asus eah top 4850 vs msi gtx460 cyclone

[tek33]

hi i am looking for some input please .i currently have an asus eah top 4850 512mb with q6600 antec neo power 650 ps . i am looking at the msi gtx 460 cyclone 1gb version . would this be a noticeable upgrade to the asus ? i play all the call of duties and crysis. some input please . thank you

 

[Jdawg84]

Yes it will be noticeable and fill in your system specs

 

[happy medium]

What resolution? are you overclocking the cpu?

 

[manimal]

Do you actually still play crysis every day?

 

[RussianSensation]

Performance compared:

World at War (use GTX280/285 as a gauge of GTX460's performance)
Modern Warfware 2
Black Ops
^^^
Q6600 at stock speeds was able to put in 53 fps. Looks like a mild overclock to 3.0ghz will get you 60 fps at 1920x1080 4AA. GTX460 crushes the 4850 (88 vs. 38 fps).

Crysis is mostly GPU limited, so you already know a faster GPU will help there.

 

[netxzero64]

hi i am looking for some input please .i currently have an asus eah top 4850 512mb with q6600 antec neo power 650 ps . i am looking at the msi gtx 460 cyclone 1gb version . would this be a noticeable upgrade to the asus ? i play all the call of duties and crysis. some input please . thank you

no doubt the GTX 460 will beat the EAH 4850 in every way.

another thing, you aim on playing GPU intensive games so a GTX 460 is a very noticeable upgrade from your 4850 and in addition, the GTX 460 overclocks really good.. go for MSI if you want the 460 XD

 

[nyker96]

hi i am looking for some input please .i currently have an asus eah top 4850 512mb with q6600 antec neo power 650 ps . i am looking at the msi gtx 460 cyclone 1gb version . would this be a noticeable upgrade to the asus ? i play all the call of duties and crysis. some input please . thank you

yes, I did exact same upgrade, hd 4850 --> GTX 460/786mb, using a x4 620 the amd equivalent to q6600. frame rate jump is about 35%-75% depending on game, also you gain a lot more eye candy like DX11 modes, extra AA/AFs, higher quality textures. Definitely worth the upgrade, although in certain older games there's little or no extra visual options available I don't feel the upgrade is as evident in its effect other than more fps, but in newer games like Metro 2033, most definitely you will get better visual from this upgrade.

 

[tek33]

in answer to jdawg84
cosmos 1000 case
2 640gb wd hd
eah top 4850
4 case fans ,noctua nh-u12p cpu cooler (btw great cooler 4 me)
2 dvd rom-burner drives
antec neo power 650 blue power supply
this should be enough of power supply for the 460 right?

 

[cubeless]

any 460 crushes the 4850, period... playing at the same res and settings you currently use you will experience noticeably smoother play... even the much maligned 460/768 would be a big upgrade...

and that's plenty of psu...

oc that 6600 a bit and get even more frames... you need about 3.5ghz on 2 cores to get best perf in most games with the 460...

 

[tek33]

you ll be a daisy if you do. love the tombstone best movie going cubeless

 

[sandorski]

The only way a 4850 will beat a 460 is in DC Projects that require Double Precision math, such as BOINC's MilkyWay project.