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HD5850, GTX 460 or GTX470 ?

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I would recommend the GTX470. It out performs the 5850 and obviously the GTX460. Depending on whether you're gaming and the game itself it can even outperform the 5870. From a price standpoint its not bad and with the new beta drivers for it, it runs at very nice temps. Also its known to scale better than the GTX480. I would say the GTX470.

AG Renagade said:
I would recommend the GTX470. It out performs the 5850 and obviously the GTX460. Depending on whether you're gaming and the game itself it can even outperform the 5870. From a price standpoint its not bad and with the new beta drivers for it, it runs at very nice temps. Also its known to scale better than the GTX480. I would say the GTX470.

Ok thanx I am thinking also to buy the GTX 470 :) 
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The GTX470 is the best bang for buck at the moment as the prices of these seem to have dropped quite alot in recent times..

Yeah, the 480 is still not worth the money in my opinion, plus it doesn't scale as nicely as the 470 from what I've read. 460 is cheap and all but 470 beats it down on performance, far more than the difference between the 470 and 480. GTX 470 FTW!
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