- Dec 17, 2004
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My son and I have the following:
GeForce 460 768MB
GeForce 560 Ti OC 1GB
It's tempting to jump Nvidia's ship for newer ATI cards and let it ride for a while. While I do like PhysX, it isn't technically a requirement.
I'd likely go to a Radeon 7770 for him and a Radeon 7850 for me. The upgrade for both rigs would cost around $100, after selling off the GeForce cards and another Radeon card I have lying around.
hwcompare.com shows virtually no difference between the 7770 and 460. My power savings would go way up, but I have no idea how that'd actually affect my electric bill. The computers are on all the time though.
Thoughts?
I'm hesitant to pull the trigger. Does anyone have a clue as to how much money I might save due to lower power consumption?
GeForce 460 768MB
GeForce 560 Ti OC 1GB
It's tempting to jump Nvidia's ship for newer ATI cards and let it ride for a while. While I do like PhysX, it isn't technically a requirement.
I'd likely go to a Radeon 7770 for him and a Radeon 7850 for me. The upgrade for both rigs would cost around $100, after selling off the GeForce cards and another Radeon card I have lying around.
hwcompare.com shows virtually no difference between the 7770 and 460. My power savings would go way up, but I have no idea how that'd actually affect my electric bill. The computers are on all the time though.
Thoughts?
I'm hesitant to pull the trigger. Does anyone have a clue as to how much money I might save due to lower power consumption?
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