5850 or 460

Carper · 25 Jul 2010 at 13:20

Which one would you go for? I was going to start a poll but i dont know how lol

1.

asus 5850

2.

HIS iCooler V 5850

3.http://static.**********/Images/Products/1272322-a.jpg Gigabyte GTX460 1GB

4.

MSI GTX460 1GB

prices range from £190-£215

Any opinions are helpful, thanks

opethdisciple · 25 Jul 2010 at 13:22

Well the 5850 is the better card in terms of raw fps.....

Benchmarks here: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/geforce-gtx-460-gf104-fermi,review-31944-9.html

HW91 · 25 Jul 2010 at 13:28

can you afford the extra £20 for a GTX 470?

Carper · 25 Jul 2010 at 13:35

I could but it really would be a push and after hearing about the issues with the cards noise and heat i dont think i would go for it

HW91 · 25 Jul 2010 at 13:43

^ issues? noise isn't as bad as people say and neither is heat (heat doesn't matter any way, the GPU's can take enough heat to the point you could boil an egg on it, not that it would be stable at that temp as if you got there you'd have to be running it with no cooler)

reiyushin · 25 Jul 2010 at 14:58

Asus 5850

More powerful
3 year warranty show more confidence in product
Uses less power
Overclocks better
No hassle with drivers form current ATI card

Mr Krugga · 25 Jul 2010 at 15:03

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18167409

jaysback · 25 Jul 2010 at 15:16

Are any of the current 5850's able to have the volt mod done?
Been having a read up over the last few days and it seems like this option died with the original reference board designs.

easyrider · 25 Jul 2010 at 15:29

Mr Krugga said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18167409

Indeed,

All he had to do was read the thread.

In fact by the looks of the poll mention he did :rolleyes:

DotA · 25 Jul 2010 at 15:32

the Asus does allow volt mod

jaysback · 25 Jul 2010 at 16:00

Problem is if I end up spending the £255 or £270 on the asus its almost worth spending the little extra and getting 2 x 768m GTX460 and running sli.
Obviously a new build is in the making here as current setup is getting rather long in the tooth now.

Mr Krugga · 25 Jul 2010 at 16:44

jaysback said:
Problem is if I end up spending the £255 or £270 on the asus its almost worth spending the little extra and getting 2 x 768m GTX460 and running sli.
Obviously a new build is in the making here as current setup is getting rather long in the tooth now.

Asus 5850 can be had for less than £220 delivered elsewhere. I think it's £210 for the product only. You haven't got a free delivery here anyway.

Jimbo Mahoney · 25 Jul 2010 at 16:54

1GB 460 is better bang for buck.

5858 is slightly faster.

Take your pick.

Mr Krugga · 25 Jul 2010 at 16:57

Jimbo Mahoney said:
1GB 460 is better bang for buck.

5858 is slightly faster.

Take your pick.

How's the 460 better bang for buck? It's like saying that Radeon 5770 is the better of the three because it costs a lot less and doesn't lose that much of the performance. :rolleyes:

jaysback · 25 Jul 2010 at 17:16

I will only be running whatever I get in 1680 x 1050 so will the extra ram make all that difference? Although the extra paths might I guess.
With the 5850 I was going to o/c the nuts off it on water so the volt mod able one would have been the one to go for.
Trying to Find out what blocks I can get on the 460 ATM.

Mr Krugga · 25 Jul 2010 at 17:20

jaysback said:
I will only be running whatever I get in 1680 x 1050 so will the extra ram make all that diffence? Althought the extra paths might I guess.
With the 5850 I was going to o/c the nuts off it on water so the volt modable one would have been the on to go for.
Trying to fing out what blocks I can get on the 460 atm.

If you're going to watercool then have a thought about GeForce 470, it can be had for £235 here. Otherwise go for 5850, it can clock to 1000/1300 core/memory on water.

jaysback · 25 Jul 2010 at 17:27

But would that be a reference design board and will it need volting or bios flashing? Non of which I am scared of BTW. lol.
If i go down the 5850 route was thinking full cover block, probably the EK nickle job.

jigger · 25 Jul 2010 at 17:33

It depends on the price but the Asus voltage tweak HD5850 is by far the best IMO.

You should have little trouble seeing GTX480/HD5870 type performance.

Mr Krugga · 25 Jul 2010 at 18:00

jaysback said:
But would that be a reference design board and will it need volting or bios flashing? Non of which I am scared of BTW. lol.
If i go down the 5850 route was thinking full cover block, probably the EK nickle job.

I'd probably get the cheapest reference card there is, flash it with Asus bios and overclock the nutz of it tbh

Jimbo Mahoney · 25 Jul 2010 at 18:10

Mr Krugga said:
How's the 460 better bang for buck? It's like saying that Radeon 5770 is the better of the three because it costs a lot less and doesn't lose that much of the performance.

@ 1920 x 1200, the 1GB 460 averages 44fps across AvP2, Dirt2, BF and Metro. At £180, this gives 0.25fps/£

the 5850 averages 47fps. At £200, this gives 0.23fps/£

I don't know about you, but to me that means the 1GB 460 gives better bang for buck. :rolleyes: