The best 460?

[Xyphox]

Looking into getting some GPU3 folding going in the next month so need some opinions fellas.

We all know the GTX 460 gives the best PPD per cost ratio... but what card in this range also adheres the best?

Is it worth going for 1GB of memory and a slightly better clock? I'm not exactly sure of what the folding client likes in the GPU's.

Heres 2 cards at the bottom and top end essentially...

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 FTW 1024MB GDDR5 (Top end - £180~)

- Core Clock: 850MHz

- Memory: 1024MB GDDR5

- Memory Clock: 4000MHz (Effective)

- Memory Interface: 256-Bit

- Processing Cores: 336

- Shader Clock: 1700MHz

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 SuperClocked 768MB GDDR5 (Bottom end - £130)

- Core Clock: 763MHz

- Memory: 768MB GDDR5

- Memory Clock: 3800MHz (Effective)

- Memory Interface: 256-Bit

- Processing Cores: 336

- Shader Clock: 1526MHz

What really is THE best card for my money? Maybe its not even a 460 for all I know... Advice!

 

[kup]

The FTW is probably the best 'out the box' card for Folding but the Asus DirectCU clock like demons and will probably spank the EVGA in the long run!

 

[stevehat1]

I'm running a pair each of Giga 1M and 768 cards, the 1M cards clock well and produce a little better PPD at the same clocks.

50 pounds difference seems like alot though......

I'd go for the cheapest card with the best cooling solution....

 

[SOA_RRU]

Personally if i was thinking of spending £180 on a viddy card then adding an extra £20 & getting a Gigabyte GeForce GTX 470 SUPER OC etc would be a far better choice. If it had to be a 460 then id choose one that's placed in the middle price wise like the Gigabyte GTX 460 OC 1GB.

Whatever card you get, get one with decent cooling & not the reference s***

 

[SnW]

You might want to look at the GTX470 first...

as it gets more PPD and so far i have them as cheap as some of the GTX460's..

But i agree with Steve

 

[Blackwhite]

I got 2x460 SC 768 MB and they are clocking to 850 MHz at the stock voltage.

The only problem is that is some games like Metro you need more RAM on the card, especially on high res, so IMO it is worth it to buy card with more Memory - or maybe you should wait for GTX560 mate - they r coming soon.

 

[AMDFTW]

MSI hawk 'talon attack'

asus direct cu

giga super OC

they are all around the same price for the 1gb versions.

 

[equk]

what about a gigabyte 1024mb 460 for £140inc postage?

Gigabyte GV N460OC-1GI

Core Clock - 715 MHz (675MHz standard)

Shader Clock - 1430 MHz (1350MHz standard)

Memory Clock - 3600 MHz

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/232853

Just overclock it?

I thought the 768mb cards were only 192-bit mem?

 

[SnW]

I thought the 768mb cards were only 192-bit mem?

That's correct sir