Replacing a faulty gtx 480 oc

[dtsrules]

Help!

My cards on its way out.
When i bought it it was a bit of overkill for my system which is a q6600.
Im after something with similar spec (don't mind being a bit less) without the heat and power consumption and it can't be bigger than the 10.5" of the 480

Anyone any ideas what to go for.

 

[Cromulent]

AMD 7950 would be a decent upgrade.

 

[Chrisbes]

First; What is your price range?

For the green team, the GTX 660 offers slightly better performance while taking up a smaller footprint, requiring less power and running cooler.

For the red team, the Radeon 7850 performs similarly, better under certain conditions, but worse under others.

These are cards which perform similarly though, If you're going to upgrade, you'd obviously be better going for something better within your price range.

 

[dtsrules]

Thanks for the replies.

Would they not be overkill with a q6600 based machine?

 

[Chrisbes]

Thanks for the replies.

Would they not be overkill with a q6600 based machine?

While I'm not too knowledgeable on bottlenecks, I do believe you will be CPU limited. But you could overclock your CPU if you haven't already to get a little more performance.

 

[silvagti]

+1 Geforce 660 would probably be a good replacement for the 480 without breaking the bank.

 

[dtsrules]

While I'm not too knowledgeable on bottlenecks, I do believe you will be CPU limited.

The bottlenecking is my issue, im not sure but i dont want to spend loads on another card that is going to be wasted.

But you could overclock your CPU if you haven't already to get a little more performance.

Running at 3gig at the moment.