I would get the EVGA instead of Zotac, but yeah the new gtx460 kicks butt
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130562
I will be honest with you wait till you get a little more money and buy a GTX 460 (1GB version) or the ATI 5830 both perform close to one another and both are better.
Here are some user based benchmarks...notice how big a difference that is?
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/284037-33-5770-5830-head-head
GTX 460 1GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...5333&cm_re=gtx_460_1gb-_-14-125-333-_-Product
ATI 5830
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125317&cm_re=5830-_-14-125-317-_-Product
Just some food for thought...sometimes waiting and going over budget is better in the long-term.
its a good card thats for sure. loses out to the 5830 in quite a few benchies but still a great card. the gtx 460 is the best card Nvidia has put out in quite a while. temps are under control, doesnt draw as much power as other Fermi's. Best fermi thats for sure. But ATI has Nvidia by the nads. 6xxx series will be the final death blow.
GTX 480 is the best card... my Max temp oc-ed to 825mhz core and 4500mhz ram is 75c (75-77%Fan speed) with 8hours 100% stress test. it is faster than 5970 under extreme tesselation. Physx, always playable fps in stereosopic 3D, TONS of cuda cores, eats tesselation easy, Ray tracing .. Always faster than 5870 with the new 2xx.xx drivers by 15%+.
Expensive? Not really. Too much extra? maybe...
Go for GTX460.. dont forget tesselation .. it WILL be common soon.
The HD 5970 is the best card
5970 is a dual GPU.
480 is a single GPU.
480+480-5980= GTX480 By far...
5970 is a dual GPU.
480 is a single GPU.
480+480-5980= GTX480 By far...