GTX 460 & 470

anroin

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How much difference is there between those two? What things you can NOT do with a 460 yet do with a 470? What would be the the ATI equivalent of GTX 460?

Thanks =)
 

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well a 470 is faster than a 460, but a 460 can overclock pretty high and almost reach a 470 stock in performance. however if you are really gonna overclock and overclocked and unlocked 470 can go beyond the performance of a oc 460

bacially either card will do almost all games on the market today at max setting at up to a 1920x1080 res... but if going for a higher res like 2560x1600 then i'd go 470
 

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I don't usually overclock so stock comparison would be better for me.My aim would be max settings at HD resolution like you said.
 

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at stock settings on 1920 x 1080 a 460 should run most everything out at max settings.

some very heavy games like metro might need medium-high settings but only a handful of titles, if thats your goal the 460 woudl be fine now and for a year or so. the 470 would probabyl give ya 2 years of future proofing at maxsettings at 1920x1080 res for said period of time