10% Off, Free Shipping, $30 MIR and a $50 Game. That's about as good as it gets. the GTX 460 is also a DX11 card, which the GTX 285 ISN'T. As we move into DX11 in more games, this will make a huge difference.
10% Off, Free Shipping, $30 MIR and a $50 Game. That's about as good as it gets. the GTX 460 is also a DX11 card, which the GTX 285 ISN'T. As we move into DX11 in more games, this will make a huge difference.
10% Off, Free Shipping, $30 MIR and a $50 Game. That's about as good as it gets. the GTX 460 is also a DX11 card, which the GTX 285 ISN'T. As we move into DX11 in more games, this will make a huge difference.
10% Off, Free Shipping, $30 MIR and a $50 Game. That's about as good as it gets. the GTX 460 is also a DX11 card, which the GTX 285 ISN'T. As we move into DX11 in more games, this will make a huge difference.
That's the 768 mb card....
And...?
well, is it worth to get that card? They have a 1gb version. What is the difference in performance? If the 768 mb version is about the same as the 1gb , I might aswell save some money myself.
10% Off, Free Shipping, $30 MIR and a $50 Game. That's about as good as it gets. the GTX 460 is also a DX11 card, which the GTX 285 ISN'T. As we move into DX11 in more games, this will make a huge difference.
That's the 768 mb card....
And...?
well, is it worth to get that card? They have a 1gb version. What is the difference in performance? If the 768 mb version is about the same as the 1gb , I might aswell save some money myself.
It'll give you a slight boost on more graphical games that require more video card memory, or if you run a second monitor. Probably Dirt 2, Crysis, most DX11 games, which there are very few of right now.
Do note that there are at least four different cards that all go by the name of GeForce GTX 460. (And I don't mean different brands, nor am I counting factory overclocks.) There's the normal 1 GB version, which might have been intended as the bottom bin of the GPU chip, but Nvidia's yields of GF104 are awful, so it ended up being the top bin. There's the 768 MB version, which, in addition to less video memory, also has a memory channel fused off, so it has 3/4 of the memory bandwidth and 3/4 of the ROPs. There's the OEM version, which is clocked slower and allows OEMs to sell cards as a GTX 460 to unwitting customers thinking they're getting the card that they read about in reviews but actually getting something slower. And then there's the SE version, which has fewer shaders and is also clocked lower.
The 1 GB version of the GTX 460 is perhaps slightly slower on average than a Radeon HD 6850. The Radeon HD 6850 has an MSRP of $180, but e-tailers haven't been able to keep them in stock at that price, so they've raised prices. It will probably drop back to $180 soon enough. The Radeon HD 6850 at $180 is what forced Nvidia to slash prices on the GTX 460, though, which had initially debuted at $230 for the 1 GB version and $200 for the 768 MB version.
The 1 GB version of a GeForce GTX 460 should perform comparably to a GeForce GTX 285 on average. The 460 has a better feature set, though, most notably DirectX 11 support. Most games don't use DirectX 11 just yet, but it will become more prevalent in the future, and you probably don't want to pay a lot of money for a video card that hard disables a lot of graphical features because it simply can't run them.
Nvidia may have bought too many GF104 wafers, and then been ambushed by AMD's pricing on their Barts (Radeon HD 6850 and 6870) cards, so now they have to get rid of their GTX 460s. Meanwhile, rumors say that Nvidia may launch a GF114 GPU chip which is basically a fixed GF104 early next year, at which point, even Nvidia fans aren't really going to want a GTX 460. Unlike GF100-based cards that ran dangerously hot and obnoxiously loud, the only real problem with GF104 was the horrible yields that made it so Nvidia couldn't even launch a card based on a fully functional GF104 die.
Anyway, having to clear inventory means big price cuts, and likely losing money on cards that they sell (which at least beats losing even more money by not selling the cards). Regardless, that's Nvidia's problem, not yours, and even a 768 MB version of a GTX 460 for $123 after rebate is a very good deal, unless you need more than 768 MB of video memory. If your monitor resolution is 1680x1050 or lower, you don't; if it's 2560x1600, you do need more video memory; and if it's 1920x1080 or 1920x1200, it's debateable.
