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plunx · Feb 28, 2011, 07:43 PM

lemme just ask this.. if i was able to get a GTX 465 that might not bee able to be unlocked, but i could get it for ~$110, would the Galaxy 768MB GTX 460 still be a better buy for my system? i also only have a dual core processor (e6850@3.6GHz) and 4GB of RAM (running at 1551MHz) and i doubt i'll be upgrading anything else for the next five or six months at least. are the GTX 465s just really that bad in terms of performance when compared to the GTX 460? i'd like to think the full 1GB of VRAM and 256-bit memory bus of the GTX 465 would be a better performer, or is it just better to get the GTX 460 and overclock it at least a 900MHz core? how do the GTX 465s overclock, even if they can't be flashed to GTX 470s? like i said, imagine both the Galaxy 768MB GTX 460 and Zotac/Palit/EVGA GTX 465 for ~$110, would the GTX 460 still be better to get?

Feb 28, 2011, 07:43 PM	#14
plunx Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dallas,Tx. Posts: 33 (0.04/day) Thanks: 11 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	lemme just ask this.. if i was able to get a GTX 465 that might not bee able to be unlocked, but i could get it for ~$110, would the Galaxy 768MB GTX 460 still be a better buy for my system? i also only have a dual core processor (e6850@3.6GHz) and 4GB of RAM (running at 1551MHz) and i doubt i'll be upgrading anything else for the next five or six months at least. are the GTX 465s just really that bad in terms of performance when compared to the GTX 460? i'd like to think the full 1GB of VRAM and 256-bit memory bus of the GTX 465 would be a better performer, or is it just better to get the GTX 460 and overclock it at least a 900MHz core? how do the GTX 465s overclock, even if they can't be flashed to GTX 470s? like i said, imagine both the Galaxy 768MB GTX 460 and Zotac/Palit/EVGA GTX 465 for ~$110, would the GTX 460 still be better to get?