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Graphics Card Comparison And Choice For Build I am taking a look at 4 graphics cards. Can anyone help me choose?

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Posted 04 September 2011 - 10:35 AM

Hello everyone! This is more or less a rollover post from the Desktops board index.

I am making a build (the components are in my sig) With 2 different options but I am keeping most of the stuff the same for whichever I choose, save the graphics card. I am stuck in a rut right now. My budget is 100-200$ with a little wiggle space to (maybeeeee) go over $200.

I am looking for something to support heavy Blizzard/Steam gameplay (Diablo3 wooooot)...possibly some high end FPS games in the future. Will be in 1920x1080.

Anywho, here are the cards I am in a mulling over.

EVGA 01G-P3-1466-KR GeForce GTX 560 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130685
Galaxy GeForce GTX 460 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814162058
MSI N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 460 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814127510
EVGA 01G-P3-1373-AR GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) Superclocked http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130568
EVGA SuperClocked 01G-P3-1461-KR GeForce GTX 560 http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130661

The bolded cards are pretty much my #1 and #2...with the 560 being the frontrunner right now.

I appreciate any feedback, thank you!
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Posted 04 September 2011 - 10:39 AM

Geez, if you can get that EVGA 560 at that price, do so. I have the EVGA 560 Ti and that thing cost me $243 in May. The Super Clocked version was more. :P
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Posted 04 September 2011 - 10:49 AM

Thanks Coastie. My choice is just the regular 560 - for budgets sake. I think this is the card one tier down from yours.
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Posted 04 September 2011 - 11:00 AM

View PostBLuRR, on 04 September 2011 - 10:49 AM, said:

Thanks Coastie. My choice is just the regular 560 - for budgets sake. I think this is the card one tier down from yours.


Yeah, I have the 560 Ti. It is just clocked a bit higher than the 560, but not all that much as I remember.
Coolermaster HAF 912 Case....ASUS P8Z68-VPro MOBO.....Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge ( 4.4 Ghz ).... Gelid Tranquillo cooler.... Samsung 830 256 GB SSD.... Primary HDD- WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA III /6.0 .... SECONDARY HDD - WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA II / 3.0....8Gb GSkill Ripjaws Series X 1600 Mhz Memory....Corsair AX850w PSU....EVGA GTX 680 Super Clocked Signature 2 Gb GDDR5 Video Card....Samsung CD/DVD RW, DL, DVD-Ram, w/ Lightscribe Optical Drive....Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX 22" Monitor..... Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit OS


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Posted 04 September 2011 - 11:10 AM

Well they must be good cards if your using them! Great minds think alike.
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Posted 04 September 2011 - 11:40 AM

View PostBLuRR, on 04 September 2011 - 11:10 AM, said:

Well they must be good cards if your using them! Great minds think alike.


I liked the HD5770 I had in here at the time, and will going back in here. Just decided to try it.
Coolermaster HAF 912 Case....ASUS P8Z68-VPro MOBO.....Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge ( 4.4 Ghz ).... Gelid Tranquillo cooler.... Samsung 830 256 GB SSD.... Primary HDD- WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA III /6.0 .... SECONDARY HDD - WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA II / 3.0....8Gb GSkill Ripjaws Series X 1600 Mhz Memory....Corsair AX850w PSU....EVGA GTX 680 Super Clocked Signature 2 Gb GDDR5 Video Card....Samsung CD/DVD RW, DL, DVD-Ram, w/ Lightscribe Optical Drive....Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX 22" Monitor..... Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit OS


http://novabench.com/image/266589.png

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Posted 04 September 2011 - 12:34 PM

I've heard EVGA is good. (looking into that myself)

Also, even if you don't get a factory-overclocked gpu, you can overclock it yourself with tools like MSI Afterburner. Granted, that probably voids the warranty, but still... (mine only had a 1 year warranty anyway, and I'm past that by half a year)
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