Upgrading 260GTX to ???
 

Just being a little curious this morning and looking to see how "smart" it would be to upgrade my 260GTX to say a 465GTX or some 5 series. Now my only constraint would be a $150 limit, don't really want to pay out the ying yang for a new video card TBH. With games like Rage, CoD:MW3 and others coming out this fall, I just thought it would be nice to spend a little $$$ and get a performance boost. BTW, I game at 1680x1050. Any thoughts?

This 465GTX is $120 after MIR: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130597

Re: Upgrading 260GTX to ???
 

Be careful, that's GTX 460 SE with less shaders, you wanna get the one with 336 cores.

I play at the same res as you and my 460 has been more than capable to max out almost every game.

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Ok, so even upgrading to the 336 core model is $130 after MIR. Is it worth upgrading from a 260GTX?

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Nah- the 260GTX smokes that 460.


:bleh:

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I see what you did thar.

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:lol

Honestly, I'm not sure if the 460 will be of any benefit to you bro. If your limited to $150 or less, wait till the next generation come out. The cards in that price range will likely be twice as fast as your 260GTX, give or take a little.

When I had my 5770, it was every bit as fast as my old GTX260 Core216... infact it felt a bit faster. I'd probably put my 5770 closer to the GTX275... maybe a tad below it. The 460 is a bit fater than the 5770 so...

Yes a 460 would be faster than your 260. Noticeably? Not very often I'd imagine. I'd hold out till next gen. It's likely less than 4 months away. :)

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The difference between the 260 and 460 is roughly around 40%, but it can sometimes go even beyond that, especially with higher amount of AA, which the new generation handles much better.

Some examples I found:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/starcr...-performance/8
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3809/n...the-200-king/6

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Save another $50 to $80 and get a GTX 560Ti, trust me, the performance is definently worth it. I just came from 2 EVGA GTX 260 Superclocked Core 216's in SLI to 2 EVGA GTX 560Ti SuperClocked ($220 apiece with the lifetime warranty) in SLI and the difference is remarkable to say the least. :cool:

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I agree save up a little more and the GTX 560TI ,it will be well worth it over the 460.You can go to evga site and they have some great prices on there B-stock you can get a GTX 560TI for $179.
http://www.evga.com/products/prodlist.asp?switch=20

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save up man, i went GTX 275 to 5850 similar jump and i noticed almost nothing at all.

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Due to some recent developments in my personal life, I'd have to say a lot of purchase will be on hold for a while. House is going on the market this weekend if our cards play well tomorrow. Thanks for the advice, I'll save up.

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The GTX 465 is not bad ,alot of times you can flash it to a GTX 470.