radeon 6870 vs. gtx 560 ti

Which is better for gaming, i intend to play SWTOR and WoW, and i cant decide on a video card im torn between the Radeon 6870 and the GTX 560 ti, which is better and do you guys have any other suggestiosn for a good card, for my video card my budget is about 250$ thanks.

Which is better for gaming, i intend to play SWTOR and WoW, and i cant decide on a video card im torn between the Radeon 6870 and the GTX 560 ti, which is better and do you guys have any other suggestiosn for a good card, for my video card my budget is about 250$ thanks.

moondawg009

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Which is better for gaming, i intend to play SWTOR and WoW, and i cant decide on a video card im torn between the Radeon 6870 and the GTX 560 ti, which is better and do you guys have any other suggestiosn for a good card, for my video card my budget is about 250$ thanks.

04dcarraher

I would honestly say the 6870, the performance of the two are pretty darn close, and the 6870 is only $165AlexKidd5000

[QUOTE="AlexKidd5000"]I would honestly say the 6870, the performance of the two are pretty darn close, and the 6870 is only $165ArchDemon123

[QUOTE="ArchDemon123"][QUOTE="AlexKidd5000"]I would honestly say the 6870, the performance of the two are pretty darn close, and the 6870 is only $165muscleserge

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

[QUOTE="muscleserge"][QUOTE="ArchDemon123"] Yeah, i too consider the 6870 to be the better deal, even though the 560 Ti is the better card. But the 6870 is awesome too, it's able to greatly play EVERY single game out there high-ultra settings.Obiwan_1O

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

If your budget is $250 then definitely go for the 7850. The 7850 performs very closely to a 6950 which beats a 560 Ti most of the time, sometimes by a lot.

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

Obiwan_1O

What? Poor cooler? I had the reference model before and they stay below 60-70c even after overclocking.

The gtx 460 are currently rebadged as gtx 560 with higher clocks and they are on par with 6870.

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The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

Bikouchu35

What? Poor cooler? I had the reference model before and they stay below 60-70c even after overclocking.

The gtx 460 are currently rebadged as gtx 560 with higher clocks and they are on par with 6870.

[QUOTE="muscleserge"][QUOTE="ArchDemon123"] Yeah, i too consider the 6870 to be the better deal, even though the 560 Ti is the better card. But the 6870 is awesome too, it's able to greatly play EVERY single game out there high-ultra settings.Obiwan_1O

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

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[QUOTE="muscleserge"] or a GTX460, OCed it beats the 6870 even when the 6870 is OCed.muscleserge

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

check ur facts the 460 is 5xxx gen since there has been 5xx and 6xx and for ATI 6xxx and 7xxx its 2 gens old and even if performance is good its too old to be a good investment when there are equal things of newer better designs.

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[QUOTE="muscleserge"] or a GTX460, OCed it beats the 6870 even when the 6870 is OCed.neogeo419

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

ill have to let him know this but hes had it for almost 2 years I think and no problems, idk why his temps are so high. It always scares me but he dosnt seem to care since hes had no issues.

Which is better for gaming, i intend to play SWTOR and WoW, and i cant decide on a video card im torn between the Radeon 6870 and the GTX 560 ti, which is better and do you guys have any other suggestiosn for a good card, for my video card my budget is about 250$ thanks.

moondawg009

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[QUOTE="Obiwan_1O"]

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

Obiwan_1O

ill have to let him know this but hes had it for almost 2 years I think and no problems, idk why his temps are so high. It always scares me but he dosnt seem to care since hes had no issues.

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[QUOTE="Obiwan_1O"]

The 460s too old and outdated design, my brother has a full tower case with great airflow and his card hits 95c playing BF3 without overclock and it has very poor Dx11 performance. It was good in its time but its 2 gens old.

04dcarraher

What? Poor cooler? I had the reference model before and they stay below 60-70c even after overclocking.

The gtx 460 are currently rebadged as gtx 560 with higher clocks and they are on par with 6870.

Here we go again. The GTX 460 also used a die with a shader cluster disabled, which is why it ended up with 336 cores instead of 384. The only difference between an overclocked GTX 460 1GB and a GTX 560 is that the 560 is very slightly more power efficient. In terms of performance, they are the same clock for clock. They are architecturally identical aside from the power-saving improvements. For all intents and purposes, a GTX 560 is just a rebadged GTX 460 1GB OC.

To the people talking about a GTX 460 running hot- That is most definitely the exception and not the rule. They are well-known to be very cool-running cards. I had one with a 24/7 OC to 911mhz with a voltage bump, and it never hit over 72 degrees C in any game.

[QUOTE="04dcarraher"]

[QUOTE="Bikouchu35"]

What? Poor cooler? I had the reference model before and they stay below 60-70c even after overclocking.

The gtx 460 are currently rebadged as gtx 560 with higher clocks and they are on par with 6870.

hartsickdiscipl

Here we go again. The GTX 460 also used a die with a shader cluster disabled, which is why it ended up with 336 cores instead of 384. The only difference between an overclocked GTX 460 1GB and a GTX 560 is that the 560 is very slightly more power efficient. In terms of performance, they are the same clock for clock. They are architecturally identical aside from the power-saving improvements. For all intents and purposes, a GTX 560 is just a rebadged GTX 460 1GB OC.

To the people talking about a GTX 460 running hot- That is most definitely the exception and not the rule. They are well-known to be very cool-running cards. I had one with a 24/7 OC to 911mhz with a voltage bump, and it never hit over 72 degrees C in any game.

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[QUOTE="04dcarraher"] The GTX 560's are not just a re badge of GTX 460's they are different , they use the same core as the GTX 560ti (G114), but with one shader cluster disabled. Also the gpu architecture was redesigned to be more efficient. Even if they were clocked the same the GTX 560 would be still be slightly faster.

04dcarraher

Here we go again. The GTX 460 also used a die with a shader cluster disabled, which is why it ended up with 336 cores instead of 384. The only difference between an overclocked GTX 460 1GB and a GTX 560 is that the 560 is very slightly more power efficient. In terms of performance, they are the same clock for clock. They are architecturally identical aside from the power-saving improvements. For all intents and purposes, a GTX 560 is just a rebadged GTX 460 1GB OC.

To the people talking about a GTX 460 running hot- That is most definitely the exception and not the rule. They are well-known to be very cool-running cards. I had one with a 24/7 OC to 911mhz with a voltage bump, and it never hit over 72 degrees C in any game.

link? Same GPU and memory clocks?

I would honestly say the 6870, the performance of the two are pretty darn close, and the 6870 is only $165AlexKidd5000