Hey guys
Have R3,500 monies
and i need a new GPU
here are the cards i am looking at from Rectron
1.GIGABYTE® nVidia® GeForce GTX470 - 1280MB GDDR5, 320-Bit Memory Bus, PCI Express 2.0, 2x DVI, 1x Mini HDMI, HDCP Compliant Core: 630MHz / Shader: 1275MHz / Memory: 3348MHz, DirectX 11, OpenGL, nVidia® CUDA & PhysX, nVidia SLI - Win Vista / 7 Certified
For: R 3,499
OC EDITION
OR
2.GIGABYTE® ATI® Radeon HD5850 - 1GB GDDR5, 256-Bit Memory Bus, PCI Express 2.0, 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI, HDCP Compliant. Core: 765MHz / Memory: 4000MHz, DirectX 11, OpenGL, ATI® AVIVO HD & Powerplay, ATI Eyefinity, ATI Crossfire - Win Vista / 7 Certified
For R 2,999
OC EDITION
Please tell me which you think is best and why?
and if you think they both are horrible any suggestions would help
and i am running a 500w PSU would that be enough?
Please reply as soon as possible =]
Tons of love ;)
Olive !
I would go for the Radeon, what brand is your PSU? I think the recommended minimum for the 5850 is 550W.
The 5850 is the best bang for buck and will be cooler and quieter.
Alternatively you could look at getting a GTX460 1Gb edition and try to get the Galaxy OC version or the Palit Sonic Platinum Edition. Gives 5850 performance for less moola and uses even less power and runs cooler than the 5850 and GTX470. And 500W should be more than enough for a GTX460.
If you are going to use Rectron then have a look at Gigabyte's GTX460's. I just realised if you go for the OC editions of the mentioned cards (5850 & 470) the GTX460 may not compare as favorable as I thought, but it is still a good buy.
Thanx a mil for the timely response ^^ Well yeah the GTX460 is a cool card but its just doesn't have the kick i need =]...
i want to SLI/Crossfire the cards in the end so im guessing the 5850 sounds quite favorable at the moment? with like every forum i've read they all vouch for the 5850 as its got a lower power consumption quieter etc...
and i heard that its only a 10% improvement? then again not to sure how well it will handle on my Intel board especially for crossfire...you know what i mean? and i heard that the 5850 OC edition can be clocked to nearly the same performance as the 8570 or even more well with the cooler it has on?...sooo im still pretty confused....
My PSU is a power channel or something like that? its a crappy PSU =P
Well, get a decent PSU Corsair 750W or something and get the 5850 and you won't look back! Glad I could help!!!
Just bought the latest PC format (damn life saver!!) The HD 5850 got a PCF gold and its the best performance increase for SLI ^^
definitely the card to get !!
Thanx though
