GTX 460 or GTX 470 - Which to buy?

[Craterloads]

Hey,

Bought an i7 950 & a Rampage iii Gene yesterday form OCUK, just need to get GPU sorted now. Cant make my mind up over the two.

Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB @ £178 + P&P OCUK

or

Asus GTX 470 V2 @ £200

What would you suggest taking into consideration case will not be well ventilated.

 

[Craterloads]

Also - Will be using on 24" NEC 1920 x 1200 monitor to play Starcraft II, C&C4 etc

 

[Craterloads]

PSU should be fine, either hx1000w or a 850w. It should really be a know brainer in favour of the GTX 470 for only £20 extra plus Mafia II free, but from reading reviews it seems the GTX 460 comes very close to the 470 whilst consuming a lot less power and producing a lot less heat.

Furthermore ive read the 460 can be clocked to 900+ which would make it considerable faster than the 470...

 

[Craterloads]

think im just going to get the 470 as its only £20 extra. thanks for input

 

[Craterloads]

It would be a stupid idea to get the 460 over a 470 with only £20 difference unless you have a rubbish PSU

yea thats what i thought, if it was £40 -£50 fair enough would have gone for the 460.

 

[Craterloads]

also make sure you get an AX PSU as they have a better efficiency

There a bit too expensive to be honest. Im looking at a 3 month old HX1000w which has all ready been modded with full MDPC-X sleeving that will match my build @ £125

This project is all ready at £1100 which is making me sweat so trying to save a few pennies!!

 

[Craterloads]

Buy this instead for £164.99 and flash it into a 470. There is a thread developing on the Pov 465GTX which shows its actually a 470 in disguise. I'm tempted but I have a 5850 Toxic and I don't think there would be much difference in performance.

that sounds too good to be true. just a couple of questions. if unlocked will it be as fast as the 470 and will the less ram make a difference? real good find mate cheers

 

[Craterloads]

that sounds too good to be true. just a couple of questions. if unlocked will it be as fast as the 470 and will the less ram make a difference? real good find mate cheers

edit thats an uber noob question!! as will be unlocking the memory chips making it identical to the 470.