Which card is better?

[lastofthegenoharadan]

Quick question: which card performs better?

ASUS ENGTX460 GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 768MB (overclocked to 700Mhz):

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121390&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=10446076&PID=683153&SID=

or

EVGA GeForce GTX460 SE 1GB:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004DKWLB4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

About the same price but I can't tell which is better (not too experienced here). Also, if there anything in this range anyone knows of that is a better deal I'd love to hear it. I'm going to buy one in the next day or two.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Emperus]

The 1GB version performs all the way better compared to the 768 MB version at the cost of slightly increased power consumption (nothing much to worry about though).. And that is a very good price for a GTX 460 1GB card.. However, if you can access newegg, you can get better deals..

www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=gtx+460+1gb

 

[shrkbay]

SE - smart edition = lower clocks, worse performance, less OC headroom, 768MB version would perform better than 1GB SE, but i'm not sure if the 768MB one you listed isn't an SE also, i thought the original clock is 700 on both 1GB and 768MB and if it's OC then it's probably SE, so my vote is 1GB

 

[lastofthegenoharadan]

LOL thanks I hadn't noticed this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130591

EVGA GeForce GTX460 SE 1GB for $119 after rebate as apposed to $149 on Amazon

 

[shrkbay]

will you OC?

 

[lastofthegenoharadan]

I'll OC if its safe and not terribly difficult. I've done it once before so I'm not a complete newb. How would that affect my decision?

 

[shrkbay]

768MB one OCs very good, while SE does not, that will make you gain even more on 768MB version over SE

 

[Emperus]

Since you already had a 150$ budget for the card, why not add a few more bucks and go for a better card altogether..!!

 

[shrkbay]

OP: what are your full specs? exact PSU model? resolution? you can find a 6850 for ~150$ AR, and it'll be much better than SE/768MB/normal/low OC 460

 

[cromedome]

I always thought the GTX460 1GB SE was the Slower Edition :lol:

 

[shrkbay]

^ i always knew GTX460 1GB SE was Sh*t Edition

 

[cromedome]

^ LOL I had a good laugh at that one

 

[lastofthegenoharadan]

PSU: Corsair Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V

The rest: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, AMD Phenom(tm) II X2 555 Processor (2 CPUs) 3.2GHz, MSI 785GT-E63 Socket AM2+ 785G ATX Motherboard, 3840MB DDR2 RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4200 (Integrated)

I built this a few months ago (with a little help from this awesome site) but never got a dedicated video card (busy with school anyway).

 

[lastofthegenoharadan]

oh sorry and monitor resolution is 1920x1080.

 

[shrkbay]

you can find 5850 for 150$ on tigerdirect, it's best bang for buck under 200$ right now, probably GTX 460 SE/ 768MB won't be even close to be as good as 6850 on that resolution, NOTE: 5850 is even better than 6850

 

[lastofthegenoharadan]

Wow. Unless there is anything else like that out there anyone recommends I guess I'll get that.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=199805&sku=A271-5859

 

[shrkbay]

^there was a great card on newegg, Powercolor 5870 OC to 950 with water cooling, but not anymore...

that link doesn't open for some reason, but if it's Sapphire Xtreme, then it's the one i meant...

 

[lastofthegenoharadan]

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