Reference or factory oc

[Ingleberry]

Is it worthwhile spending bit more on factory overclocked version of the same card? Do they provide higher oc headroom compared to reference cards?

My other question is how do you make sense of benchmarks, looking at various charts i have no idea whats smooth or playable?

For example looking at a benchmarks 1920x1600 in something like dirt2, far cry2 or bad company would for example geforce 460 be able to play jitter free?

Thanks, Ingleberry

 

[Ingleberry]

This is where im lost, fps relating to tv/dvd is different to graphic cards fps, therefore have no idea what these figures mean

 

[Ingleberry]

PS... I assume that the rest of your system is up-to-scratch and not going to bottleneck a GTX460

sorry i don't get the bottleneck comment?

 

[Ingleberry]

Ahh ok so 460 at 1900x1600 would struggle at high detail in new games? I rather spend more on a card that i don't have to turn things down to play.

tbh im looking to buy geforce 570gtx oc or reference on basis i wanted 580gtx with longest bars in all the reviews however availability and price hikes forcing me to go one down instead.

What would be min requirements for 570gtx? i know i need a better psu than 400w Corsair.

Thanks