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that probably has something to do with server lag, but i dunno... 460 will be a good upgrade. 6850 ATI looks good, that 285 would be a deal....
I wouldn't get a 260 though. Not when you got all these other cards to choose from.
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
Umm dude... do not buy it.. save a little more money and get this instead
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130562
if you are slowing down in big pvp fights you might want to do something as simple as upgrading your ram.
10% Off, Free Shipping, $30 MIR and a $50 Game. That's about as good as it gets. the GTX 460 is also a DX11 card, which the GTX 285 ISN'T. As we move into DX11 in more games, this will make a huge difference.
He who keeps his cool best wins.
That's the 768 mb card....
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
And...?
He who keeps his cool best wins.
well, is it worth to get that card? They have a 1gb version. What is the difference in performance? If the 768 mb version is about the same as the 1gb , I might aswell save some money myself.
"When it comes to GW2 any game is fair game"
It'll give you a slight boost on more graphical games that require more video card memory, or if you run a second monitor. Probably Dirt 2, Crysis, most DX11 games, which there are very few of right now.
He who keeps his cool best wins.
on the 460 which brand do you recommend?
EVGA with their Lifetime Warranty and superb Costumer Service.
^
He who keeps his cool best wins.
Last question, is it worth paying an extra $40 for the OC version?
If you know how to OC yourself, no. If not, then it's a personal decision. Is that extra 3-4% speed worth it?
He who keeps his cool best wins.
Do note that there are at least four different cards that all go by the name of GeForce GTX 460. (And I don't mean different brands, nor am I counting factory overclocks.) There's the normal 1 GB version, which might have been intended as the bottom bin of the GPU chip, but Nvidia's yields of GF104 are awful, so it ended up being the top bin. There's the 768 MB version, which, in addition to less video memory, also has a memory channel fused off, so it has 3/4 of the memory bandwidth and 3/4 of the ROPs. There's the OEM version, which is clocked slower and allows OEMs to sell cards as a GTX 460 to unwitting customers thinking they're getting the card that they read about in reviews but actually getting something slower. And then there's the SE version, which has fewer shaders and is also clocked lower.
The 1 GB version of the GTX 460 is perhaps slightly slower on average than a Radeon HD 6850. The Radeon HD 6850 has an MSRP of $180, but e-tailers haven't been able to keep them in stock at that price, so they've raised prices. It will probably drop back to $180 soon enough. The Radeon HD 6850 at $180 is what forced Nvidia to slash prices on the GTX 460, though, which had initially debuted at $230 for the 1 GB version and $200 for the 768 MB version.
The 1 GB version of a GeForce GTX 460 should perform comparably to a GeForce GTX 285 on average. The 460 has a better feature set, though, most notably DirectX 11 support. Most games don't use DirectX 11 just yet, but it will become more prevalent in the future, and you probably don't want to pay a lot of money for a video card that hard disables a lot of graphical features because it simply can't run them.
Nvidia may have bought too many GF104 wafers, and then been ambushed by AMD's pricing on their Barts (Radeon HD 6850 and 6870) cards, so now they have to get rid of their GTX 460s. Meanwhile, rumors say that Nvidia may launch a GF114 GPU chip which is basically a fixed GF104 early next year, at which point, even Nvidia fans aren't really going to want a GTX 460. Unlike GF100-based cards that ran dangerously hot and obnoxiously loud, the only real problem with GF104 was the horrible yields that made it so Nvidia couldn't even launch a card based on a fully functional GF104 die.
Anyway, having to clear inventory means big price cuts, and likely losing money on cards that they sell (which at least beats losing even more money by not selling the cards). Regardless, that's Nvidia's problem, not yours, and even a 768 MB version of a GTX 460 for $123 after rebate is a very good deal, unless you need more than 768 MB of video memory. If your monitor resolution is 1680x1050 or lower, you don't; if it's 2560x1600, you do need more video memory; and if it's 1920x1080 or 1920x1200, it's debateable.