Need advice/help regarding GTX 460 GS vs. GTX470 Super OC

[tindaftpunk]

hello!
if I could ask a few minutes from you lovely experts about 2 video cards that I am torn between...
here they are:
PCI-E GAINWARD GeForce GTX 460 GS, 2GB GDDR5, HDMI, DualDVI, D-SUB

or

PCI-E GIGABYTE GeForce GTX470 Super OC, 1280MB DDR5, HDMI, DualDvi, HDTV

my question for all of you is... which one should I get?which one is ''better'' when these two are compared?which one would you choose if you were in my position and why?

thank you!

 

[55Range]

Well, straight away, i would say go for the Gigabyte-
2 gb is not needed for a gpu. You will be fine with the gigabyte one.

 

[g00fysmiley]

whats the purpose of the card? for gaming 2 gigs on a 460 is a complete waste, so i'd say go with the 470

http://benchmarkextreme.com/Articles/GTX%20460%20ANALYSIS/P18.html


however if you are using for cuda you might actually utilize the 2 gigs and make it a much closer battle

 

[jerreece]

Unless you're using the video card for a specialty task, the answer is pretty simple in my mind. The GTX 470 is faster than a GTX 460. Plus, as others already stated, 2GB of VRAM is pointless unless you're playing at 2560+ resolutions anyhow. So paying anything above the average GTX 460 price on that 2GB model is a waste of cash.

Again, the GTX 470 is the obvious choice if you want faster performance.

 

[tindaftpunk]

thank you all for answering/replying!
you helped me a lot ...and I mean it!

I will go then for the PCI-E GIGABYTE GeForce GTX470 Super OC, 1280MB DDR5, HDMI, DualDvi, HDTV, since I will be using the LCD SAMSUNG P2370HD (full HD, 1920x1080) on it... what I ment to say is playing all the new video games on that monitor/resolution...

thank you again!

 

[17seconds]

The Gigabyte GTX 470 SOC is a very special card.
http://www.guru3d.com/article/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-470-soc-review/

Although, the photo you posted is of a regular Gigabyte GTX 470, which is a reference model.