Are you running ATI 5870, 6870 or Nvidia 460?

[JG27CaptStubing]

Something to keep in mind as we head into Dec and early next year...

The new 580s just hit the street... I own one and upgraded from my 480 as it was still under the store return policy. There is little doubt that Nvidia will release 560s 570s to compete with ATI's lates releaes of the 6800 series...

These cards if they use the revamped GF110 with disabled features you're looking at signifigant advantages across the board. Add in the cost factor of these new chips and Nvidia is a very good position to take more from the mid market card arena. Just looking at the raw numbers a 570 would be 29 percent faster than a 470 at a much lower price point. That would be faster than a 5870.

Check out this short article.

http://www.bit-tech.net/blog/2010/11...ch.net+feed%29

[mr71mb0]

29% faster you say? LoL,

I'm 57.1334% impressed.

[kimosabi]

Hey if klem has an unlimited budget, he should just go for what's fastest at this point in time. He did mention that awful word "budget" though and if we're going to jump on the "future" card-train, we'll be in for a long haul.

[smink1701]

NV 480...and it cuts thru games like butter

[mr71mb0]

Originally Posted by smink1701

NV 480...and it cuts thru games like butter

but now the 580 is out and it's cheaper than the 480 and faster to boot.

sorry, I didn't mean that to put urs down, just that obviously the 580 is now the one to get if you are going NV.

[smink1701]

In a few months it will be 600. And so it goes. I've always been happy with NV.

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by speculum jockey

Personally I'm going to wait 6 months if I can stand it before making my own SOW gaming rig.

Good luck with that

Damn. Now I will probably have to wait for Nvidias Kepler GPU released in first half of 2011 which is in 28nm instead of 40nm.

Reputedly, it will have more than double the power.

[KG26_Alpha]

One thing we must remember is these GPU manufacturers have to sell stuff to make profits.

The difference is going to be minimal between monthly releases of these GPU's

The only way you will see a real difference is over a 12 month span or completely renewing your PC every time a new GPU comes out with the latest and fastest everything

I am pressurized into holding stock from manufacturers on sale or return these days as they know there's too many products out there and the market is swamped with out of date motherboards CPU's and GPU's too much for smaller business like mine to hold stock out of my own pocket as its all redundant after 3 months some times.

Don't let the hype confuse you into buying ..................

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by KG26_Alpha

Don't let the hype confuse you into buying ..................

Good advice bro!