gtx480 vs 2x gtx470

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My friend is in a dilemma, he wants to know if two 470's is worth the extra $149.99($299.99 each) over the 480 at $449.99. Is the price/performance ratio better with the two 470's or just one 480?...any advice would be appreciated.

p.s how much would the two 470's out-perform the 480, as in FPS.
 
They are both the same chip (GF100) but with some shaders/cores/memory cut out or disabled.

I'd personally wait because nvidia have already got a card with a revised architechture (GF104, aka GTX 460) and in some games it can equal or beat the 470.

A new architechture (GF106) is also set to come out, being the GTX 475 card. The revised architechtures have somewhat better performance and less power draw and lower heat levels.

Probably worth it to wait for the GTX 475
 
linkin said:
They are both the same chip (GF100) but with some shaders/cores/memory cut out or disabled.

I'd personally wait because nvidia have already got a card with a revised architechture (GF104, aka GTX 460) and in some games it can equal or beat the 470.

A new architechture (GF106) is also set to come out, being the GTX 475 card. The revised architechtures have somewhat better performance and less power draw and lower heat levels.

Probably worth it to wait for the GTX 475
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GF106 is gonna be slower than GF104, GF106 is basically gonna be replacing the GTS250's price point. The GTS450 is a GF106 based card.

Also, the GTX 460 does not beat a 470 in any game, if it did it was nothing more than a benchmark fluke, as the 460 1GB is only barely faster than the 465, the GTX 470's very crippled cousin.
 
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StrangleHold said:
Care to show me one.
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Let me just find the review, gimma a few mins

EDIT: okay so far it beats the 465 in crysis warhead at minimum framerate, I'm still trying to find the exact review where the 460 edged out the 470 by a few frames.

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Some 3dmark:

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crysis:

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Still trying to find that review. I think I'll check my history if i haven't cleared it already :o
 
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linkin said:
Let me just find the review, gimma a few mins
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Not talking about a overclocked card. Thats sorta of a no brainer. Thats like saying a Phenom II 555 unlocked and overclocked is as fast as a Phenom II 965 stock.:rolleyes: If its a overclocked, compare it to a overclocked 470
 
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Okay, fine, you win :P

EDIT: And i stand by what i said before. wait for the GTX 475's. Revised architechture = better performance, less power draw. and possibly better SLI scaling although the 400 series scale to nearly 100% anyway.
 
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when do ya'll think the new cards will arrive? late this year or early next year?...because the 5900's and gtx400's are fairly new, will he have to wait like 1-2 years for the new cards or 6 months to a 1 year?

edit-thanks for all the advice.
 
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linkin said:
Okay, fine, you win :P

EDIT: And i stand by what i said before. wait for the GTX 475's. Revised architechture = better performance, less power draw. and possibly better SLI scaling although the 400 series scale to nearly 100% anyway.
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IMO the 475 is gonna be a terrible price/performance car if it is gonna be made on GF104 like people are speculating(personally, i dont see a 475 coming to market any time soon, a dual gpu card will prolly come out first). You can see the hit that a card with less ROP's takes by looking at the 460 768mb vs 1GB, and that is only a difference of 6 ROP's. Even a full fledged GF104 chip only has 384 shaders, and the same 30 ROPs as the 1GB 460 has, while the 470 has 448 shaders and 40 ROPs.
 
I thought the 475 was speculated to use another revised architechture... GF106 :o

I think they are using that in the GTS 455/450 as well.
 
tech savvy said:
when do ya'll think the new cards will arrive? late this year or early next year?...because the 5900's and gtx400's are fairly new, will he have to wait like 1-2 years for the new cards or 6 months to a 1 year?

edit-thanks for all the advice.
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according to my knowledge ATI are set to release Southern Islands family gpus nearing the end of the year and this is meant to be a stop gap until their new architecture Northern Islands family and it will be hybrid of current tech and the new tech coming out later on.
as for the original question Ive been trying to choose between crossfire and sli for my new setup ( i still don't know which to choose) and i was thinking of using SLI withtwo GTX 460 and as shown here

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_460_SLI/7.html

they outstrip a single GTX 480 and approach a HD5970 so i would imagine two 470 would do the trick very well.
 
innercx said:
they outstrip a single GTX 480 and approach a HD5970 so i would imagine two 470 would do the trick very well.
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I always thought when you SLI, you actually lose performance on the second card, like 10-20%.

Edit-And thank you for the review very interesting,they do scale high when SLI'ed (gtx460's).
 
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