New Graphics Card GTX 460 -thoughts on graphics cards?
polycounter lvl 10
Hi,
I got myself a new GTX 960* graphics card last week, as the 'scouting mission' towards my first new computer in 5 years (which arrives tomorrow
).
During my research, I noticed a lot of favour on Polycount (and other gaming/vfx communities) for the latter GTX970s, 80s and 90s.
As the prices scaled up, I picked the price point i wanted and am really happy with my choice, but was left wondering what where i'd see that extra uumph had i shelled out more. so I was hoping someone would care to chime in answer to some of the following:
and apologies to the ati users, I haven't the beginnings of a clue as to what's going on on your side of town, but I'd be interested to know what your money buys you nonetheless.
*edited from erronous data origianlly listed.
I got myself a new GTX 960* graphics card last week, as the 'scouting mission' towards my first new computer in 5 years (which arrives tomorrow
).During my research, I noticed a lot of favour on Polycount (and other gaming/vfx communities) for the latter GTX970s, 80s and 90s.
As the prices scaled up, I picked the price point i wanted and am really happy with my choice, but was left wondering what where i'd see that extra uumph had i shelled out more. so I was hoping someone would care to chime in answer to some of the following:
- do you folks use the later series GTX cards?
- if so why?
- is it for gaming or for work that you pay the extra money?
- and where with pro apps do you see the difference mostly?
- does photoshop go faster?
- does xnormal bake faster?
- can you sculpt quicker?
- In a game engine does it make things run smoother, let you run heavier scenes or just make everything look nicer and more fps?
and apologies to the ati users, I haven't the beginnings of a clue as to what's going on on your side of town, but I'd be interested to know what your money buys you nonetheless.
*edited from erronous data origianlly listed.
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How much did you spend?
People like newer cards because you get more features, more vram, better power efficiency, and hopefully it'll be quieter and last longer. The GTX 750 ti is only $120. The 400 series was notorious for being hot and loud if I remember correctly. I think only the 600 series or newer will support DX12 and only the 900 series will fully support it, at least if what Nvidia has claimed holds up.
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/GeForce-GTX-970-vs-GeForce-GTX-460
For example the 970 is 3x the price for about 3x the power of a 460.