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Switching to Nvidia

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Tanatz

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I had an ATI 4850 that ran way too hot, fan constantly running. I ended up replacing it with this card. It's great, it's a noticeable improvement in performance, it runs about 30 degrees cooler and is thus quieter. But I'm still getting some weird graphical issues in games so I'm wondering what's a Nvidia equivalent to that 6850?
 
Probably the GTX460 I'd bet, but double check some benchmarks.
 
What graphical issues are you talking about? That can be fixed either by drivers or RMA. Don't even think of spending money on another GPU.
 
The nviidia equivalent would be the GTX 460 1gb. If it's a overclocked model it'll fare better against the 6850. A reference clocked card can sell for over $30 less than a 6850 and it seems from the reviews I've read that the nvidia GTX 460 1gb starts beating the 6850 at over 840 mhz core which automatically equals 1680 shader and with a 2000mhz memory clock. If your a do-it-yourself overclocker then get a reference card with a good dual fan aftermarket cooler like a msi twin frozr or so and then overclock yourself. You'll end up saving something like $20-$30 on the overclocking as most any GTX 460 can easily hit 840, hell some go as far as 930mhz or more stable with a good cooler.
 
I really don't want to OC my GPU, I want something that works and is fast right out of the box and is also not going to be bottlenecked by my CPU.

Two issues I'm having are: it takes like two minutes to switch out of a game (via alt-tab), like if I want to check my email without logging out of the game, or if I want to log into Ventrilo. This is a huge annoyance. Secondly, also very annoying, is that if I bring my mouse cursor to the very top right hand corner of the screen it gets stuck there. The only way to unstick it is to alt-tab out of the game, which frees the cursor, move it around while in windowed mode, then alt-tab back into full screen. But this whole process can literally take 4 or 5 minutes, that's how slow it is. Rig is in my sig, I hardly think I don't have enough power.
 
Get a 1GB 460, or wait a few weeks and see how the 560's are when they launch.
 
Tanatz said:
I really don't want to OC my GPU, I want something that works and is fast right out of the box and is also not going to be bottlenecked by my CPU.

Two issues I'm having are: it takes like two minutes to switch out of a game (via alt-tab), like if I want to check my email without logging out of the game, or if I want to log into Ventrilo. This is a huge annoyance. Secondly, also very annoying, is that if I bring my mouse cursor to the very top right hand corner of the screen it gets stuck there. The only way to unstick it is to alt-tab out of the game, which frees the cursor, move it around while in windowed mode, then alt-tab back into full screen. But this whole process can literally take 4 or 5 minutes, that's how slow it is. Rig is in my sig, I hardly think I don't have enough power.
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A gtx 460 1gb is far from slow even at stock, however it's a known fact that nvida was WAAAAY too modest when they settled with the clocks as the card can easily go from reference 675mhz all the way up to 840mhz without even a voltage tweak 99.9% of the time. Ths shader is a 2/1 with the core clock speed so in either case get this card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...0565&cm_re=gtx_460_1gb-_-14-130-565-_-Product here and it would be faster than a 6850 out of the box, you'll pay $10 more up front but after a rebate you'll get it for $179.99 which is $10 less than the card you bought. In addition it is a EVGA which means that you get step up with this model. (GTX 560!!!) and the best warranty on Nvidia Side.
 
A gtx 460 1gb is far from slow even at stock, however it's a known fact that nvida was WAAAAY too modest when they settled with the clocks as the card can easily go from reference 675mhz all the way up to 840mhz without even a voltage tweak 99.9% of the time.
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I have a Palit 460 1GB, and I've only been able to get to 800Mhz core, 2000Mhz memory. Any higher and the card throttles down to 405Mhz until I reboot. And I'm only playing old games . . . a heavily modded Oblivion for the most part . . . no Furmark or anything. I'd try raising the voltage, but my temps get as high as 80C already.

I'm very satisfied with the performance, and for the $130 I spent I'm even happier. But I think if you're expecting > 800Mhz clocks, you'll need one that comes with a very good cooler, not the cheapo version I bought.
 
I upgraded from a 4850 to the 6850 due to temperature issues a hot card is the last thing I want.
 
My previous card, that I gave to my brother, was a Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB. Great overclocker, super quiet, I sometimes wish it could handle 3 monitors, because then I would have kept it. I could go to 900Mhz with it, but ran it a bit more conservatively because it failed OCCT there - not that it failed but there were errors.
 
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