Buying a new graphic card!

[Davidxtux]

Buying a new graphic card! Upgrading from my old tri-sli gts 250 to a new nvidia card.
Now what I'm asking for is your opinion on what to buy? GTX 480? Or sli 2 460s? Or should I tri-sli 285s? Etc.. etc... Please provide real feedback and not just "Get X cause I think its SUPER!".. thanks in advance.

 

[imeem]

I don't know if this is true but, sum one said 2 GTX 460 is faster than 1 GTX 480. And where I live, I can get 2 GTX 480 for around the same price as 1 GTX 480. I don't know much about the GTX 285

 

[The Howling Wolves]

Here's a starting place David.
Graphics Cards - CNET Reviews

 

[hawkin90]

Hmm. For Nvidia I think a SLI 460 or 480 setup would be a good bet.
I see you have a pretty neat PSU so you could run a SLI 480 too

 

[Colonel Travis]

Tom always has good info. on cards

 

[Davidxtux]

I'm familiar with both sites and a few others I just want some opinions on specific cards from this user groups as this forum has a plethora of experienced people. With 2 480s I'm afraid I stilll might be getting some bottlenecking from my cpu... I've seen some impressive benchmarking with sli 465s.. so I'm just not to sure where to go.

 

[Colonel Travis]

what size is your monitor?

 

[Davidxtux]

eh.. I have 2560x1600.. 42'' toshiba tv.. and on the desk 8 monitors

 

[Colonel Travis]

ha - nice set up. If I were you I'd consider a 460 SLI, which is supposed to rock and you can get a pair for $500.

 

[Davidxtux]

I was considering just that.. though I am concerned about cooling.. powering a tv at such a high resolution or my monitors might put quite a stress load on the cards.. my tri-sli idles at 61c on either setup.. perhaps it is time I upgraded to water cooling for that setup

 

[imeem]

I never knew higher resolution increases the temp on the video card(s).

 

[JonM33]

I never knew higher resolution increases the temp on the video card(s).

Only for nVIDIA graphics cards. My Radeon HD 5850 stays the same idle temp no matter the resolution.

 

[Davidxtux]

I never knew higher resolution increases the temp on the video card(s).

More pixels means more information that must be processed. GTS250 is quite a few series below the 5850... as it was not meant to power my current setup.. thus is why I'm considering a better option. My old setup was crossfire 4850's.. which idled at 70+c... why I swapped for tri-sli 250s soon after

decided on water-cooling setup with SLI MSI N480GTX-M2D15-B GeForce GTX 480 (Fermi) 1536MB 384-bit GDDR5

 

[Davidxtux]

If all goes well.. I'll step to tri-sli.

 

[DirtRider]

Have a look at this it may help ATI Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire vs. GeForce GTX 470 and Radeon HD 5850 - Introduction

 

[Davidxtux]

Have a look at this it may help ATI Radeon HD 5770 Crossfire vs. GeForce GTX 470 and Radeon HD 5850 - Introduction

That is the article that help make my decision on sli 480s. Fastest single gpu on the market so I figured hell.. might as well double dip.

On a side note: Review to be incoming as I pit my SLI 480s against Crossfire 5970s owned by a close friend.

 

[Zepher]

just curious, you list 2500x1600 resolution and say Toshiba 42" TV. which model TV do you have that has that resolution?

 

[Davidxtux]

just curious, you list 2500x1600 resolution and say Toshiba 42" TV. which model TV do you have that has that resolution?

2500x1600 is the resolution of the monitors.. the tv is 1080p. Must of worded it wrong in a previous post.

 

[imeem]

check out the review of the GTX 460. The website claims that it is a overclocker's dream and it beat the GTX 470 and GTX 465 when overclocked.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB and 1GB Video Card Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Overclocking - Legit Reviews

 

[Davidxtux]

check out the review of the GTX 460. The website claims that it is a overclocker's dream and it beat the GTX 470 and GTX 465 when overclocked.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB and 1GB Video Card Reviews - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Overclocking - Legit Reviews

Already purchased 2 480s. Thanks though