GTX 550 ti vs 460 (768)

[mortdread]

So im going to be upgrading my gt 430 (piece of junk) to another card, but my choices are a 550 ti and a 460 (with 768 memory) (these are the 2 that id like to pick from please dont offer advice for an ati card, i'm getting an SLI mobo soon too)

so the games i play are starcraft 2 and wow, but i plan on getting BF 3 portal and crysis 2 the problem with the cards is basically memory, will the below average 768 cut it for the better games? or am i looking at a bad set of cards? my budget is $150 and my PSU would be 800w

 

[soloby]

it depends on your resolution, but you will be able to run SC2 and WOW perfectly fine with a gtx 460 768mb, which imo is the superior graphics card. But with those cards, BF 3 and crysis 2 will not run as you might like.

 

[mortdread]

so are there any other cards that would work well for around $150, i might be able to get it up to 180

 

[soloby]

What is your screen resolution?

 

[spentshells]

so are there any other cards that would work well for around $150, i might be able to get it up to 180

6850 is far better than those cards and in the 150 price rage

 

[mortdread]

try reading the full post, im not taking an ati card because i ordered an sli mobo, so a later upgrade would cost more

 

[mortdread]

What is your screen resolution?

should have posted this before... 1920 by 1080

 

[soloby]

With your budget of ~$180, get the GTX 460 1GB version.

@ 1080p some people might say it's a questionable call, but I believe 1gb is such a superior card over the little brother.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130596
($180 after MIR)

With this card (my card ), you can EASILY overclock it to 900 mhz core clock and probably more

I have it @900/1800/2000 and it idles around 38c and maxes around 80c, which is some great temps since these cards can go up to 105c

I was skeptical of the EE version at first but now I must say I am very happy with my decision, and I hope I gave you some viable options!

 

[mortdread]

With your budget of ~$180, get the GTX 460 1GB version.

@ 1080p some people might say it's a questionable call, but I believe 1gb is such a superior card over the little brother.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130596
($180 after MIR)

With this card (my card ), you can EASILY overclock it to 900 mhz core clock and probably more

I have it @900/1800/2000 and it idles around 38c and maxes around 80c, which is some great temps since these cards can go up to 105c

I was skeptical of the EE version at first but now I must say I am very happy with my decision, and I hope I gave you some viable options!

well never though about actually using the mail in rebate, good idea thanks, ill be getting one of those and soon... a second!

 

[mortdread]

Best answer selected by Mortdread.

 

[spentshells]

try reading the full post, im not taking an ati card because i ordered an sli mobo, so a later upgrade would cost more

sorry about that, if you were planning sli those cards are really not worth it.

 

[g8orboy11]

I have a gtx 460 768mb and has been working great for me... on my 1600x900 monitor. When i try playing on my 1080p television it takes a big performance hit and I really regret not paying that extra $30 to get the 1gb version.