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Xfx hd5750 or msi 460gtx?

Father Xmas

By Father Xmas,
Posted on: 2011-03-23 10:35 in ALL ACCESS Gameplay Technical Issues Bugs

 

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Got a decision to make. My XFX 9800GT failed on me so I replaced it with the MSI 460GTX 768MB, not expecting XFX to live up to the lifetime warranty, from all of the horror stories I'd read on the web.

Well they did and sent me a 1GB ATI Radeon HD5750 and one of them's got to go! I've read a few reviews that said that the 460GTX was a better card, but I'd like to get some second opinions, especially now that I see that the 5750 has 1GB of memory.

Loser goes to Ebay!

Thanks

 

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Memory isn't as big of a factor as most people think. The cause for the performance difference between the 768MB and 1GB GTX 460 is the fact the 768MB has only 3/4rds the memory bandwidth of the 1GB version and not the difference in the amount of memory.

As for the HD 5750 Vs the GTX 460 768MB, generally the GTX 460 768MB easily beats out the HD 5770 in multiple game benchmarks.

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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...90,2879-7.html

The 460 is probably the better card, it is certainly quite a bit newer than the 5750. If they'd sent you a 5770, then it might be more room for debate.

Also, FWIW, Nvidia's drivers tend to be better. There's still lots of people in here complaining about ATI's terrible drivers.

 

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Originally Posted by Rhysem View Post
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...90,2879-7.html

The 460 is probably the better card, it is certainly quite a bit newer than the 5750. If they'd sent you a 5770, then it might be more room for debate.

Also, FWIW, Nvidia's drivers tend to be better. There's still lots of people in here complaining about ATI's terrible drivers.
Thanks for the info, my last 4-5 GPU's have been Nvidia so I'm happy to stick with them.

 

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Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
Memory isn't as big of a factor as most people think. The major difference between the 768MB and 1GB GTX 460 is the fact the 768MB has only 3/4rds the memory bandwidth of the 1GB version.

As for the HD 5750 Vs the GTX 460 768MB, generally the GTX 460 768MB easily beats out the HD 5770 in multiple game benchmarks.
Thanks Father, I was hoping you'd weigh in on this. I read a few posts from the site you linked to when I asked the original question about the 460, and they seemed to indicate that the 460 was the better card, I just wanted a second opinion.

Thanks again!