• There seems to be an uptick in Political comments in recent months. Those of us who are long time members of the site know that Political and Religious content has been banned for years. Nothing has changed. Please leave all political and religious comments out of the forums.

    If you recently joined the forums you were not presented with this restriction in the terms of service. This was due to a conversion error when we went from vBulletin to Xenforo. We have updated our terms of service to reflect these corrections.

    Please note any post refering to a politician will be considered political even if it is intended to be humor. Our experience is these topics have a way of dividing the forums and causing deep resentment among members. It is a poison to the community. We appreciate compliance with the rules.

    The Staff of SOH

  • Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.

    Post 16 Update

    Post 17 Warning

GTX 470 vs GTX 480

strykerpsg

strykerpsg

SOH-CM-2023
Just considering whether or not the extra money is really advantageous in buying the 480 versus the 470 Fermi. I have seen the charts on Tom's Hardware and there is a difference, but as someone that had to have the GTX 295 last year, only to have the 480 come out a few months later, not convinced the mostest is always the best choice. Graphically, my 295 is still a beast of a card, but like the DX10/11 capability of the DDR5 memory. However, looking for an SLI configuration and the cost of a second 295 card is as much as the 470.

Anyway, looking for thoughts and suggestions. I play mostly sims, FSX in particular, but many other flight and tank sims as well.

Matt
 
I strongly suggest that you get two 470's rather than one 480... you get SLI, a ton more speed and... well... it's nearly the same price...

I did after checking around. totally worth it.
 
Thanks Colin, kinda what I was leaning toward. Now, to get rid of my GTX 295....

Also, did the Fermi make a difference?
 
A guy at HardOCP that owned a GTX 470 and a GTX 480 said the GTX 470 was actually louder. I have not owned a GTX 470 though so I can't offer any personal advice regarding that card.

I went with the GTX 480 and have been totally pleased with my purchase.
 
This might help .

http://www.overclock.net/

They helped me out a lot . They even showed me how to put the bios of 5870 into my 5850 ,it was like a free upgrade .And did a few tweaks,and a BA OC .

You may could sell the other card to them .
 
Ark said:
A guy at HardOCP that owned a GTX 470 and a GTX 480 said the GTX 470 was actually louder. I have not owned a GTX 470 though so I can't offer any personal advice regarding that card.

I went with the GTX 480 and have been totally pleased with my purchase.
Click to expand...

How much louder might the 470 be versus the 480? I am leaning toward two 470's as a compromise and will wait until mid October to see if the price drops more. I also think I'll take XLR8's advice and sell the other on the overclockers website, seems to be a better mover of items for sale.
 
strykerpsg said:
How much louder might the 470 be versus the 480? I am leaning toward two 470's as a compromise and will wait until mid October to see if the price drops more. I also think I'll take XLR8's advice and sell the other on the overclockers website, seems to be a better mover of items for sale.
Click to expand...


Just a heads up. I think I read that the ati 6000 come out in October . So waiting might be a good idea . I saved $75 on my 5850 waiting for the 400 series to come out .
 
I've just got a GTS250 on mine so already I'm wanting to upgrade because these newer cards look and sound from the reviews to be awesome!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top