Is the GTX 460 good ?

[abCasPeRR]

Im wondering if its any good

 

[fantastik250]

Not really. For Nvidia 470 and up, 550ti and up. For AMD, and 67xx and up, 77xx and up.

 

[Sunius]

Yes it's good. Depending on the price you're getting it for, it may or may not be a good deal. It's just a bit above the performance of HD 6850.

 

[devil_77]

ya its good card but you can not play new game on very high setting like as3 splinter blacklist,tombrider reborn..

 

[Sunius]

ya its good card but you can not play new game on very high setting like as3 splinter blacklist,tombrider reborn..

Yes you can play those games on highest settings with GTX 460. They aren't graphically demanding.

 

[abCasPeRR]

Well I found one for 90 bucks on ebay. In my main build I have a Asus 550Ti, I have a 2nd computer I wanted to put a decent card in for friends to play on and etc, Ive only built one build so I'm not to familiar with what GPUS are good

 

[jeffredo]

The GTX 460 is good but you should look for HD 7770 and HD 6850

Why? It performs on par with an HD 6850 and better than an HD 7770.

 

[doron]

The 460 is a decent card and a great deal for 90 bucks. My friend upgraded from 8800gt to 460 768mb that's somewhat less powerful than the 1gb version with a 1920X1200 monitor and he's satisfied.

If you're able to get the 1gb model for 90 bucks then it's a great deal.

 

[bigcyco1]

depends which gtx460 if it's the 1gb 256-bit it's a kick ass little card in fact my cousin has MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone OC 1024MB and believe it or not it out preforms 6850

 

[notea]

read this post and look at the chart
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/357259-33-560ti-7770

768MB version is slower than 7770/6850 but the 1Gb version is faster, even better than the one (550Ti) in ur main rig

whatever version of 460 it is, for 90$, i still say its cheap, that is if its a brand new unboxed one.....if its used - better save ur money and get a brand new card with warranty and RMA options

heres a comparision on 550Ti vs 460

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/541?vs=542

 

[notea]

What do you mean on par the 6850 is better then gtx 460
http://www.hwcompare.com/8114/geforce-gtx-460-vs-radeon-hd-6850/
and i suggest the 7770 because it draw less power

i agree with jeffredo, AMD may be better in power usage but in the end, we want better FPS, the 460 is marginally faster than 6850 and 7770 but draws more power
6850 vs 460 1GB
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=542

7770 Vs 460 1GB
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/536?vs=542

plus hwcompare.com isnt a good bench site, they dont do their own reviews, they just post the claimed stats from manufacturers

 

[Sunius]

So you are telling me that hwcompare is wrong if it is then i should upgrade my benchmarking site

Yes hwcompare is wrong all the time. Don't go there for benchmarks.

 

[notea]

So you are telling me that hwcompare is wrong if it is then i should upgrade my benchmarking site

yes, you should never look at hwcompare for benches, go to different bench sites such as tomshardware/guru3d/anandtech/tweaktown who do their own reviews and post results from their own findings

 

[notea]

Yes hwcompare is wrong all the time. Don't go there for benchmarks.

i agree to an extent but hwcompare do get the specs correct.. i.e. texel rate, power draw. etc.. but for games benchmarks, they are wrong most of the time

 

[renz496]

Im wondering if its any good

it depends how you want to play your game. if you have 1080p monitors and like to max out all the setting then the card will have to struggle a bit. but if you're on low res like 1680x1050 and below you can max out almost all games available out there except a few pc exclusive that was meant to punish your gpu (metro 2033, crysis, the witcher 2 with uber sampling).

i agree to an extent but hwcompare do get the specs correct.. i.e. texel rate, power draw. etc.. but for games benchmarks, they are wrong most of the time

gamers does not care about specs. what they care is Frame Per Second . tech sites like toms, TPU, TR and many other put the card to test so we know how the card will fare in real gaming application

 

[notea]

it depends how you want to play your game. if you have 1080p monitors and like to max out all the setting then the card will have to struggle a bit. but if you're on low res like 1680x1050 and below you can max out almost all games available out there except a few pc exclusive that was meant to punish your gpu (metro 2033, crysis, the witcher 2 with uber sampling).



gamers does not care about specs. what they care is Frame Per Second . tech sites like toms, TPU, TR and many other put the card to test so we know how the card will fare in real gaming application

yes i agree, i just said that coz hwcompare is RIGHT sometimes.. and that they arent good for comparing GPUs in gaming