I am thinking of gtx 260, does it worth it?

I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

dakan45

No not at all. GTX 260 is only around 10% to 15% faster than the 9800GTX+ so it's really not worth it. If you ask me I'd go either with a Radeon card or a GTX 470/460/450 when available for purchase.

Whats your budget? And do you have a preference Ati or Nvidia?

GTX 470 should be a good choice

wait for a price drop on ATI products and pick up a 5870 if it goes around 300-350. it beats the gtx470, draws less power and produces less heat.

Just get a GTX 470 if you can.Hekynn

i heard the 470 beats the 5850

[QUOTE="Hekynn"]Just get a GTX 470 if you can.Daytona_178

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I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

jernas

No not at all. GTX 260 is only around 10% to 15% faster than the 9800GTX+ so it's really not worth it. If you ask me I'd go either with a Radeon card or a GTX 470/460/450 when available for purchase.

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="Hekynn"]Just get a GTX 470 if you can.04dcarraher

Anyway, if i got it right, there is not much diffirence in games with the 98000gtx+ and the gtx260, right?dakan45

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I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

jernas

No not at all. GTX 260 is only around 10% to 15% faster than the 9800GTX+ so it's really not worth it. If you ask me I'd go either with a Radeon card or a GTX 470/460/450 when available for purchase.

there is no gtx 450.. thats where the gts 400 series starts (which will all be gtx 200 series rebrands with dx11 support)

[QUOTE="Hekynn"]Just get a GTX 470 if you can.Daytona_178

it is its about 150 dollars US more expensive than the current price in the usa.

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="Hekynn"]Just get a GTX 470 if you can.ionusX

it is its about 150 dollars US more expensive than the current price in the usa.

[QUOTE="Daytona_178"][QUOTE="Hekynn"]Just get a GTX 470 if you can.04dcarraher

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"][QUOTE="Daytona_178"] Here in the UK the GTX470 is a ripoff.Human-after-all

its actually more like a tie really. ill illuminate in a deadliest warrior style

power (watts) vs preformance edge = hd 5850

price vs preformance edge = hd 5850

actual benchmarks (cinebench, futuremark, stone giant, ungine) edge = gtx 470

real world (games, apps, video etc.) preformance edge = tie

multimedia use edge = gtx 470

heat (temperature while idle/underload/post overclock) = hd 5850

overclockability = tie

with a score of 3 to 2 with 2 draws the 5850 is superior but really either is worth the time varying on what you want

however i would like to point out that in the uk and europe in general the gtx 470 is NEVER worth the cost as the hd 5970 is almost cheaper than one lol

I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

dakan45

i have one and am playing on nearly highest settings in all games ! ( res. 1680)

i have one and am playing on nearly highest settings in all games ! ( res. 1680)

sentenced83

[QUOTE="Human-after-all"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Thats sad, I know you want that CUDA :) . GTX 470 would be a good buy since its faster then a 5850 in most games and with direct x 11 and tessellation its faster then a 5870. Off subject aliitle bit I was reading somewhere that people are saying that the Uengine tessellation is using Nvidia's CUDA cores to get the lead. Duh! because the cuda cores are the shader processors. And when they tackle a demanding a complex graphical processing like tessellation, parallel processing allows better processing thn just using the gpu.ionusX

its actually more like a tie really. ill illuminate in a deadliest warrior style

power (watts) vs preformance edge = hd 5850

price vs preformance edge = hd 5850

actual benchmarks (cinebench, futuremark, stone giant, ungine) edge = gtx 470

real world (games, apps, video etc.) preformance edge = tie

multimedia use edge = gtx 470

heat (temperature while idle/underload/post overclock) = hd 5850

overclockability = tie

with a score of 3 to 2 with 2 draws the 5850 is superior but really either is worth the time varying on what you want

however i would like to point out that in the uk and europe in general the gtx 470 is NEVER worth the cost as the hd 5970 is almost cheaper than one lol

3 of your points are subjective. Power to performance does not matter if you have enough power. Price to performance does not matter if you have enough money. Also heat does not matter to the well circulated and cooled case. Therefore if you have all of these things you have a better card objectively.

I understand in the real world these things matter but they are subjective and not always concidered.

Just cause 2 runs like crap on my gtx 260

I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

dakan45

Don't bother. Just wait for the GTX 470. Its equal to the ATI 5850 but has a slight performance advantage at higher resolutions and higher graphic settings.

I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

dakan45

[QUOTE="dakan45"]I got 800GTX+ right now and i would like to get more perfomance from fallout 3, arma 2 and gta iv.

I am thinking of upgrading to gtx260. Do you think its worth the upgrade? How much better would you say my games would run?

Chris_53

Why not just get a GTX 470? you'll have better performance, and DX 11. SickStench

Just cause 2 runs like crap on my gtx 260

szafto

Just cause 2 runs like crap on my gtx 260

szafto

[QUOTE="szafto"]

Just cause 2 runs like crap on my gtx 260

dakan45

[QUOTE="Human-after-all"][QUOTE="04dcarraher"] Thats sad, I know you want that CUDA :) . GTX 470 would be a good buy since its faster then a 5850 in most games and with direct x 11 and tessellation its faster then a 5870. Off subject aliitle bit I was reading somewhere that people are saying that the Uengine tessellation is using Nvidia's CUDA cores to get the lead. Duh! because the cuda cores are the shader processors. And when they tackle a demanding a complex graphical processing like tessellation, parallel processing allows better processing thn just using the gpu.ionusX

its actually more like a tie really. ill illuminate in a deadliest warrior style

power (watts) vs preformance edge = hd 5850

price vs preformance edge = hd 5850

actual benchmarks (cinebench, futuremark, stone giant, ungine) edge = gtx 470

real world (games, apps, video etc.) preformance edge = tie

multimedia use edge = gtx 470

heat (temperature while idle/underload/post overclock) = hd 5850

overclockability = tie

with a score of 3 to 2 with 2 draws the 5850 is superior but really either is worth the time varying on what you want

however i would like to point out that in the uk and europe in general the gtx 470 is NEVER worth the cost as the hd 5970 is almost cheaper than one lol