wellhellothere
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Thinking of buying this, and apparently its a decent card. Still running the coal powered 8800gt and im feeling a bit prehistoric, so if anyone can vouch for the 460gtx, my decisions made!
@ people with/who've used 460gtx
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Ive not got the card,although i have thought about getting it (check out gfx card section)
Going by Gpu Reviews its one hell of a card for the price,and going from a 8800GT to a 460 will be like night/day diffrence.
It was when i went from my 8800GT to my 4890.
I agree with Linki about getting the 1Gb version,never understood why Nvidia put stupid amounts of ram on a card,i mean 768mb...JUST top it off to the nearest GB Nvidia!!!!!
Id like to see a 2GB version,That will help out in GTA IV.
Going by Gpu Reviews its one hell of a card for the price,and going from a 8800GT to a 460 will be like night/day diffrence.
It was when i went from my 8800GT to my 4890.
I agree with Linki about getting the 1Gb version,never understood why Nvidia put stupid amounts of ram on a card,i mean 768mb...JUST top it off to the nearest GB Nvidia!!!!!
Id like to see a 2GB version,That will help out in GTA IV.
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To the OP,here they are compared side by side.
http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=633&card2=626
Personally id go with the 460
g4m3rof1337
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I have dual 8800GTs and really don't have a problem with them. They're overclocked and run current games just fine. I do have my eye on the 460 or whatever ATI is competing with. If money is tight, and you can do it, look into SLI, if you're up for it.
bomberboysk
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Pricing....and the reason the 768gb version isnt worth it is not because its got less memory, but the fact it only has a 192bit memory bus vs the 256bit bus on the 1gb.
maroon1
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768MB is still slightly better in most cases
wellhellothere
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I looked into this, but it looks like 8800gt's arent availble anywhere anymore, unless i grab one second hand but i'd sooner just get a new, more current card. Im fairly sure mine 8800gt's on the way out aswell - keep getting bizzarre glitches that seem graphical. Shame, i've had it for ages!
So you reckon its worth getting the 1gb version - even for £25 more? How notable is the performance difference between the 260gtx and the 460gtx because i've heard the 260's a beast aswell - and its cheaper. Say for example:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-016-ZT
wellhellothere
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Yours was the conclusion i came to though yeah. I'd rather shell out and get a new card.
g4m3rof1337
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I'd like to know your reasoning behind thinking going SLI = pissing money away. I spent around $200 getting a new board capable of SLI, and a second 8800GT. That was still cheaper than what was (near) top of the line at that time. And I got similar performance, even at stock speeds.
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salvage-this
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I think that sli/ xfire is a waste if you are running brand new cards just to get extra fps above 60. If you pick up another card to keep an older set of cards running longer. I can see it being worth it.
g4m3rof1337
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Well I was referring to SLIing the OP's current card, the 8800GT, and the OP responded to that. Not sure if the guy who said it was a waste picked up on that or not..
Thanks for the clarification though.