well, i'm not getting it on newegg and the suppliers around my area don't have the gtx 560. my options are gtx 460, gtx 550 ti, radeon 6870. any other suggestions are welcome.GTX 560 for $180?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130661
Factory overclocked version even.
well, i'm not getting it on newegg and the suppliers around my area don't have the gtx 560. my options are gtx 460, gtx 550 ti, radeon 6870. any other suggestions are welcome.
well, i'm not getting it on newegg and the suppliers around my area don't have the gtx 560. my options are gtx 460, gtx 550 ti, radeon 6870. any other suggestions are welcome.
GTX 560 for $180?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&SID=u00000687
Factory overclocked version even.
OK so 6870 or gtx460. Which one is a better performer and uses less power?Specs on the 560 and 460 are identical, except for the reference clocks. I haven't seen anything that shows at the same clocks they perform any differently. Save money and get the 460. Want to spend more, the 6870 is a better card than the 560 for less money.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...CE&PageSize=20
OK so 6870 or gtx460. Which one is a better performer and uses less power?
will any of these cards be bottlenecked really badly with a stock core i3 processor?
They are about the same in both areas - if we're talking about overclocked versions of the 460. At around 800 MHz core clock is when the 460 competes, performance-wise, with the 6870. But mostly it's going to come down to which vendor a game prefers.OK so 6870 or gtx460. Which one is a better performer and uses less power?
They are about the same in both areas - if we're talking about overclocked versions of the 460. At around 800 MHz core clock is when the 460 competes, performance-wise, with the 6870. But mostly it's going to come down to which vendor a game prefers.
Your processor should be fine.
The 6870 is faster than the 460. Some 460's can O/C by quite a lot and make up the stagger. Many can't though. O/C'ing is not guaranteed by any stretch. The 6870 running 900MHz (reference clocks) is though. Then the 6870 can be O/C'd. When you O/C the 460 to get to about 6870 performance it's power usage is quite a bit higher. In the end, even though you can push a good percentage of 460's to or near stock 6870 performance, as long as the resolution doesn't get too high, the 460 then gets louder, hotter, and uses quite a lot of power. IMO it takes a lot of the positive attributes of the 460 and throws them out the window.
This is true, of course, but the 460 is not competing with the 6870 its priced lower and competes against the 6850 price wise.
Also as long as you dont go overboard with the overclocks and voltage the 460 is still a quiet card that doesnt turn out alot of heat.
OP i would get that $120 460 deal if you still can.
If not then get whatever is cheaper from where you are buying(460, or 6850/6870)
The question was which performs better and which is more efficient. The 460 uses about the same power at reference clocks, but is slower. While you can overclock many, not all of them by any stretch, to stock 6870 performance, it will no longer be comparable in power usage.
Telling the OP to buy whichever is cheaper, immediately eliminates the 6870. It's obviously going to not be the least expensive. It is the fastest and most efficient at it's performance level though.