• Is the NVIDIA GEFORE GTX 260 worth it?
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So, I am thinking of buying a new graphics card as my current one is terrible (cod4 lags on low). So I was looking around and saw this one: [url]http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?nov-265[/url] . Is it worth it? I have £200 but I want some money left over so that one is in my price range.
Full PC specs?
If your power supply can support it, and your motherboard can too, then I'd say go for it.
[url]http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?HIS-48701[/url] It's better, and cheaper.
Depends on your system atm and how big your monitor is, if its resolution is fairly small like mine (a fail 1280x1024) and you have a crossfire board get 2x4770's. Them in crossfire at lower resolutions beat the gtx 280.If at 1600x1024 or higher i would go with noobmuffin's suggestion seeing as its basically the same card but cheaper and with 1gb mem unless your mobo supports hybrid sli (nvidida card sli's with onboard graphics) then get the gtx 260.
[QUOTE=n00bmuffin;16498848] It's better,[/QUOTE] no [QUOTE=n00bmuffin;16498848] and cheaper.[/QUOTE] yes
[QUOTE=qwerty000;16501255]no[/QUOTE] Actually, yes, it is better: [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/atiradeonhd4870_062408145208/17130.png[/img] [img]http://techreport.com/r.x/radeon-hd-4870/hl2-1680.gif[/img]
[url]http://techgage.com/article/ati_hd_4870_1gb_vs_nvidia_gtx_260216_896mb/3[/url] Interesting read, seems to agree with qwerty000.
OP said he plays COD4, 4870 1GB is better for COD4.
chances are that at some point he will play more than one game
I disagree.
for one he only [I]mentioned[/I] one game, doesn't mean it's his only one
I disagree.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;16502478]for one he only [I]mentioned[/I] one game, doesn't mean it's his only one[/QUOTE]Why do you never capitalize the beginning of your sentence or punctuate the end? Other than that you have good grammar. Anyway OP, full specs please.
laziness who really cares, it's understandable and it's not MSN rubbish and that's good enough for me
This is reminding to use some drivers in my GeFore - I'm using a 7 Iron right now, but I'm also looking to see if there's some good putters for it
This thread is full of NVIDIA fanboys who have such a vivid imagination, they can't see the truth.
I say buy a GTX 280 or better, just in case, because Modern warfare 2 is coming soon, and it would be sucks if you need an upgrade again
I bet modern warfare won't be as gpu intensive as crysis. so 4870 should be fine.
[QUOTE=reapaninja;16504082]laziness who really cares, it's understandable and it's not MSN rubbish and that's good enough for me[/QUOTE] Because some people actually hate it. Not me,but people do get irritated by it.
Gtx 260 c216 > 4870 1024mb > gtx 260 > 4870 512mb
[QUOTE=Odellus;16508502]Gtx 260 c216 > 4870 1024mb > gtx 260 > 4870 512mb[/QUOTE] 4870 1024mb > gtx 260 c216 > 4870 512mb > gtx 260
google the benchmarks, I already did. 4870 1GB lost in everything except one game, and it consumes a lot more power
[quote=shadow187(fp);16397836]a very extensive research. Wewt. [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gts250launch_030209211026/18534.png[/img] [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gts250launch_030209211026/18535.png[/img] [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gts250launch_030209211026/18536.png[/img] [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gts250launch_030209211026/18532.png[/img] [img]http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gts250launch_030209211026/18533.png[/img][/quote] Lolpwnt.
thing is the 4870 in those bench marks are 512mb, if it was the 1gb i bet it would beat the gtx 260. and the gtx 260 barely beats the 512mb 4870 by about 1 to 4 fps so its not that much better.
[QUOTE=mgear;16504303]This thread is full of NVIDIA fanboys who have such a vivid imagination, they can't see the truth.[/QUOTE] Full of what? Facepunch has it's fair share of ATI lovers. Notice the immediate pounce from one of the users. Using his "benchmark proves all" attack. Then followed up by a barrage of "owned" from various lower rank units. Asking for an opinion on a GPU here is like asking a dog to choose between a fresh piece of meat or a cooked piece of meat.
personally i dont care what the gpu is, i only care that it gets the job done and it doesnt explode. then again all my computers dont let me upgrade :smile:
[QUOTE=SomeGuest;16510867]Full of what? Facepunch has it's fair share of ATI lovers. Notice the immediate pounce from one of the users. Using his "benchmark proves all" attack. Then followed up by a barrage of "owned" from various lower rank units. Asking for an opinion on a GPU here is like asking a dog to choose between a fresh piece of meat or a cooked piece of meat.[/QUOTE] Are you saying benchmark doesn't prove anything? Fine, here's statistics then. [b] EVGA GTX 260 216 Core at $184.99[/b] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130434[/url] Chipset Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 260 Core Clock 576MHz Stream Processors 216 Processor Cores Memory Memory Clock 1998MHz Memory Size 896MB Memory Interface 448-bit Memory Type GDDR3 Minimum of a 500 Watt power supply. [b] XFX 4870 1GB at $ $149.99[/b] [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150394[/url] Chipset Chipset Manufacturer ATI GPU Radeon HD 4870 Core Clock 750MHz Stream Processors 800 Stream Processing Units Memory Memory Clock 3600MHz Memory Size 1GB Memory Interface 256-bit Memory Type GDDR5 Minimum 450 Watt Power Supply Requirement I'm no computer expert, but I'm guessing higher is better? (Except for PSU)
specs are even worse for comparing you can't compared the specs of an Nvidia card and ATi card, they use the numbers differently oh and they always super overhype the power requirements anyway
the 4870 uses more power than the GTX 260 in any given scenario, and those specs don't mean anything especially since they're running on completely different architecture. [editline]12:48AM[/editline] they multiplied the memory speed with the 4870 and didn't with the 260 lol.
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