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GTX 460 upgrade

Reektan

Reektan

Reektan

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Hi All,

I just want to get an opinion.. I'm currently running a Gigabyte GTX 460 1gb with an i5 2.8ghz. Do you think I would get a good enough performance boost changing this out to a GTX 570 or would I need to go full on i5 2500k+ AND the GTX 570 upgrade?

This is mainly for playing the new releases at 1920x1080 with vsync/AA and physx etc ( Arkham Asylum/City ) BF3 and so on.

Thanks for any help.
 
I'm dubious of that hack for some reason. Probably end up in tears with a video card on fire screaming " WHHHYY " .. ( mild exaggeration I know )
 
I'd go for the MSI, cheaper, good brand and slightly faster. As for your CPU do you mean i5 750? If so it shouldn't be a bottleneck, just put an oc on it to 3.5+ and it'll be fine. If you want an upgrade wait til ivy bridge or LGA2011, the CPU you have is fine for gaming at the moment.
 
Ok that MSI looks nice... I think I'll be going for that. Problem is .. I have stock cooler and Crucial 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz/PC3-10600 .. I don't think I can really clock up with that setup ( it was purely a cost thing a few months ago )
 
Well this is brilliant.

Not sure if the store I purchase from will be able to fulfil my order.

Leaves me in limbo, do I leave it and risk not getting the preorder bonuses if they cant fulfil.
 
You guys have read my mind,

I have the N460GTX Hawk and was wondering if I should go Sli and get another of whether
I should get a 570, I know for sure that my motherboard does support Sli so by what you
guys have said I think I may as well get another one of those.

Although Overclockers have taken it off the site now, If I ring then you think they could
get me one in as I would prefer the same card instead of 2 different models in the system?
 
Thinking about it.. it would still be pretty cheap to update the motherboard and get another 460... hmmmm. Although it might be difficult to find one that doesnt run the second PCIe at some strange slow rate for this i5 760 2.8GHz Socket 1156
 
It'd be the same price to buy an i7 920, 1366 SLI motherboard and another 460.

Or for £60 more than a GTX570 you could get an i5 2500k, P67 SLI motherboard and another GTX460.

Then you could sell your old components and get around £140 for them :)
 
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