Which Graphic Card is Better??

[michael06]

hello I'm having a hard time trying to figure out which graphic card is better outta these 3 graphic card here links

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130759

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130685

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130660

Bout to Purchase a Graphic card but wanna get a really good one that will Play all games on Ultra Settings like Bf3 & Mw3 & New games like Prototype 2 & Grand theft auto 6 & future games can anyone help me figure out which is good I have never Ran a Sli before so need info on that if I do get one of these & another one wit Sli will the Cuda Cores jump up alot or w/e??

 

[michael06]

You don't. Its peoples different opinions. I say go for the 480 because it destroys the 560Ti and is very close to the 570 at stock. OC the thing and you have GTX 580 performance. It does this while being 80-100$ cheaper than the 570, cheaper than the 560Ti, and cheaper than what the 660 will be. It's a no brainer in my opinion.

All Corsair PSUs are great. I'll link some good ones for you when I get home in about an hour. Can you let me know what your budget is for the PSU with the 480 or if you want the 570 (which I don't recommend) your budget for that.

ya lol & hmm so If I get the Gtx 480 & I overclock it it will be better then the 570? & will run like the 580 graphic card Performance?? how do I overclock do i have to have water cooling or something on gpu?

 

[michael06]

$300 total? For GPU and PSU?

What is Wrong wit the Ocz 700 Watt Power Supply?? Im not looking for the best Psu but I have owned this all my life since I got into Computers & havent had a problem before wit it on my High End Graphic card like 560ti http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018

My Budget was $305 bucks & used promo code for psu & now its $299 bucks

 

[fantastik250]

OCZ has not been good with quality. Although there are some good OCZ PSU's, but overall OCZ quality is not good compared to Antec, Corsair, SeaSonic.

 

[gidgiddonihah]

The GTX 480 is a 10" long card. You should make sure you have room before you purchase it. The GTX 480 will max out BF3 and MW3, and I am sure that it will do great on the other games listed.

I stand corrected. I did some quick searching on Newegg and found these power supplies. Much better than the one you had listed.

Antec 650 Watt (80$, 70 W/ MIR)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044
Corsair 650 Watt (90$, 70 W/ MIR)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
SeaSonic 620 Watt (90$, No MIR)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

Between the three I would choose the Corsair PSU...

To overclock you download a utility from your vender (not sure what EVGA's is called) and you just bump up the sliders 5-10 Mhz at a time (I start by taking it up by 50-100Mhz and then go up slowly from there). If you start to experience BSOD's or crashes, simply drag the slider down about 3 Mhz at a time and test it. Once you get it stable enough for games, run Furmark for 20 minutes to make sure its stable.

 

[fantastik250]

If you are planning on overclocking, you definitely need a good case with really good airflow, GTX 480 runs hot.

 

[gidgiddonihah]

If you are planning on overclocking, you definitely need a good case with really good airflow, GTX 480 runs hot.

Agreed. If you want, you can show us a picture of your case so we can see what kind of airflow you have going. Also you will want to measure your case before buying anything.

 

[michael06]

The GTX 480 is a 10" long card. You should make sure you have room before you purchase it. The GTX 480 will max out BF3 and MW3, and I am sure that it will do great on the other games listed.

I stand corrected. I did some quick searching on Newegg and found these power supplies. Much better than the one you had listed.

Antec 650 Watt (80$, 70 W/ MIR)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371044
Corsair 650 Watt (90$, 70 W/ MIR)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
SeaSonic 620 Watt (90$, No MIR)- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

Between the three I would choose the Corsair PSU...

To overclock you download a utility from your vender (not sure what EVGA's is called) and you just bump up the sliders 5-10 Mhz at a time (I start by taking it up by 50-100Mhz and then go up slowly from there). If you start to experience BSOD's or crashes, simply drag the slider down about 3 Mhz at a time and test it. Once you get it stable enough for games, run Furmark for 20 minutes to make sure its stable.

oh ya Ill see whats sup I prob will get the Corsair 650 watt psu & Srry bout the link on my Case Here is the Link again http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0351733 I dont know how to post Pictures or anything but they said its a good air flow case total 2 fans on top water cooling corsair h70 for heatsink 1 front fan & 1 on the side fan... I will call the store to see if the video card will fit the case

 

[gidgiddonihah]

oh ya Ill see whats sup I prob will get the Corsair 650 watt psu & Srry bout the link on my Case Here is the Link again http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0351733 I dont know how to post Pictures or anything but they said its a good air flow case total 2 fans on top water cooling corsair h70 for heatsink 1 front fan & 1 on the side fan... I will call the store to see if the video card will fit the case

Looks like your case has some pretty good airflow. I would OC.

 

[michael06]

Looks like your case has some pretty good airflow. I would OC.

Ya I Figured & ok so now I'm bout to make my Final purchase before I purchase will it fit on my motherboard?? here link
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4125&dl=1#ov

Bout To Purchase Gtx 480 & that Corsair Power Supply Unit

 

[gidgiddonihah]

Yup. Your mobo has a PCIe x16 slot. Your good. If you have any problens-which you shouldn't -let us know. Good luck and have fun with your faster system!

