Graphics Card (GTX 470)

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Teo Gerovski

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Hello Guys.I have one question about Gigabyte Geforce GTX470 1280mb DDR5 320bit.Is this good graphics card i want to buy it.Is this card will reslove my fps and fps be high and high graphics ?? i want to buy it is this good graphics card for games like Flight Simulator X (FSX) GTA IV Far Cry for fps and etc ... ??
 
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A GTX470 is a little weaker (one tier) than a GTX750Ti. If you post your budget, and where you can buy, we can suggest the best alternatives for you. We will also need to know the brand and model (not just wattage) of your PSU. The GTX750Ti uses very little power; many versions do not need a PCIe power connection.
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well if you were to look a used card you could get like gtx 560 ti or a radeon 5870 .. if your looking for a new card then that wont do much and you will only find a bunch of weak cards and would have to come back to the gtx 470
 
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A GTX560Ti is on the same tier as the GTX470, and also uses a lot of power (though not as much as the 470).
I'd think you could find a GTX750 for 100 euros. It is 11 tiers higher than your GT220, making it a huge upgrade. It will also not require a PSU upgrade.

 
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hey the cards are in the same tier but has completely different performance in games .. the 560 ti fairly faster than the 470 .. and i dont think you can get a 750 for a 100 euros ..
 
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I'm not sure you'll get a new card that performs as well as the GTX 470 without going to €140–150, so I suppose its an alright choice.

What can you tell us about your power supply? The 470 draws as much as 215 watts (nearly four times as much as your GT 220), which is comparable to some rather higher-end cards today. It'll also require at least two six pin PCIe power connectors, if not a 6- and 8-pin connector.
 
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so be honest do you really think any of those cards are going for less than 100 euros even in used condition ? and that 7750 wont be a major upgrade over the 470 because its not really a high end card.
 
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The HD 7750 is indeed going to be slower than a GTX 470, but none of that matters if the OP doesn't have a power supply capable of supporting the extremely hot and power-hungry 470. A 470 will draw almost as much power as a brand new 770.
 
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The HD7750 will be slower than a GTX470, yes, but shouldn't need a PSU upgrade (I'm running one with an i5-3570K on a 300W PSU; it pulls 126W from its UPS while playing games).
In any case, my point of comparison is his old GT220. Compared to that, today's "low-end" cards are still a huge improvement.
 
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yes it would be an improvement over the gt 220 but thats not the card the guys wants .. are we straying from the point here .. he simply asked if it was good or not how much of an upgrade it would be to the 220 .. he asked for a upgrade not something lame low end card to settle with .. now we just need to know if he is willing to get a ppsu to match the 470 ..if he upgraded the psu it could save him a bit in the future if he plans to do a whole system upgrade ..
 
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Additionally, I'm pretty sure even an HD 7750 would crush the eight-year-old Flight Simulator X. We aren't talking about a demand for bleeding-edge performance, here. We don't even know this guy's gaming resolution, which leads me to believe its likely not even 1920x1080.
 
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I've seen used 750 Tis go for less than 100E on eBay, but not often. 100E is certainly well more than enough for a good 560 Ti
(by that I mean 900MHz core minimum) - heck, I bought one recently for only 45 UKP, which is about 55E. 100E is also enough
for a GTX 580 1.5GB (faster than all those options), but other posters are right, without knowing the PSU one cannot confidently
recommend an older upper-end card like a 470 or 580. This is why, despite the higher cost, a 750 Ti is a safer choice as it would
not require a PSU change.

However, we're overlooking the platform too much. With a card as fast as a 750 Ti, the E5700 could easily be a bottleneck in
many cases, though of course later on the original poster could replace the base platform & carry over the 750 Ti & observe
a good speedup from a better CPU, etc. Even a well-chosen used-parts purchase would achieve this, eg. i5 2500K, Z68 board, etc.

Ian.

 
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wow this thread is still going. The problem is like having a Yugo car and wanting to replace it with a Gremlin. Yes the Gremlin is better but that does not mean it is not still old and junk. You might be better off spending you money on a Honda Civic which you will be happier with.

You are going to spend around $100 on this graphics card...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR7.TRC1.A0.H0.XGTX+470&_nkw=GTX+470&_sacat=0

When you can get a GTX 660 for around $120...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR7.TRC1.A0.H0.XGTX+470&_nkw=GTX+470&_sacat=0

and be way happier for it because it is newer and more compatible with the modern software.

I hope this helps to put things into perspective.
 
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