So I'm currently doing a build for a friend of mine, I know the 560 is coming out soon, but we have a budget of about £120-150 max. Just wanted to know what anyone thought of getting a previous generation 5870 or a new (at the moment) gtx 460 1gb version? He's going to be gaming at 1920 X 1080. Which would be faster? I'm guessing the 5870 is faster, but I'm not entirely sure, oh and he was going to buy a second hand 5870 as there going on fleabay for about £150 in case anyone is wondering. So any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advanced guys
I would definitely recommend the 5870 out of the two. There's currently quite a lot of different brands going for around £100 on eBay that are worth keeping an eye on
Wait a week and see if the 560 launch knocks some prices down a bit. The 5870 is the faster card by quite a way but never underestimate the value of a warranty!
thanks for the advice guys, probably going for a 5870 then, unless he'd rather have the 460, and thanks for the advice Yslen, but I think if we get a 5870, where going to try and get a xfx with there double lifetime warranty thing :]
Depends what you're playing, from my own experience GTX 460 is the way to go, EVGA 10 year warranty F.T.W
Yeah don't buy now, there's going to be a few GPU releases in the next week or two which will (hopefully) drive prices down a notch. If you had to buy now though, 5870.
Yeah another vote for the 5870. GTX560 looks like it'll offer GTX470 performance, just about on par with a 5870. A 5870 for less than £150 is a cracking deal. GTX460 prices have already started to creep down a little back to where they were pre Xmas so maybe we'll them come down even further but either way the 5870 will offer better performance at a similar price.