GTX 460 768mb upgrade Q's

[TechAZ]

Currently I have the GTX 460 768mb card and trying to find a mid range card that will last me 2 years+.


System specs:
Athlon x4 640 (no OC)
8gb ram
1680x1050 display


I would like to stay below $250 and so far this is what I've found:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125443
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150605


Are either just fine to last a couple years? Is there any chance I will be bottlenecked by my CPU? Anything else I should consider?

Thanks for your time.

 

[Leyawiin]

Either one is a good option at your resolution, but you really should look at OCing that CPU too. Its going to need some help to keep up. I wouldn't go lower than them though - coming from a GTX 460 768MB you need at least a GTX 660 or HD 7870 to feel you've made a worthwhile upgrade.

 

[Jaydip]

I would get this personally
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131478
It is $30 more than your budget but totally worth it.Also the game bundle makes it a sweet deal.Your CPU will bottleneck this card but you can oc your proc or upgrade it down the way.

 

[Kodongo]

MSi Twin Frozr 7870 2GB, to be honest.

It is worth the additional cooling over the XFX and the whole card is designed with overclocking in mind. Triple overvoltage, allowing you to overvolt the core voltage, memory voltage and auxilary voltage.

To me, it seems like the card that will last longest out of the 7870 and 660.

edit: Forgot to mention that it comes with the highest stock core clock (1100Mhz) of any of the 7870s.

Good luck with your choice.

 

[railven]

I just upgraded my HTPC system (AMD Phenom II X3 720/ 4GB DDR3 1600) from a GTX 460 to a GTX 660. The performance boost at 720p is noticeable, but more importantly I can use a little more AA.

My major reason to upgrading was noise, the GTX 460 would get relatively hot in the case/environment I put it in and would become audible. The GTX 660 (GA OC version, $260 at MC) so far is very quiet. It feels good coming home after a hurricane to peaceful Netflix (PS3 was starting to sound like a banshee.)

Gaming wise, I've only played WoW and Batman:AC on it, both ran marvelous (60 FPS, 720px4xMSAA)

 

[raghu78]

OP what motherboard and psu do you have . if you have a decent 970 chipset motherboard consider selling your CPU for 50 bucks and getting a Phenom II X4 955 with a coolermaster cpu cooler and overclocking it to 4 Ghz . at those speeds you will be able to reduce the bottleneck.

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=47459&promoid=1296

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=41337&promoid=1296

the Gigabyte HD 7870 is a very good card. the windforce cooler is excellent. easily keeps temps below 60c on voltage overclocked HD 7870.

http://hardocp.com/article/2012/06/19/gigabyte_radeon_hd_7870_oc_video_card_review/9

Get it with Farcry 3 game coupon free.

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=69492&vpn=GV-R787OC-2GD&manufacture=Gigabyte