EPTBear in mind, actual mileage may vary due to out of the box OC's, but that should give you a fair idea.
460s were a sexy sexy card for their price point once upon a time. Sometimes they still are.
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
Bear in mind, actual mileage may vary due to out of the box OC's, but that should give you a fair idea. 460s were a sexy sexy card for their price point once upon a time. Sometimes they still are. | ||
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UisTehSux
United States693 Posts
The 5000 series must have been pretty bad, lol. After switching from Nvidia to my AMD 6000 series cards, I never noticed any real difference in driver quality, downloaded drivers, and it runs. Only thing that freaked my out was the CCC is way different looking than the Nvidia control panel. @_@. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 23 2011 21:28 UisTehSux wrote: I have two AMD 6870s in crossfire and I have never had any driver issues, I don't know where everyone keeps getting this notion from. The 5000 series must have been pretty bad, lol. Driver issues kinda come in phases, they've both had bad drivers at different times. Add in brand loyalty and "a friend of a friend" stories and all of a sudden you can hear pretty much anything about any card. Fact, though. I haven't heard of AMD doing anything as pathetic as Nvidia's slow as hell response to the Dragon Age 2 situation recently. "Oh we're releasing a flagship card in just over a month, why bother fixing our driver support for this AAA title for our current lineup?" | ||
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Alkadizar
Australia25 Posts
BeMannerDuPenner you should have a job doing this stuff  well i think the choice is much clearer in my mind now. 6870 sounds like my cup of tea. Cheers | ||
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BeMannerDuPenner
Germany5638 Posts
On May 23 2011 21:40 Alkadizar wrote: Thank you all so much for such prompt and useful replies. BeMannerDuPenner you should have a job doing this stuff well i think the choice is much clearer in my mind now. 6870 sounds like my cup of tea. Cheers haha thx, glad i could help  its just that i was in a very similar situation last week when i had to decide what to buy with a 100-150€ budget. and when i buy something i really dig deep into the market cause i want to spend my money well and find it really interesting anyways. btw was a decision between a 460 and a 6870 in the end as well.was a OC 460 for 110€ vs a 150€ 6870 so i went with the 460 in my case :> | ||
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Legatus Lanius
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Alkadizar
Australia25 Posts
I currently have a 350W one powering nothing out of the ordinary. Will i have to buy a new PSU to keep it all running safely? (I am trying to keep cost to a mimum to prevent Wife Agro) | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 25 2011 13:15 Alkadizar wrote: So i did some more looking into the 6870 and it says 500W PSU required. I currently have a 350W one powering nothing out of the ordinary. Will i have to buy a new PSU to keep it all running safely? (I am trying to keep cost to a mimum to prevent Wife Agro) Most likely you will, because the 350W you're using is probably shit. What's the model? However, the estimated power needed that the GPU manufacturer puts on the box is always an over the top estimate to compensate for combinations of shit PSU's and overall weird system configurations, since users do the damnedest things. | ||
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Alkadizar
Australia25 Posts
 ( I can be a bit of a bush mechanic when it comes to these things. ) Oh well. looks like i will have to give a lot of neck massages to keep the wife happy while i tell her about the cost... | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On May 25 2011 13:24 Alkadizar wrote: The model was nothing special from memory. just the cheapest replacement of the 350W that blew up before it ( I can be a bit of a bush mechanic when it comes to these things. ) Oh well. looks like i will have to give a lot of neck massages to keep the wife happy while i tell her about the cost... There's some perfectly good options like the XFX Core 450W or Antec Neo Eco 430 that should run it fine for a pretty reasonable price. If it's any consolation, last year I had to pitch a full new system when my PSU blew up the anti-social way and took everything else out. If my wife wasn't in IT, I would probably have ended up with a third of the budget I did... | ||
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Alkadizar
Australia25 Posts
would this suffice? http://ple.com.au/ViewItem.aspx?InventoryItemID=601089 trying to find one from this company as i will be going there anyway | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Alkadizar
Australia25 Posts
are a small walk from work so that's another option | ||
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Askr
Germany139 Posts
On May 23 2011 17:51 Womwomwom wrote:The only places AMD lags behind nVidia is in their professional cards and OpenGL performance. None of this concerns end users unless you use Linux and even then the open source drivers for AMD cards are still capable and are apparently better than nVidia's open source drivers. because the closed source nvidia drivers for linux just work fine. no need to use the opensourced ones. the proprietary AMD driver suck donkey balls and the open source driver only support half the graphics cards and half the instructions ... no proper 3d etcetc. so in linux nvidia >>>>>>>> amd/ati i'm a heavy linux user and i can only recommend to buy nvidia graphics cards - obviously for linux, but also for windows and gaming. they just work more stable and tend to make less problems. (and yes, i used both, some time ago and recently, but now im sticking with intel/nvidia and never will go back) @PSU question: 50$ seems kinda much for an 430W PSU and it only has 1 6pin PCIe connector. so depending on the card you inted to buy, this my not be sufficent, i tend to use the PSU connectors instead of adapters. (i trust them "more" ^^) so maybe you should look for another PSU | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
If you can get something shipped, I'd recommend an Antec Neo Eco 450C (or maybe Corsair CX430 V2) for 59 AUD instead, as these should be much better: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_535&products_id=13454 http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_535&products_id=17405 | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
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Filter
Canada620 Posts
On May 23 2011 17:43 Dezzeh wrote: I find it funny how many people are saying AMD/ATI drivers are terrible. While this was the case years ago, they have stepped up their game. Their drivers aren't any better or worse than NVIDIA's. In fact, CF scaling is slightly better than SLI (not that this applies to you, since you're not going dual GPU)! And stability is no problem either. Anyway, either will work just great. I'm inclined to recommend the AMD option because I've been using an 4890 since it has been released without a single problem. But really, go with the cheaper one that is available to you. If stuff supports it sure. I run crossfired 6870's and I hate them. Given the option again I'd switch to nvidia any day of the week. I used to have a 4870 and loved that card, the performance was amazing for the time so when I rebuilt I stayed with ati and have had nothing but headaches. | ||
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Alkadizar
Australia25 Posts
http://www.austin.net.au/ProductList/ProductDetail/tabid/104/ProductCode/PSU-CO430CXAU/Default.aspx http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_535&products_id=17405 not sure if the V2 is any real difference... | ||
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skyR
Canada13817 Posts
reviews: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Corsair-CX430-V2-Power-Supply-Review/1284 http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=239 | ||
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