Zotac GTS450 or MSI Hawk 5770??

sid_sh85

sid_sh85

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Hi guys..Which one is better
1) Zotac GTS 450 AMP ed @ 8.8k or
2) MSI HD 5770 HAWK ed @ 9.2k

Purpose will be gaming, Photoshopping & 3d renderings

Also i wanna go for a "sort of" future-proof PSU..My budget is arnd 4.5-5k for PSU
Refer to my siggy for my Config

Please Advise
 
ssb1551

ssb1551

Technomancer
I think its the other way around!5770 is better in gaming compared to 450.
@ OP - If you can find Sapphire 5770 then go for it.
As for PSU get Corsair VX450.Even though you can get VX550 in your budget but VX450 would be more than enough.
 
Jaskanwar Singh

Jaskanwar Singh

Aspiring Novelist
hd5770 is better but since you are into rendering go for GTS450 as it will give you CUDA support. GTS450 is not too much behind HD5770.

since vx550w is in your budget go for that....!
 
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vickybat

vickybat

I am the night...I am...
Gts 450 is the way to go and hey i guess you can get your hands on the newly launched Gtx 460se. Should be priced below 9k and will blow 5770 and 450 out of the water.
 
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ankurmay1988

Broken In
5770 Gives higher FPS than GTS450 !! no doubt abt that!
but consider GTS450 only if u use CUDA or 3D VISION.. otherwise ATI rocks !

but if u can afford GTX460 1GB .. than dont think just buy it!
GTX460 is wayyy better than both these cards... and some benchmarks even show that it can even give 30fps in DX11 games on 1920x1080 reso @full setttings!
 
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sid_sh85

sid_sh85

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Seems like GTS450 wins the competition here...BTW is VX 450 gud enuf for future upgrades?? bcoz its not mentioned in my siggy but my cabinet is already housing 3 HDDs- 250gb + 500+ 1tb...So will VX450 be able to handle them all???

I asked Primeabgb (I`m based in Mumbai) for GTX460se or GTS460 but they have none...Also, The price of GTX460 is 12k which is way beyond my budget since i`m willing to spend around 4-4.5k for a PSU.
Also, is CUDA helpful for 3d renderings?
Bcoz if not i`d better stcik to 5770 HAWK Ed.

WHAT SAY??
 
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ssb1551

ssb1551

Technomancer
^^Yups CUDA helps in 3D rendering but I think the softwares should be able to make use of CUDA cores otherwise no point..I might be wrong though regarding this.
But if you are solely speaking from gaming point of view then yeah stick with 5770!!
 
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sid_sh85

sid_sh85

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Ahh..thats KOOL...Bcoz i was a little worried about investing arnd 10k for a gpu without rendering capabilities...Also, came across this on theitwares.com

TheITWares - One Stop for all Gizmos!ZOTAC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

How does this stand with respect to the Zotac GTS450 AMP Ed as far as the Price gap of arnd 2.8k is concerned, WORTH THE EXTRA BUCKS ???
 
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sid_sh85

sid_sh85

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1 more thing...A frnd of mine is ready to shell out his 2 month old Quadro FX 1700 for 12-13k...But i doubt whether its "gaming-friendly"...He said that the performance in 3d softwares was phenomenal though..Is it worth going for it..Cuz i want to strike a perfect balance btwn gaming & rendering for my new GPU..what say


@ Jas
Ill use Autodesk 3dsmax 2010 with Vray & Photoshop CS4, since I`m into 3d Visualization business
 
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sid_sh85

sid_sh85

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OH..Alright...Seems like now i`ll have to work on stretching my budget since I`ll have to spend arnd 4-4.5k for a PSU too (preferably a CORSAIR VX550)
I`ve been doing this "stretching" from HD5670 @ arnd 5k from before Diwali..Hehe
 
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