Selecting a GPU

[bunnyfubbles]

Best deal by far
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130758

This card beats anything under $300 all for $239 and is built like a tank with high end electronics on board.

It actually may beat GTX 580 and will beat 7870 too which are in $300-$400 range.

Here is a slower version of it reviewed. One above is faster "ultra" version being clocked even higher!
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/36565-evga-geforce-gtx-560-ti-448-classified/?page=6

wait, what?

the GTX580 has more shaders, TMUs, ROPs, memory and bandwidth, basically more of everything, and is only a few MHz behind in GPU clock, that is if its a reference 580...

I'm not saying the 580 is a better value, that 560 Ti 448 is certainly an excellent deal for an nvidia card, but let's not get carried away, there's no way its faster than a 580.

 

[SickBeast]

The Ti 448 just went on sale for $199 at NCIX for those interested:

http://www.ncix.com/products/index....N560448-13I&manufacture=Gigabyte&promoid=1259

 

[Zebo]

wait, what?

the GTX580 has more shaders, TMUs, ROPs, memory and bandwidth, basically more of everything, and is only a few MHz behind in GPU clock, that is if its a reference 580...

I'm not saying the 580 is a better value, that 560 Ti 448 is certainly an excellent deal for an nvidia card, but let's not get carried away, there's no way its faster than a 580.

That Classified Ultra is clocked very high compared to classified in review. But I do think you're probably right. You need about 850-860Mhz out of a 448 to equal 580 and this classified ultra is 'only' 810Mhz..Still hellofadeal. Almost GTX 580 Performance for $239.

But it will beat GTX 570 and $350 7870 for only $239 making it the best deal I know of.