

Whats the radeon equivellent to a GTX460 1Gb? Im thinking of changing as i have a Crossfire board, and upgrade i may do will still be a crossfire board

 

[arc@css]

I'd say a 6850.

 

[SouthEastBlue]

5850 1GB is probably the nearest ATI card in terms of performance.

Also there is an SLI hack for crossfire boards, I don't know the full details but I'm pretty sure it's something like a special driver. Might be worth reading up on.

 

[old gamer]

6850 crossfire is pretty much on par with 460 sli

 

[MeatLoaf]

5850 1GB is probably the nearest ATI card in terms of performance.

Also there is an SLI hack for crossfire boards, I don't know the full details but I'm pretty sure it's something like a special driver. Might be worth reading up on.

Ive read about this previously but it only worked with older cards. However i will certainly have another look around

 

[arc@css]

The 5850 outperforms the 6850 slightly, iirc the 6850 has the better tessellation results.

 

[old gamer]

here the hack to make sli work on a crossfrie board, ive no idea if it works or not

http://xdevs.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.30

 

[Marine-RX179]

Yea...the 6850 is pretty much on par with GTX460 1GB according to benchmarks, and the fact it only require one 6pin PCI-E power instead of two make it easier for some good enough PSU that has only two PCI-E 6pin but not four.

 

[subbytna]

isn't the 6850 basically a refreshed 5830 card which was slightly lower than a 460GTX?

6870 is basically a refreshed 5850?




the card numbering is a bit sneaky by ATI imo....makes you think you get a next gen similar card but it's actually a level down on the previous gen

 

[Marine-RX179]

isn't the 6850 basically a refreshed 5830 card which was slightly lower than a 460GTX?

6870 is basically a refreshed 5850?




the card numbering is a bit sneaky by ATI imo....makes you think you get a next gen similar card but it's actually a level down on the previous gen

Nope. 5830 is slower than even the GTX460 768MB, whereas the 6850 is on par with GTX460 1GB; the 6870 on the other hand sits between 5850 and 5870 speed. But one thing to note is that the crossfire scalling is better on the 68xx than the 58xx.

 

[subbytna]

I stand corrected...thanks for the update