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GoogalyMoogaly said:
I picked up 3 x 1GB Nvidia 250GTS refurbs for £55, so a 512MB version of what is basically the same card makes £72 looks a bit pricey to me. ~£17 more gets you a 768MB GTX 460, which looks better value.

As said before though, ideal card for overclocking since you void the warranty with a waterblock anyway. I'd probably have bought one when I got my GTX480 that I plan to watercool. Still, only paid £225 for that one new (from Overclocker).

Gotta say I'm tempted to ditch my GTX570 SLI and pick up a couple of 580s. Would I notice much of a performance boost going from 570 SLI to 580 SLI (@ 1920 * 1200)?
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I don't really think you would to be honest. I say wait until the next gen cards are released.
 
Tell you what Gibbo, if you save one of those 580's till the end of the month I'd be happy to take one of those, a block, some fittings and piping off your hands ;)
 
Gibbo said:
The older generation I feel are the true bargains!

9800 GTX+ for £71.99, what new card for similar money comes close to its gaming performance?

More so 9800 GT for £49.99, thats cheaper than a GT 430 and the 9800 GT is considerably faster for gaming, probably twice as fast. :)

Remember those old gen cards are based on true pipelines and ROPS, not shaders, plus they all have 256-bit and even some 512-bit memory interfaces, they are very powerful and still very capable.
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Ever since the G80 Nvidia cards have moved over to the Unified Shader design (CUDA cores in Nvidia speak). In this regard the GT430 and 8800GT/9800GT are very similar. The ROP point also doesn't make sense, they both have ROPS that perform the same function.

The 9800GT is a better card than the god awful GT430 (4 ROPS...W T F Nvidia) but a HD6670 would be a better option in this price range.
 
Amazing price on that 460 1GB. Still plays everything out there and at good frame rates. Amazing price on the 480 and the 580 as well. Shame i can't afford any of them!
 
I'm not familiar with any of these cards, so please forgive my ignorance. How well would the GTX 285 perform compared to a 470/6950?

Edit: I meant 285 compared to 560/6950.
 
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I'd buy 4xGTX460 for SLI on both my machines if the price was £10 cheaper. Otherwise it's just too close to the price of a new one to justify it at the moment. Go on, knock em down a tad...:-)
 
Aw I so want another 460 for Sli :-( eta on my birthday aswell!! How about a freebie for my birthday :p?..

Also :-) will 2 x 768mb gtx 460's run okay on a xfx 650w xxx psu? Don't want to waste cash to find out they won't run properly
 
i do love cheap graphics cards :D any chance of 2GB versions of the GTX 460? would love to grab a couple for a surround setup..
 
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