08-30-10, 11:39 AM
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Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
Got a few dollars to spend and was thinking of a little upgrade. Running a gtx260 at the moment, and its the 192 variant. Really looking to play Mafia 2 and I game a 19x12 with all the AA my card will put out. If I purchase a 470, then the 260 will go into my son's machine then his 9600GT will go back into my machine as a dedicated physics. Do yall think this will give me a noticable "eye candy" difference? I can get the 470 for about $270 AR and that is with the Mafia 2 game as well. So really $220 since I will be buying the game anyway. I am about to fall off the fence here but I guess I'm wanting someone to just push me off.
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08-30-10, 11:53 AM
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I just completed my rig with a GTX 470 and love. Can max out BFBC2 with great FPS. Not sure on other games yet. I'll let you know as I play them.
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08-30-10, 12:11 PM
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Re: Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
470 is awesome. Overclocks like hell and will more or less yield 480 performance. amazing bang for the buck.
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08-30-10, 01:05 PM
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Re: Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
HD 5830, GTX 460 768mb and GTX 465 have been the bees knees for me, so a 470 for not much more at all... yeah, that's like the hornets elbows or something.
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08-30-10, 02:24 PM
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08-31-10, 11:30 AM
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Re: Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
Well, that's a push for me. Count me in on the 470 club. Going to order tonight. Thanks for the info.
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08-31-10, 12:53 PM
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09-01-10, 02:25 AM
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Re: Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
Yes the GTX 470 will give you great gains from a GTX 260.I know everone says the GTX 460 is the best deal and you can find the 1gig version for around $220,but IMO the GTX 470 is the best deal.You can find them for around $280 and it overclocks great as does the GTX 460 but you will get better performance out of the GTX 470 and they overclock to 700/3800 with no voltage increase and with some voltage increase it will hit around 800/3900 .
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09-01-10, 05:06 PM
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Re: Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
Welcome to the club, my friend. It's pretty nice here
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09-01-10, 05:25 PM
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09-01-10, 08:03 PM
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Re: Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
Can I be in the super secret society of GTX 470 owners?
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09-02-10, 11:45 AM
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Re: Will a GTX470 WOW! me?
Just placed the order this morning. Newegg had pulled the deal with the ASUS card then this morning they put up the Galaxy card for $270 AR with Mafia2, so I jumped. Should be here Tuesday.
Cant wait!
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