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Post Date: 2010-07-27
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    Posted: 27 Jul 2010 at 6:00pm
First of all I love my DS. It is a great unit and know I made the right decision buying from this company.

But I need some help. My unit in back at DS for a minor tune up and they found one of my GTX 260 is on its last.

It will be forever to get another 260 so here are options and I need help since I have not been following cards for some time.

Option
2-- 280s
one 470
one 460

Gaming and photoshop rig.

Any quick simple advice would be REALLY appreciated.

Harry
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470 no question  unless you are running 30" monitor.
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Thanks for the quick response. Been doing a little "panic" reviews and the 470 looks like a good card.

Not sure about heat issues, looks like it can get a little hot.

Also trying to find a performance comparison chart for my sli 260s and the 470 without much luck.

Would it be the same or better than my 260s?

I guess one 470 with heat the room less than sli 260s

Harry
Cool Master HAF 932
Core i7 965 DSO OC
Water cooled CPU
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
6 GB DDR3 1600 OCZ
1000 W Corsair HX
GTX 470
300 GB Raptor
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Windows 7
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Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 27 Jul 2010 at 6:49pm

I have had 2 GTX 260's.. and a GTX 470, the GTX 470 will be very close to the same power. with no AA the GTX 260's will be a touch faster, with eye candy maxed, the GTX 470 will be a tad faster.

The GTX 470 is not that hot, nor that loud, and overclocks like mad. When overclocked a lot it will get hot and loud lol
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Posts: 190 		  Quote Harry Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 27 Jul 2010 at 7:21pm
Thank you for your help. Going with the 470.

Thanks again

Harry
Cool Master HAF 932
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ASUS Rampage II Extreme
6 GB DDR3 1600 OCZ
1000 W Corsair HX
GTX 470
300 GB Raptor
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Windows 7
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Posts: 5084 		  Quote justin.kerr Quote  Post ReplyReply bullet Posted: 27 Jul 2010 at 7:22pm
wait till you see Dx11... lol you will never want to play on flat worlds again!!
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