Hey guys i have a q6600 clocked at 3ghz and a 8800gt. Im planning to upgrade my video card. I want it to play call of duty black ops. The 8800 gt will run it fine but i want better. So which one should i get. I'll probably upgrade to an i7 in 2 yrs. So should i go for a gtx 460 and sli it when i do an i7 or go with a 470 for now. thanks.
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Gtx 470 or 460
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You'll probably be cpu limited is what he's referring to. The 460 would be a good choice based on what your saying. I'd wait another 12 days for AMD to launch its 6000 series and see what they have to offer, if not at least you can get any nvidia or older 5000 series card for significantly less. I bet youd find a 5870 in FS/FT forum that is less than $250 after 6000 launch.
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5870.>GTX470 in most games The 5870 is amd's current flagship single GPU card. It competes and loses slightly to a GTX 480. The card to compare with a GTX 470 would be a 5850
In which the GTX470 edges out slightly like the 480 does the 5870.
One thing the OP should take into consideration is power, the GTX470 sucks juice, the 460 does not, maybe another reason to take the 460 road.
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Power is definitely a valid point. No PSU in his sig but SLi 460 1gb is looking sweet right now. really close to 470/480 SLi in some games.
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Good PSU, perfect for dual GTX 460 overclocked. NOT good enough for dual GTX 470 overclocked or standard clocked. If that's your PSU GTX 460 1gb or 2x 460 1gb FTW
Yeah that's fine then. To be honest i just had to choose between the GTX460 and 470 and i chose the 470 and couldn't be happier, very powerful and not as hot & loud as reviews showed me.If you're not going to upgrade for a while i'd take the 470.
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QFT the head noise is relevant when compared to as far as competition. AMD's 5000 series cards are less hot and use less energy. That's not saying how hot and power hungry the Fermi is as much as it's saying how amazingly efficient AMD 5000 is. Fermi isn't as bad as people make it out to be as far as heat/noise.
It's just nvidia did little to nothing to improve that where AMD went leaps and bounds in a better direction here.
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Just make sure it's not the exhaust type cooler, they're worse than stock.
Wait 12 days until the amd 6000 series comes out and get the cards even cheaper.
Well thats only for ati cars right. now alot of people are saying 460 hmmm.... overclocking should be easy
nVidia cards will (or at least should) have prices cuts too to keep the sales going in competition.
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Well I'm just pointing out that when amd 6000 series come out in 12 days that the GTX 460 prices are expected to come down a bit. Competition usually helps dictate pricing. Depending how competitive amd's new 6000 series is the GTX 4xx series pricing should come down quite a bit.