GPU For 10k! · DIGIT-ARC

Please suggest a GPU for 10k max, from both camps.
From AMD camp I think 5770 takes the cake for VFM, how much is a 6850 now-a-days?
From nVidia, have GTX460 1GBs fallen to 10k yet?

This is a bit urgent, my friends 8800GT crapped out again, this time he's gonna upgrade.

System Specs:
Q6600, Asus P5KPL-AM/PS, 4GB Zion RAM(CL5), Cooler Master Extreme Power SMPS 600w(and he will not upgrade it).

MSI 6850 1GB @10k considering he changes his PSU.

Else, I know not.

Go for Sapphire 6850 @ 10k

GTX 460 is still @ 13k

anupam_pb said:
Go for Sapphire 6850 @ 10k

GTX 460 is still @ 13k

Damn, one question though, how much for the GTX460 768MB and is it faster or comparable to 6850?

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Gaurav Bhattacharjee said:
MSI 6850 1GB @10k considering he changes his PSU.

Else, I know not.

He will keep this psu, so you can fire away anything you want, let him handle this issue, I've warned him 100 if not 1000 time about this.

6850 is the best bet

+1 for Sapphire HD6850. its around 9.5k now.

does he want another messed up GPU? tell him to get a 5670 if he wants to keep that PSU

6850 is better than gtx460 768mb and even gtx460 1gb

I have seen a cm extreme 600 handle a gtx 285 working perfectly for more than 2 years. So it can handle a 6850 easily if we take this fact in the equation.

At 10k, nothing beats radeon 6850. Get the cheapest version and sapphire card is very much rightly priced.

Yep, 6850 is the option to go for. But I guess within 2-3 weeks GTS 550 will pop up.

^^ Yes and if priced right along with performance, then it will be one heck of a deal.

GTS 550 will be released in 2 - 3 weeks? Sigh, I did not even get my GTX 560 Ti yet, and it is going to become inferior already.........

^^ Why will gtx 560 be inferior? Its superior than yet to be released gts 550.

Tkin, even my suggestion is a Radeon HD 6850. The reasons are

It has very high over clocking potential. When in the hand of an advanced user, it can touch the HD 6870's base performance and I think u are an advance user.
At stock speed it performs slightly better than the GTX 460 1 GB model
It has better Tessellation performance compared to the older HD 5XXX series card.
The price 9.5 is a really sweet.
Even GTS 550 is coming, don't expect some miraculas performance for it. There were lot of speculation about GTX 560 also but as we all know it is just maximum 10% better performer than an older HD 6870.
Last but not the least, the support for Bluray 3D and 3D gaming.

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Dude, GTX460 Cyclone 1GB is only 10.7k at SMC!

^^ Cyclone is factory overclocked right? Looks like a good deal.

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i would rather blow the 10k on a efficient hammer and eradicate that power supply.
a big no no.

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vickybat said:
^^ Cyclone is factory overclocked right? Looks like a good deal.

Yep! It was 13k few months back! So @ 10.7k, total VFM now! I'm ordering one tomorrow!

Tough choice, its either the 6850 or the GTX460 1GB Cyclone, the 6850 looks right due to its lower power consumption(after all cm 600 is utter cr@p), on the other hand I've heard wonderful things about the clocking potential of cyclone.

just go for 6850
coz ur buddy is using ultra PSU
we dont want cyclone to ruin his system

@tkin

Can it challenge a 6870 when overclocked? I think it can. What say buddy?

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Piyush said:
just go for 6850
coz ur buddy is using ultra PSU
we dont want cyclone to ruin his system

If gtx 460 can ruin his system, so can 6850. They have a power difference of 30 watt or so at full stress i guess.

Nah, even oc'ed a 6850 is not as fast as 6870, and don't forget the 6870 can be oc'ed too.

get a 6850. msi and sapphire are using good coolers.

lordirecto said:
GTS 550 will be released in 2 - 3 weeks? Sigh, I did not even get my GTX 560 Ti yet, and it is going to become inferior already.........

