Q6600 in ati 5850 vs Gtx 470

[Wolfman1862]

Yeah that techspot is a little concerning, however I have looked at a lot of sites and 470 does not seem to act that poorly on most of them. Also for Napoleon total war I am using 1100mb of ram on the card so both 5870 and 5850 could not keep up with only 1gb. It was a hard choice but I think i got a good deal.

 

[netxzero64]

well.. 470 is not a bad performer... its just so happens that with the new drivers, the 5850 becomes one sided... outperforming the 470... the 5850 only loses to physx

 

[Wolfman1862]

I don't know if that's 100% true, the new ati drivers don't offer significant improvements(at least they're not noted in ati's release notes. 10.3 seems to be their last big performance patch. 10.6 has some improvements but the review you linked is using 10.5) Looking at other reviews I would put the 470>5850 in most situations, granted there are a few where the 5850 is better, but the 470 in some of the benchmarks I have seen show the 470 more along the lines of 5870. Is that actually the truth I don't know lol, either way whats done is done and I am happy with my choice. Thanks for the thoughts though.