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What card is the best bang for your buck now

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I just seen a Sapphire 6870 1gb @ 700core for 164$ AR on newegg.
Is that the best bang for your buck now>?

Or

The HIS Turbo @ 810 core for 188$ shipped AR?
This card should = a 470, is it worth 24$ more?

ANy other considerations for about 200$?
 
460 768mb version for 129$: (pretty awesum value card)
There is no other card at its performance, anywhere near its price, awesum value card.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-173-_-Product


6870 for 229$: (this card is like a 470, those are 260-300$ range)
This card at this price, makes a 470 a horrible value buy.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-506-_-Product


5870 for 269$ (about 10-15% slower than a 480, those are 350-400$ range)
This card at this price, make the 480 a horrible value buy.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-476-_-Product
 
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I still say that buying an oc'd 460 is a complete waste. just buy a stock card and throw it on afterburner. if you're worried about warranty grab an evga (non-TR) and spend a few $$ more, that will typically still be much less than an oc'd version from other manufacturers.
 
iLoveNvidia said:
I just seen a Sapphire 6870 1gb @ 700core for 164$ AR on newegg.
Is that the best bang for your buck now>?

Or

The HIS Turbo @ 810 core for 188$ shipped AR?
This card should = a 470, is it worth 24$ more?

ANy other considerations for about 200$?
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If you can actually get a 6870 for $165, buy it immediately.

It looks like newegg is more in the $225 range though, so you should definitely go with a 460. Get a 1GB version and overclock it yourself, those cards are a fantastic value.
 
RussianSensation said:
810 mhz GTX460 for $185 makes the HD6870 a horrible value buy.

Review
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Heck, that clearly shows that the standard factory overclocks that come on the 460 @ 725 are enough to pull it dead even with the 6850, so the 6850 is not really faster than the 460 most customers are going to buy, and the ones clocked at 765 by PNY and EVGA and a few others are going to be faster, albeit probably just slightly.

I've been looking for a review like that for a while out of curiosity to see how the 460 does at different clock rates compared to the 6850. Thanks for linking that.
 
Teizo said:
Heck, that clearly shows that the standard factory overclocks that come on the 460 @ 725 are enough to pull it dead even with the 6850, so the 6850 is not really faster than the 460 most customers are going to buy, and the ones clocked at 765 by PNY and EVGA and a few others are going to be faster, albeit probably just slightly.

I've been looking for a review like that for a while out of curiosity to see how the 460 does at different clock rates compared to the 6850. Thanks for linking that.
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:thumbsup: Oh I thought it was common knowledge among geeks that a 720 mhz GTX460 = HD6850. Tom's Hardware tested a 708 mhz GTX460 1GB against an HD6850 and the AMD card wasn't any faster either. 😀

If you don't want to deal with the rebate, the HD6850 is still a better deal. However, if you don't mind the rebate, a factory pre-overclocked GTX460 is still a better deal than the 6850 or 6870, not to mention a $170 HD5850 makes HD6850 irrelevant.
 
Mistwalker said:
If you can actually get a 6870 for $165, buy it immediately.

It looks like newegg is more in the $225 range though, so you should definitely go with a 460. Get a 1GB version and overclock it yourself, those cards are a fantastic value.
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He's trolling...

There is no $165 HD 6870 at 700 MHz. He's mixing up the 6870 label with GTX 460 clockspeeds and prices, and it has to be on purpose.

Likewise there is no HIS Turbo @ 810 core for $188. There are GTX 460s close that price range at that clockspeed, not HIS Radeon cards.
 
5850 is pretty @ 170 is pretty hot.

In my situation when the 6850s where released plus +10% off on new egg. It was a great buy because i saved my self 40$ from taxes. $350 for a CF setup sucked me in.
 
The open box XFX 6870 I got at Microcenter for $200 was the best bang for the buck for me. 😛

I think my point is that In the $200 range AMD and Nvidia are close enough where a sale, motherboard support for one brand or the other, or a special buy should really swing you either direction. At retail prices arguments can be made for either, which means good things for all of us.
 
5850 @ 169$ is a frekking awesum buy,

..better than any of the 460 1gb buys you can find currently on newegg, value wise.
 
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