The $210 Video Card Showdown

jmke · 3rd August 2010, 18:11

It's big business, the $210 video card market; it's where most companies see a lot of sales. While in the past it used to be the company that held the performance crown for fastest video card who would dominate this market, it seems that while NVIDIA may be struggling with its higher end models their mid range cards are the ones to be buying.

Today we're looking at two cards: Sapphires HD 5830 1GB and MSIs GTX 460 768MB Cyclone. Both are $210 at Newegg at the moment but the question remains: which one deserves your money?

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/34...own/index.html

jmke · 3rd August 2010, 18:12

$210 for 768Mb 460 is too much
since price of 1Gb version is <$220...

4th August 2010, 07:03

Both cards today are $199. I used to be an Nvidia fanboy but they lost me to poor image quality in both 3D and 2D applications. Good luck Nvidia.

Stefan Mileschin · 4th August 2010, 08:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avenger

Both cards today are $199. I used to be an Nvidia fanboy but they lost me to poor image quality in both 3D and 2D applications. Good luck Nvidia.

I knew this problem was a thing of the past. Is it still there?

jmke · 4th August 2010, 11:15

Anisotropic Filtering of ATI cards was a step ahead of NVIDIA before, but the latest cards from both camps deliver pretty much equal IQ

Stefan Mileschin · 4th August 2010, 13:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmke

Anisotropic Filtering of ATI cards was a step ahead of NVIDIA before, but the latest cards from both camps deliver pretty much equal IQ

This is what I thought exactly.

5th August 2010, 06:31

I believe that both MFG's are now on par with image quality. IMO that article just seemed slanted toward Nvidia giving them to much credit.

3rd August 2010, 18:11	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,002	The $210 Video Card Showdown It's big business, the $210 video card market; it's where most companies see a lot of sales. While in the past it used to be the company that held the performance crown for fastest video card who would dominate this market, it seems that while NVIDIA may be struggling with its higher end models their mid range cards are the ones to be buying. Today we're looking at two cards: Sapphires HD 5830 1GB and MSIs GTX 460 768MB Cyclone. Both are $210 at Newegg at the moment but the question remains: which one deserves your money? http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/34...own/index.html __________________

3rd August 2010, 18:12	#2
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,002	$210 for 768Mb 460 is too much since price of 1Gb version is <$220... __________________

4th August 2010, 11:15	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,002	Anisotropic Filtering of ATI cards was a step ahead of NVIDIA before, but the latest cards from both camps deliver pretty much equal IQ __________________

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4th August 2010, 07:03	#3
Avenger Posts: n/a	Both cards today are $199. I used to be an Nvidia fanboy but they lost me to poor image quality in both 3D and 2D applications. Good luck Nvidia.

5th August 2010, 06:31	#7
Avenger Posts: n/a	I believe that both MFG's are now on par with image quality. IMO that article just seemed slanted toward Nvidia giving them to much credit.