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I'll take a GTX 470 over 768MB GTX 460 SLI. Yeah and would get your ass kicked in every single game/bench mark out there. It's exactly what I have in my rig and it completely crushes a gtx 470.Nah the difference isnt big at all in intense DX11 games. Not worth dealing with SLI.[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]
[QUOTE="i5750at4Ghz"]Impossible to beat 2 gtx 460s for $200. Best deal I've ever seen in my many years of rig building. i5750at4Ghz
It actually performs worse since minimum FPS is much better on 470. I know it performs better in other games but I dont really need that much performance in other games anyways. I game at 16x10 so GTX 470 is almighty for me as it is, I need not bother with SLI.
Relatively GTX 470 is about 35% faster which is good enough for me to forgo superior performance with a second card.
And not to mention in SLI you are still limited to 768MB ram which could be a problem in the coming future....
[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]Again not true. SLI works out of the box on any game released on PC. You can find SLI profiles for games like Star wars the old republic which doesn't even have a release date. Crysis 2 worked day one for me using SLI, the flicker is a crossfire issue not a SLI issue. The difference between a 768MB and a 1GB 460 in sli is like 3 or 4 frames. So yes you are being irrational. A gtx 470 can't even begin to overclock as well as a gtx 460. The thing runs at 80C+ at stock speeds let alone OCed speeds. A gtx 460 can go from stock speeds of 675mhz to anywhere up to and beyond 850mhz. Thats a 25% OC at least all on stock voltage. You're posts are full of misinformation. I might be misinformed about SLI as I have never really considered it but I have done my research on GTX 470.I will take 1GB GTX 460 SLI but I am dont want 768MB, maybe I am being irrational but that's the way it is.
GTX 470 overclocks just as well as 460 btw....
It happened with the release of crysis as well, SLI owners had to wait alot of time to get SLI working properly, it happens with alot of major releases. Single GTX 460 768MB cannot max out crysis 2, I just despise having to wait for drivers to max out a game!
i5750at4Ghz
The actual 3D performance gained from overclocking is 26.7%.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_470/33.html
It runs at exactly the same temps with overclocking.....
No increase with overclocking, the card is just meant to run at those temps....
The benchmark was run at different speeds than the max overclock. My post assumed you were talking about the max overclock. Buying a card that runs at 90C+ degrees at stock voltage/fan speeds would be a bone head move imo.
No increase with overclocking, the card is just meant to run at those temps....
Gambler_3
The benchmark was run at different speeds than the max overclock. My post assumed you were talking about the max overclock. Buying a card that runs at 90C+ degrees at stock voltage/fan speeds would be a bone head move imo.Well ya it does run hot by default so ya it is a disadvantage I never said otherwise. But I didnt get my HAF 922 to get intimidated with hot hardware. People have been running their 470's just fine, you just better have a decent casing.[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]
No increase with overclocking, the card is just meant to run at those temps....
i5750at4Ghz
No increase with overclocking, the card is just meant to run at those temps....
Gambler_3
Just because the cooler keeps the card at an insane temperature whether OC'd or not doesn't mean it's ok. I would never buy a card that I thought might hit over 90 degrees C, OC'd or not.
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