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GTX 460 1GB good enough for 2560x1600?

AlittleBlueBug

AlittleBlueBug

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Hi all,
I'm new here. Also pretty new to custom pcs etc :p
I'm looking to get a new pc over the next few months and have been browsing the forums.

Since GTX prices jump pretty high after the 460, I want to know if it will be good enough on a 30" 2560x1600 monitor?

Usage: Blizzard games (like WC3 Dota/LOL and D3 when it's out. No WOW), NWN2 style rpgs, HD movies ...

I'd like to stay with nVidia for the cuda capabilities which I plan on using with Matlab. Also, I'd like a fairly quiet card and to avoid overclocking it if possible.

What do you think?
 
Depends how hard you push the eye candy, what your expectations are. If you want maximum settings / mods etc then I'd say forget it.
 
You are going to suffer if you crank up the eyecandy. I had a Gigabyte 460 GTX before I moved onto my HIS 6950@70 and the 460 struggled in BFBC2, SC2, Metro 2033, etc... it was jerky and you could see that was because of the memory usage. SC2 in particular is buttery smooth with my AMD card.

I thought MATLAB was now Open CL compatible. That is used by AMD cards.

Best way in any case is to get the monitor and try it by yourself, I couldn't stand the stuttering but in your case that might be different.
 
Thanks for the input guys, and for bringing up Open CL, Ezyryder, I was unaware of this.

Then do you guys think a single 2GB HD6950 will be fine for the above usage/settings (lets say decent eyecandy, not maxed)? After reading some reviews it seems the increase in performance from GTX570 isn't really worth the extra £.
 
you will be a lot better off with the 6950 i think most games will be fine but not maxed out . and you can always try to flash it to a 6970 or just plain o/clock that pussy
cheers
 
AlittleBlueBug said:
Hi all,
I'm new here. Also pretty new to custom pcs etc :p
I'm looking to get a new pc over the next few months and have been browsing the forums.

Since GTX prices jump pretty high after the 460, I want to know if it will be good enough on a 30" 2560x1600 monitor?

Usage: Blizzard games (like WC3 Dota/LOL and D3 when it's out. No WOW), NWN2 style rpgs, HD movies ...

I'd like to stay with nVidia for the cuda capabilities which I plan on using with Matlab. Also, I'd like a fairly quiet card and to avoid overclocking it if possible.

What do you think?
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I think your asking a lot of the card TBH.
 
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