Nvidia GTX 460 SLI (x2) Versus GTX 560 TI

[rajan1311]

2 GTX 460s take 433W (vs 449) and you said that PSU is ok... -.-

GeForce GTX 460 SLI review

 

[Cilus]

2 GTX 460s take 433W (vs 449) and you said that PSU is ok... -.-

GeForce GTX 460 SLI review

That is the whole system power consumption, not the GPU only power consumption.

 

[Skud]

Not borderline case buddy, you can't use it with 560 Ti SLI. unline their AMD counterparts, nVdia cards' power consumption is higher and 2 560 Ti will eat half the power of that 600W PSU in load.

So you say the rest of the half is not good enough to support other components???

 

[Cilus]

So you say the rest of the half is not good enough to support other components???

No. Because in the guru3d GPU power measurement, they only stress the GPU, not CPU and other components. They clearly mentioned if a CPU intensive application is also running along with the GPU (for example our games), you have to add another 130-140W to the power consumptions. Then there are other components, too.
As you guys know that the power given in the 12V rail matter most rather than the total wattage. Now CM Silent pro can provide maximum of (40A X 12V)=480W in the 12V rail and just for CPU+GPU the power consumption is (300+130)W =430W, 90% of the 12V rail's power.

So rest is not that much to provide power to other components in load conditions.

 

[rajan1311]

That is the whole system power consumption, not the GPU only power consumption.

Its actually only the GPU consumption....see the link i have given, read the last line...

also, the PSU is most efficient at 50% load, hence least heat is generated at these levels, hence safest...

 

[Cilus]

No it is not. Check the tom'shardware GTX 460 SLI review page. Here it is clearly mentioned that 470W is the total system power consumption.
For guru3d, check this page.

 

[rajan1311]

arey see what you have linked to...see the Guru3D page...it clearly says you need a good 650-700W PSU for SLI...the CM 600 has 40A, my 550VX has 41A...

 

[vickybat]

In that case op can go for a gtx 570 especially the asus gtx 570 direct cu II @ 19.9k. Its non reference , has 8 phase power design, no vrm issues and can be overclocked to match and surpass a gtx 580 performance.

Op's 600w psu can handle this easily.

Else he can go for a 6850cf which consumes less power relatively than a 460 and 560 sli.

 

[tkin]

In that case op can go for a gtx 570 especially the asus gtx 570 direct cu II @ 19.9k. Its non reference , has 8 phase power design, no vrm issues and can be overclocked to match and surpass a gtx 580 performance.

Op's 600w psu can handle this easily.

Else he can go for a 6850cf which consumes less power relatively than a 460 and 560 sli.

Where do you see the 570 DCII in india? Is it even available here?

 

[vickybat]

^^ check lynx india. besides its also available with rashi peripherals.

 

[tkin]

^^ check lynx india. besides its also available with rashi peripherals.

Hmm, rashi? I'd not go there, and I don't trust lynx honestly, they once delayed my purchase to oblivion, any other retailers stocking these?

 

[vickybat]

^^ Rashi are the only distributors that stock asus products. Apart from kolkata, rashi peripherals offer good service everywhere.

Especially in my place i.e bbsr, rashi are very good. Apart from lynx, i couldn't find it anywhere.

 

[tkin]

^^ Rashi are the only distributors that stock asus products. Apart from kolkata, rashi peripherals offer good service everywhere.

Especially in my place i.e bbsr, rashi are very good. Apart from lynx, i couldn't find it anywhere.

Rashi is not bad in kolkata either, at least for asus stuff, they will just delay you by months and if you give xfx stuff they become jumpy.