Is the GTX 460 still a good mid range card?

[IAmATeaf]

Have a Gigabyte GTX460OC card at the mo and an wondering if this is still a good mid range card. Seen that there is a GTX560 so is this the replacement and what sort of improvement would I see.

 

[arc@css]

Is your 460 struggling with anything?

Here is a comparison with the two :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313?vs=330

 

[IvanDobskey]

The 460 is still a good mid range card in my opinion. I'd hang on to it for a while yet in my opinion.

 

[IAmATeaf]

Is your 460 struggling with anything?

Here is a comparison with the two :

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313?vs=330

Not really, it's just that I'm thinking of building another PC so was thinking of plopping my current 460 in there and replacing it with something slightly better.

EDIT: That should be I'm thinking of building a 1155 rig so the new card would go in there.

 

[Predicament]

You could go SLI if you chose to keep both cards in one rig
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/313?vs=314

otherwise.. I'd upgrade to a GTX 480 SOC

 

[wentalong]

go for a 6950, the 560's arent worth it untill the pricw drops to the £160-£180 range,

 

[Craig321]

Go for a 480

 

[wentalong]

or a 480, forgot bout that, better price for perfomance with the 480, but its hottt and power hungryy

 

[OrWolf]

What res are you using? 1680res for most games shouldnt be an issue with that card.
If you are purely thinking in terms of new cpu = need new gpu, then the 6950 certainly is the dogs danglers;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-113-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

 

[seekdestroy]

go for 460 SLI tbh, great performance gains! Get a 2nd hand card for under £100

 

[subbytna]

I still have a single 460 one gig Gigabyte card and can't fault it really in gaming. Use MSI's Afterburner to clock the card up and you get a decent boost in frame rates

Failing that get a 2nd 460 and go SLI for some serious gaming....SLI 460's you
are talking 580 performance.... http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/314?vs=305
see

 

[mikeo]

I still have a single 460 one gig Gigabyte card and can't fault it really in gaming. Use MSI's Afterburner to clock the card up and you get a decent boost in frame rates

Failing that get a 2nd 460 and go SLI for some serious gaming....SLI 460's you
are talking 580 performance.... http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/314?vs=305
see

Agreed.

Can't say that mine is struggling yet at 1920x1080.
Though I'm sure there are games out there that I might have to turn the detail level down a tad.

 

[Blue160]

SLI 460's rock

 

[J-FRO]

The GPU market is a daunting place isn't it, so much to take in and contemplate.