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Old October 19, 2010, 01:44 PM
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I currently have 2 stock GTX285s. I've been doing a bunch of research, but my question comes down to you here. I game at 1080p resolution on a 40' TV. Mostly BC2.

For the money, are 2 1GB GTX460s a good plan? They have DX11, lower heat, power and noise and come in at around $400ish.

Does anyone have any other recommendations?
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Old October 19, 2010, 02:05 PM
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I think that's a valid upgrade path, if you want to stay with SLI'd nVidia cards. I'd be tempted to wait until AMD's new 6xxx cards are revealed late this week though, and see what pricing is like.
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Old October 19, 2010, 05:43 PM
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well you'll be getting gtx480 performance with less heat/power draw so yeah go for it. but in a dew weeks when prices drop further down ;)
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460's or 5870 or wait few week for the AMD 6XXX.
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I went with the sli'd 460s. OMG. Such performance for the price...! I think they'll tide me over for a while at any rate! Thanks for your input guys.
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