Why the GTX470 was right for me.

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Wreckage

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*Discussion of my new card was dragging the 570 thread offtopic. So here we go.*

1.) I got the card for $190 after a small rebate.
2.) The latest reviews show it ahead of what AMD is currently offering.
2a) http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/20088
3.) Noise is not an issue at all, in fact it makes less noise than my 260. Heat seems to also be a zero issue as my case temps are just fine. As for power, the review above puts it in the range of a 5870 and is less than a lightbulb ahead of newer cards.
4.) Full on Fermi. I plan to do CUDA applications and maybe even programming so I wanted the full Fermi.
5.) Throw in Physx, CUDA, 3D, Tessellation power, image quality, etc. It was an easy choice.

So besides splitting this from the other thread, I mention this because I have the feeling the 470/480's are going to be getting real cheap and will be worth a look for a lot of people. Right now the 480 is way overpriced, but if it dips under $300 or even $250 it will become a real bargain. Similar the 470 under $200 was unmatched when I made my purchase. So bring on the new cards so the rest of us can get cheap cards.
 
Elfear

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I imagine it arriving in the mail was like the classic romance of two people running through the field with arms outstretched. I'm sure you two will make a perfect match.


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digitaldurandal

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Wreckage said:
*Discussion of my new card was dragging the 570 thread offtopic. So here we go.*

1.) I got the card for $190 after a small rebate.
2.) The latest reviews show it ahead of what AMD is currently offering.
2a) http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/20088
3.) Noise is not an issue at all, in fact it makes less noise than my 260. Heat seems to also be a zero issue as my case temps are just fine. As for power, the review above puts it in the range of a 5870 and is less than a lightbulb ahead of newer cards.
4.) Full on Fermi. I plan to do CUDA applications and maybe even programming so I wanted the full Fermi.
5.) Throw in Physx, CUDA, 3D, Tessellation power, image quality, etc. It was an easy choice.

So besides splitting this from the other thread, I mention this because I have the feeling the 470/480's are going to be getting real cheap and will be worth a look for a lot of people. Right now the 480 is way overpriced, but if it dips under $300 or even $250 it will become a real bargain. Similar the 470 under $200 was unmatched when I made my purchase. So bring on the new cards so the rest of us can get cheap cards.
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I agree with you on a lot of points. I was very tempted to grab 2 470s for less than 500 bucks. However because I run surround gaming, I could not just get one and the heat and power of two of them was simply too much for me to reconcile with the wife!

I spend 200 more and got 2 570s. Maybe she won't notice the new heating until summer! :0 :wub::wub:
 
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Elfear said:
I imagine it arriving in the mail was like the classic romance of two people running through the field with arms outstretched. I'm sure you two will make a perfect match.
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Lol, I imagined the same thing when I read your post but as both of them rendered in a 3d engine.


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formulav8

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Elfear said:
I imagine it arriving in the mail was like the classic romance of two people running through the field with arms outstretched. I'm sure you two will make a perfect match.
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Yuk Yuk Yuk :D Thats probably to true. :)

nVidia has definitely been slashing their card deals lately. If the 6970 performs as good as the 580 I wonder if nVidia will lower the 580 to the probable price of the 6970 @ $450? I'm not sure how either company can eek out much of a profit for any of those huge chips at those prices.
 
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OILFIELDTRASH

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I too got a 4XX series card recently. I wasn't even in the market for a card but seeing a lightly used gtx 480 for $299 shipped to my door was too much to pass up. It's all I really need since I game @ 1080p. Haven't seen the temps go past the mid to high 80's and that's playing crysis wars online too. I've actually owned a gtx 470 too. They are great cards.
 
FalseChristian

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Does this mean that my 2 GTX 460 1GBs are obsolete already?!? I just bought them 2 months ago.
 
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Does this mean that my 2 GTX 460 1GBs are obsolete already?!? I just bought them 2 months ago.
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Still great cards. I doubt most people are getting their 570s for <$300, and the prices for existing 470s will run their course as they deplete the stock. remember that the 460s run nice and cool and use a lot less power than the 470s that can be bought now for pretty decent prices. Plus, 460s are OC monsters...
 
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digitaldurandal said:
Lol, I imagined the same thing when I read your post but as both of them rendered in a 3d engine.
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With lots of tessellation and high quality AF.


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SlowSpyder

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Wreckage said:
*Discussion of my new card was dragging the 570 thread offtopic. So here we go.*

1.) Because it's an Nvidia card.
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Fixed your list for you. :)


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Qbah

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A GTX470 for $190 is a great deal if you don't care about the noise. I don't really care about power use when gaming cause most of the time my computer is idling or sleeping anyway. So it's a great deal :thumbsup: Not to mention the card debuted at $349 back in April, so that's 55% of the original price.
 
Wreckage

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Qbah said:
A GTX470 for $190 is a great deal if you don't care about the noise. I don't really care about power use when gaming cause most of the time my computer is idling or sleeping anyway. So it's a great deal :thumbsup: Not to mention the card debuted at $349 back in April, so that's 55% of the original price.
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My card is no louder than the case fans, maybe it's the MSI fan...don't know. But it's not an issue. Yeah I could not justify $350. $200 was the max for me. With the 570 here, I'm not sure why the 480 is still so expensive. Either they only have a few left or a major clearance is going to happen soon.
 
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$190 is a good price for a 470, but I have seen the 460's go for $135 after rebate, and they have less heat and noise. For me at 1920x1200, I'm sure a 460 768mb would be enough. If my 8800GTS would only stop chugging through games at 30FPS+ I would upgrade already. :)
 
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Vdubchaos

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What is this, some kind of self righteous thread?


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abaez

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Back in the summer when there was still cashback I grabbed a 470 for the same price with the cashback and some rebates and price markdown at TD.

Now that the 570 is out I'm hoping there is a nice hot deal to get one for like 160 or 170 for SLI.
 
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This does sound very like a planted PR story to me. Why I feel secure always having loved Nvidia!


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bryanW1995

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Elfear said:
I imagine it arriving in the mail was like the classic romance of two people running through the field with arms outstretched. I'm sure you two will make a perfect match.
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LOL!!!


seriously, the gtx 470 for $190 is a much better deal than anything else out there imho. If I didn't already have a 460 I probably would have jumped on this deal as well.
 
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Arkadrel

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cheapest 5870 on Newegg 249$ (sapphire).
cheapset 470 on Newegg 249$ (sparkle).

the 5870 is a much better buy at those prices, where did you find a 470 for less than 249$?
 
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