Spec me a Graphics Card for £450

Shep_Cobain · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:45

Hi guys,

I have been looking at 2 x GTX 460's in SLI but i'm unsure i ATi is better - 5970 maybe or 2 x 5850's?

I am completely unsure which route to go now?

I game at 1920 x 1200 and currently have a GTX 295 which is in my sig with the rest of my spec.

Thanks

Mr Krugga · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:51

GeForce 480 - £375 - if you prefer a single GPU solution but will have to cope with noise and temps
HIS Radeon 5970 - £437 - otherwise

Shep_Cobain · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:57

the gtx 460's in SLi beat the 480 hands down i have seen.

RavenXXX2 · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:59

2 x 460 is the way to go, sorry to say but SLI scales better than xfire, either go with the pre-overclocked models at 800Mhz or just buy stock ones and clock them, and 1GB models of course.

Mr Krugga · 28 Jul 2010 at 21:59

But there's no way you can upgrade the setup? Plus they will cost you more afaik.

Shep_Cobain · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:00

£180 a pop for the 1GB ones.

Shep_Cobain · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:01

Mr Krugga said:
But there's no way you can upgrade the setup? Plus they will cost you more afaik.

480's in SLi arent that much better than the 460's

Mason- · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:01

I would get a 480 if it was me. Gives you the option to add 1 or 2 more in the future.

Whereas once you get your 460 in SLI that's your limit.

RavenXXX2 · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:02

Shep_Cobain said:
480's in SLi arent that much better than the 460's

Err 480 SLI crushes 460 SLI.

Van Diemen · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:12

Shep_Cobain said:
480's in SLi arent that much better than the 460's

LOL

I would get a single 480 for now, you could always add another later
prices have started to come down on them now, they can be picked up for about £360 or so.

Otherwise a 5970

Mr Krugga · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:15

It's basically the same case as with Crossfired Radeon 5770s and a single Radeon 5870. They cost a little less and would give a roughly equal performance but will limit any upgrade options in the future. Plus they leave you with multi-GPU issues that will pop up from time to time.

Si105 · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:24

+1 GTX 480.

You should be able to get a fair bit for that GTX 295 tbh.

xtremedetailz · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:34

another vote for the GTX480

Andrew Moore · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:36

Had nothing but issues with my 5970s.

Ati drivers LOVE to randomly crash for the sake of it... Id go with the dual 460s,

Andy

kingy666 · 28 Jul 2010 at 22:59

RavenXXX2 said:
2 x 460 is the way to go, sorry to say but SLI scales better than xfire, either go with the pre-overclocked models at 800Mhz or just buy stock ones and clock them, and 1GB models of course.

Thats it, i am gonna have to call a Mod as someone has stolen RavenXXX2's log in details to this forum and is posting 'Buy nvidia GPU'. We know the real Raven would never do this.

I would also go with 2 x 460's BUT i would make sure they had decent/quiet coolers on them as some are apparently a bit on the noisy side

mikezero · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:25

2 x Gigabyte 1GB OC 460's will do the job nicely for around £370.

no_1_dave · 28 Jul 2010 at 23:54

2 x 1GB 460's or a 480

Sycho · 29 Jul 2010 at 00:00

GTX480 as it's well enough at that resolution.

PraxxtorCruel · 29 Jul 2010 at 01:12

I don't know what is wrong with your drivers, but I've been using Ati for years and I have never ever had any problems. Vote for the 5970 from me you won't be disappointed or the 5870.

AMG · 29 Jul 2010 at 07:39

if you want daul than GTX460 I would say HD5770 but you know the GTX460 is faster single plus tend to scale batter in SLI.

Unless your like me and want a single card, than GTX480/HD5870