Johannespaul
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460 GTX < Radeon 6850 < GTX 470 < Radeon 6870 < Radeon 6950 < Radeon 5870 < GTX 480, GTX 570 and Radeon 6970 < GTX 580 and Radeon 5890
This is about how they rank based on their average performance.
The GTX 560 is coming out on Jan 25th if the rumours are true and it should perform between the Radeon 6870 and Radeon 6950. Worse case it will perform on par with the 6870. This will give you another option in your upgrade decision.
If you are concerned with the buffer usage of your GTX 460 run eVGA Precision with the on screen display activated and it will tell you how much buffer you are using in game. In my experience anything under a gig is getting a little tight these days.
You can also double check if your PSU can support an upgraded card using the PSU calculator on the Antec website. I think 600W should be fine unless you are doing something crazy.
I personally would not try a BIOS hack. Anything that risks turning a GPU into a couple hundred dollar paper weight is not worth the risk in my opinion.
This is about how they rank based on their average performance.
The GTX 560 is coming out on Jan 25th if the rumours are true and it should perform between the Radeon 6870 and Radeon 6950. Worse case it will perform on par with the 6870. This will give you another option in your upgrade decision.
If you are concerned with the buffer usage of your GTX 460 run eVGA Precision with the on screen display activated and it will tell you how much buffer you are using in game. In my experience anything under a gig is getting a little tight these days.
You can also double check if your PSU can support an upgraded card using the PSU calculator on the Antec website. I think 600W should be fine unless you are doing something crazy.
I personally would not try a BIOS hack. Anything that risks turning a GPU into a couple hundred dollar paper weight is not worth the risk in my opinion.