hey guys. I just bought a GTX 460 for right around $200 and my friend has a sapphire 5850. I'm pretty impressed with the performance of his 5850. We have yet to lag during any game. My 460 hasn't arrived yet so I haven't had a chance to compare performance between the two.
Because nvidia and ati builds their cards so differently it's really hard to compare performance based solely on stats. you look at the stats for nvidia and they tend to have jacked up clock speeds where ati cards are heavy on stream processing units. I really don't know where ati and nvidia compare with eachother. Since both of these cards are right around the same price, I was wondering which card is most likely to perform better if either really does outperform the other. Also, how do they compare with overclock head room, temps, and power consumption. I'm pretty sure the ati card runs cooler, but beyond that I'm in the dark.
What do you guys think?
Because nvidia and ati builds their cards so differently it's really hard to compare performance based solely on stats. you look at the stats for nvidia and they tend to have jacked up clock speeds where ati cards are heavy on stream processing units. I really don't know where ati and nvidia compare with eachother. Since both of these cards are right around the same price, I was wondering which card is most likely to perform better if either really does outperform the other. Also, how do they compare with overclock head room, temps, and power consumption. I'm pretty sure the ati card runs cooler, but beyond that I'm in the dark.
What do you guys think?