Worth Getting a GTX 460 768/1gb over HD 5770?

[SolMiester]

SolMiester, please stay on topic and stop accusing people of fanboyism, specially with your long history here in this forum. (You used to be a neutral guy enjoying your X1950PRO card and your Pentium 4 at that time before falling low in what you are know doing stuff like trolling and derailing threads)

Not going to bother answering that!

 

[badboyeee]

If u gotz the money and for your situation, yes its worth getting the GTX460 1GB.

 

[Cheezeit]

Wow, thanks for all the input guys!

Heat (and consequently noise) are pretty big concerns for me because I like to keep my computer very quiet and i will be running this in a small case (Lian Li A05). I got a taste of silence from the watercooled rig in my sig, so I definitely don't want to hear a graphics card whining away.

I have no doubt that the GTX 460 runs cool so calling it a Thermi may be exaggerating a bit. Based on most of your recommendations, I'm leaning towards the GTX 460 right now but I'm not sure which one I should get.

Can you guys weigh in on the acoustics of your card if you have a GTX 460 or know of a GTX 460 that has a quiet design? And now that the prices have settled down a bit, do you guys think the difference between the 1gb and 768mb version warrants the extra $30-$35?

 

[jvroig]

nd now that the prices have settled down a bit, do you guys think the difference between the 1gb and 768mb version warrants the extra $30-$35?

For resolutions at 1600x900, maybe not. But you mentioned 1900 as well, and at this res, definitely worth it. There's a big difference between the two resolutions (which you mentioned in your OP), so if you settle on one, the recommendations may shift accordingly.