Suggestion for a new graphic card ?
AcceleratorX
Youngling
Remember my quote regarding XFX - "well manufactured, poorly designed". The components used are OK but the design plain sucks. The cooling isn't as good as it should be, they skimp on a few things, etc.
@OP: Look at the prices at techshop and theitwares:
Even considering a rough ballpark estimate, the performance difference between the GTX 550 Ti and HD 6790 is ~5% on average and (HD 6790 is slightly better, that is. The lead becomes dubious with enabled AA and AF though). The price difference, however, is a lot more than that, and the power consumption difference is not that much - a power supply that runs HD 6790 will also run the 550 Ti. You can get an OCed 550 ti (Zotac AMP, EVGA FPB) at 8.1K. Given the choice between an OCed 550 Ti and a regular HD 6790, go for the 550 Ti.
Basically the rough ballpark estimate is like this:
HD 6770>GTS 450
HD 6790 >~ GTX 550 Ti (difference is not big, look for value for money)
HD 6850 >~ GTX 460 (difference is not big, look at value for money)
GTX 460 V2 > HD 6850 (However, the GTX 460 V2 is new and may not be easily found right now)
GTX 560 = HD 6870 (complete tie, get the card that gives maximum value for money, OC edition on the cheap or whatever)
HD 6950 > GTX 560 Ti (no contest, get HD 6950)
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AcceleratorX
Youngling
You are right, I completely forgot about the "original" GTX 460 which is a bit slower than the HD 6850. However, all currently produced GTX 460s are the GTX 460 V2, i.e. based on GF114/GTX 560. They are just GTX 560s with 30MHz lower core clock, 192-bit interface and 24 ROPs. They are about 86% as fast as GTX 560, and thus are slightly better than the HD 6850 in terms of performance.
(However, MSI's Hawk 460, Zotac's AMP are still the old GF104 GTX 460).
I will thereby edit my original post to better reflect this.
If according to u Gtx 460 v2 is slightly better than ati 6850 o.k .... at flip the "SAPPHIRE HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE" is at 9798 rs where as "HIS H685F1GD" is at 9902 rs & "ASUS EAH6850 DC/2DIS1GD5" is at 10,001 Where as compared to these "EVGA 01G-P3-1465-ET" is at Rs. 8479 ..... So now what ??
Cilus
laborare est orare
Justin, check for the MSI Cyclone HD 6850 OC version in theitwares. This card is a Factory Oced card (840 MHz core compared to the 775 MHz reference) and performs closer to HD 6870. Also due to the Cyclone cooler, it can be oced to higher level like 900/920 MHz without votage increase. The price is around 9.7K.
AcceleratorX, I'm not sure whether GTX 460 V2 is better performer than GTX 460 GB and the reason is its lower 192 bit bus width. In Nvidia website all the models of GTX 460 are arranged in most probably in terms of their performance and GTX 460 V2 comes after GTX 460 1 GB. Also it has lesser memory bandwidth than the original GTX 460 1 GB.
I didn't find any review of the V2 version but only Passmark score. Even on that the 1 GB 460 is ahead of GTX 460 V2.
AcceleratorX, I'm not sure whether GTX 460 V2 is better performer than GTX 460 GB and the reason is its lower 192 bit bus width. In Nvidia website all the models of GTX 460 are arranged in most probably in terms of their performance and GTX 460 V2 comes after GTX 460 1 GB. Also it has lesser memory bandwidth than the original GTX 460 1 GB.
I didn't find any review of the V2 version but only Passmark score. Even on that the 1 GB 460 is ahead of GTX 460 V2.
AcceleratorX
Youngling
^Yes, reviews for the V2 version are just not there. However, a chinese site *did* check out a GTX 560 with 192-bit and 24 ROPs, 336 cores version:
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You can see that it is quite close to the real GTX 560 (approximately 90% of the GTX 560 at the same clocks). The GTX 460 V2 is just 30MHz down on the core clock (779MHz instead of 810MHz) and maintains the same memory clocks. Thus, it will perform something like 86.5% of the 560, which still makes it faster than the 6850 whose estimate is about 80% of the 560.
@Justin: Check your eVGA model and verify the price, it seems to be GeForce GTX 465, which is not very good value for money because it consumes significantly more power than the GTX 460/HD 6850. Between these 3, go for the Asus or HIS card, they seem to be good value for money though none of these have any factory overclock (I recommend HIS because Asus' service is hit and miss to say the least).
BTW, HD 6850 needs only 1 6-pin power connector, GTX 460/460 V2 needs two. If this is important to you, consider this also.
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You can see that it is quite close to the real GTX 560 (approximately 90% of the GTX 560 at the same clocks). The GTX 460 V2 is just 30MHz down on the core clock (779MHz instead of 810MHz) and maintains the same memory clocks. Thus, it will perform something like 86.5% of the 560, which still makes it faster than the 6850 whose estimate is about 80% of the 560.
@Justin: Check your eVGA model and verify the price, it seems to be GeForce GTX 465, which is not very good value for money because it consumes significantly more power than the GTX 460/HD 6850. Between these 3, go for the Asus or HIS card, they seem to be good value for money though none of these have any factory overclock (I recommend HIS because Asus' service is hit and miss to say the least).
BTW, HD 6850 needs only 1 6-pin power connector, GTX 460/460 V2 needs two. If this is important to you, consider this also.
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ur best bets right now are
GTS 450 6.5k
FSP saga II 500w 2.1k
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8.6k
6770 6.3k
FSP Saga II 500w 2.1k
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8.4k
i would not go for this but still is a option
GTS 250 6.5k
FSP Saga II 500w 2.1k
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8.6k
GTS 250 is a strong competitor in its range the only thing is it limitation to Dx 10
GTS 450 6.5k
FSP saga II 500w 2.1k
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8.6k
6770 6.3k
FSP Saga II 500w 2.1k
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8.4k
i would not go for this but still is a option
GTS 250 6.5k
FSP Saga II 500w 2.1k
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8.6k
GTS 250 is a strong competitor in its range the only thing is it limitation to Dx 10
guru_urug
iGoogle
HD 6770 is faster than the GTS250 and its cheaper too. So Go for the HD6770 only.
@OP are you planning to sell your existing GPU and PSU? If you are then add that to your budget and try to get the HD 6790
EDIT:
Theres a guy Varunb in the bazaar section who is selling his HD 5850 for 8.5k with a years warranty left
Try to negotiate and get the price down. If it fits your budget then nothing like it! The HD5850 is faster than the HD6850 also.
@OP are you planning to sell your existing GPU and PSU? If you are then add that to your budget and try to get the HD 6790
EDIT:
Theres a guy Varunb in the bazaar section who is selling his HD 5850 for 8.5k with a years warranty left
Try to negotiate and get the price down. If it fits your budget then nothing like it! The HD5850 is faster than the HD6850 also.
actually i was thinking to keep my GPU N PSU .... sell them with the system as my config is also getting old n with worth more in that way when i build a new system i can just omit the gpu n psu and take it from here ... that the only reason i thought to accessed my budget... i do not want another gpu that might last for a year or soo n then i have to go looking for another one if i am going to spend money to buy a gpu better make it last for a while......
N thkx for the info on the bazaar gpu selling will check it out.........