Steve,
FWIW, I have only had one bad experience with an nVidia-based card. That
was the FX5500 from EVGA. I still run nVidia cards after 12 years.
ScoobyDoo may be correct. He and I sit on different sides of the same
fence. I like nVidia; he likes ATI. Fine.
I really like my nVidia 9500GTX cards ATM. But, I do NOT do any NEW
games either.
Certainly, Tom's HDW, and other reviews, may help. At this time, let
your wallet decide. After all these years, the wallet always wins anyway!
Best,
Duncan
On 11/05/2010 19:31, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
The GTX 460 looks pretty good. Not too bad in price (I was thinking
under $200., but that can change). I've been looking at the charts at
Toms Hardware and it's really a pain to have to weed your way out from
between all the dual card benchmarks.
Interesting to note that the closest ATI (without going over) to the
460 is the 5830. However the 5830 looks like it's more expensive than
the 6870 (Newegg prices).
Steve
On 11/4/2010 5:41 PM, Scoobydo wrote:
This is easy if you want a main stream card. Choose either the GTX
460 1 GIG or even better the new HD 6870. Either on will trounce a
GTX 280 and use less power and produce less heat as well.
On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:46:48 -0500, Steve Tomporowski
<[email protected]> wrote:
Currently I have an Nvidia 9600 GT in my i7-870 box. The E8500 box
has the 280 GTX, so I'd like to replace the 9600 with something that
is a little bit faster than the 280. That is something with good
bang for the bux. Not looking to spend much this time around. I
don't have a prejudice on Nvidia or ATI. In the far past I got
turned off of ATI due to their OpenGL implementation and the fact
that every new driver broke something else. I'm assuming that under
the wing of AMD, that both situations have gotten much better.
The variety of models has gotten staggering and the numbering has
gotten ridiculous, you can't count on a larger number being a faster
card. I'm doing research now, but I'd like to see what everybody
has experience with.
The E8500 has been my gaming box, but it's time to move it over.
Rather get a new card than swap cards.
Thanks...Steve
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