 

[michael06]

Thanks Buddy I looked at my Case & everything called the store where i bought case & asked them if that video card would fit my case & he really didnt know for sure & i aint got anything to see if it will fit or not lol

 

[michael06]

by the way when someone posted to get a hd 7850 or higher & it says 3.0 slot will it work on a 2.0 slot??

 

[gidgiddonihah]

Yes it will work, but I still hold to the old fashioned 480 .

Do you have a measuring tape? Just measure from where your current graphics card touches the rear panel. If you have 10" of spare room before your HDD cages you are good.

 

[michael06]

Yes it will work, but I still hold to the old fashioned 480 .

Do you have a measuring tape? Just measure from where your current graphics card touches the rear panel. If you have 10" of spare room before your HDD cages you are good.

Which will work the Hd 7850 & above Graphic card? 3.0 slot will fit a 2.0 slot? or the 480 graphic card in case? I dont have any of that to see if
it will fit have to go out & buy it but no car lol was bout to order my stuff but making sure someone told me last night getting a hd 7850 or above will run all my games prototype 2 & gta 5 & Max payne 3 on ultra settings but im not for sure if gtx 480 will do the job??

 

[gidgiddonihah]

The 7850 will work.

I did some quick reading and the GTX 480 is faster at stock speeds, but the 7850 is a OC champ and can go further than the 480. It will also produce less heat and will require less power (though I will still buy the same power supply). But if you overclock, you will be looking at the same power and heat problems...

I personally would never buy a graphics card based on how much it can OC because each card is different and the card you get may not OC as well. Plus I don't want to have to overclock to get more performance as it is a time consuming effort. Neither card is a gaming champ and to max games (though the 480 and the 7850 will both be able to max out BF3 and MW3) you will need to look much higher on the totem pole than where you're looking.

The 7850 is 230$ and 210$ w/ MIR and the GTX 480 is 200$. If you want I can pull up some benchmarks of the 7850.

 

[michael06]

So neither any of these games wont run prototype 2 or the new grand theft auto next yr like in low or med settings?? or this game max payne in any kind of settings?? Im still gonna buy the power supply good deal on that one xD

 

[michael06]

I dont think I wanna overclock cause dont wanna mess *** up & ruin my card you know wanna keep card as long as possible alot of $$$ lol

 

[gidgiddonihah]

You will be able to run medium high settings in the next year or so. My GTX 460 can still pull that off with most games today when OC'ed to GTX 470 speeds.

 

[michael06]

oh ya on the Gtx 480? or 7850? I saw this combo deal I didnt know if this was a good one or not wanted to see if it was cause I also wanted to purchase some games off steam but trying to figure out what to get lol

 

[michael06]

Nice on the Overclocking was it hard or does it mess up the video card when you overclock?? I have never overclock gpu before :/

 

[michael06]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1001785 srry link for that combo deal

 

[straga]

Nice on the Overclocking was it hard or does it mess up the video card when you overclock?? I have never overclock gpu before :/

Overclocking isnt as scary are you might think.

If you grab a good GPU monitoring program like MSI Afterburner if makes overclocking a breeze. It has simple sliders to increase the clock speeds, voltage and fan speed. It also has giant white tooltips telling you pretty much what different buttons and sliders mean/do that also warn you about things that can happen.

Also run a quick search for an overclocking thread about the card you buy. You should find something, usually its a bunch of guys OCing the face of their cards but they usually give some doable speeds with stock fans.

 

[gidgiddonihah]

Just tread careful. The GTX 460 was touted to be the best overclocker of its time and people were pushing it past 950Mhz, some got it all the way to 1 Ghz. All of the sudden those cards started dying because they had OC'ed way past what the hardware could take long term.

For a beginner who doesn't want to OC, I would continue to recommend the GTX 480. It will allow you to keep stock if you don't feel comfortable overclocking, and will have plenty of headroom when you do want to try.

And no, its not a good deal. The 7770 is a really weak card for what you want to be doing. I would stick with either the 7850 or the GTX 480.

 

[straga]

I saw some silly high clocks for the 460 as well, but I have mine OCed just a tad from stock to 880MHz (Factory OCed to 820MHz) and it runs fine.

Gidgi is right though, if you ain't confident in your ability, you do not have to by any stretch. Its just an option to sometimes squeeze a bit more from an ageing card (like mine)

 

[michael06]

Just tread careful. The GTX 460 was touted to be the best overclocker of its time and people were pushing it past 950Mhz, some got it all the way to 1 Ghz. All of the sudden those cards started dying because they had OC'ed way past what the hardware could take long term.

For a beginner who doesn't want to OC, I would continue to recommend the GTX 480. It will allow you to keep stock if you don't feel comfortable overclocking, and will have plenty of headroom when you do want to try.

And no, its not a good deal. The 7770 is a really weak card for what you want to be doing. I would stick with either the 7850 or the GTX 480.

oh ya I looked up some information on that card & I see that in benchmark it beats the 570 lol If I buy another card can I run Sli of that 480??
I'm gonna go ahead and make my Purchase