Well it's available online more than a week now, you can't say anything depend on the local shops, they sucks.

tkin said:
Nah, even oc'ed a 6850 is not as fast as 6870, and don't forget the 6870 can be oc'ed too.

Yah the extra simd's really do a world of good to 6870. Amd has spaced its products properly.

So it is almost par with a 6850 right? I saw some guru 3d reviews and came with this conclusion.

vickybat said:
Yah the extra simd's really do a world of good to 6870. Amd has spaced its products properly.

So it is almost par with a 6850 right? I saw some guru 3d reviews and came with this conclusion.

I think you mean 6850 is almost as fast as 5850, a oc'ed 6850 matches 5850 performance(~95%).

^^ no no i was talking about msi gtx 460 cyclone. it reaches the performance of 6850 out of the box imo.

vickybat said:
^^ no no i was talking about msi gtx 460 cyclone. it reaches the performance of 6850 out of the box imo.

Ah yes, it does, its really up to which camp you prefer. The 6850 is a good card, being used by a lot of people, its not a experimental architecture like 69xx, so its safe to go for.

^^ exactly. vliw5 has its advantages and i guess gpu's with this architecture responds to clock increments more than vliw4 used in the caymans.

vickybat said:
^^ exactly. vliw5 has its advantages and i guess gpu's with this architecture responds to clock increments more than vliw4 used in the caymans.

Actually VLIW4 is abrand new architecture, all of ATIs optimization is related to the VLIW4 architecture(for all the old games), for new games ATI are optimizing for 69xx but in many older games VLIW5 will shine through, and if proved not efficient enough ATI may later switch to VLIW5 again leaving 69xx users in dismay(read this in some review, can't remember), better to stick to proven formula.

^^ Interesting piece of info. Thanks buddy. I guess 69xx series buyers should know this before making a purchase.

All those indulging in the exaagerated bashing of the CM X600 , how can you be so sure the PSU will blow up ??? If it was that obvious why is it still in the market ?? Is it the new fad , despising all CM PSUs ?? Agreed there has been a lot of unfotunate incidents , but out of how many to actually support immidieate replacement of it ?? People are speaking as if their house was blown up along with the CM PSU.

Its just that it might take a few components with it when it blows up. It can also damage other hardware without blowing up. (Talking about bad PSUs in general)
Although the reactions are rather over the top they are not wrong.

BTW Whats with your speedtest result? 43mbps FFS. :shock:

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mitraank bhai mera 8800 gts 320mb jalaane ke baad cm600 khud bhi jal gayi.

usse 6 months pehle the mobo i had faced a burnt vga controller and even the ram sticks were affected a lot.

so i have completely boycotted cm power supplies.

Tkin, go for Hd 6850 buddy. It is a hell of a overclocker also and it can beat an Oced GTX 460 with ease. It has better performance when Anti alising is on,

yup seen the tests too
AA becomes one more factor here

aby geek said:
mitraank bhai mera 8800 gts 320mb jalaane ke baad cm600 khud bhi jal gayi.

usse 6 months pehle the mobo i had faced a burnt vga controller and even the ram sticks were affected a lot.

so i have completely boycotted cm power supplies.

OOho

Sorry then , i probably would have made same comments if i had a burnt GPU

build quality of CM extreme power is not that good and its proven..why take risk with your delicate rig..better safe than sorry!!

Asus GTX 560 direct cu is 14 that wud be a good option , let him save another 4K its not urgent right? if its urgent only HD 6850 is the option .

He got a 6850(XFX), around 10k I think, so far so good, no blown psu or anything.

Thanks to all who posted.

Kolkata only Stocks XFX cards everywhere its hard to get other brands

Nice purchase by your friend tkin. Congrats to him.

mitraark said:
Kolkata only Stocks XFX cards everywhere its hard to get other brands

Its not like that, xfx has been pushing a lot into this market for a long time now, even a few years back I saw a XFX 9800GX2 in the shelf of eastern logica about just 3 days after international launch, persistence pays off.