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So I recently upgraded cos my socket 1366 played whit thunder. I got said pc fixed and now my friend who is between jobs atm is using it. Problem is he is running my old gtx260. Now I'm selling some of my old 1tb wd hdd cos the new system only supports 6 sata connections and will use the moneys I get from the hdd's to buy a second hand GPU. Now for the real question/post. Will a 960 i7 whit a GTX460 Be able to run all the latest games on full or decent settings ?
 
What resolution do you game at? 1920x1080 the 460 will not run most games at max, medium should be doable though
What budget are you expecting to have for the GPU?
 
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Archer said:
What resolution do you game at? 1920x1080 the 460 will not run most games at max.
What budget are you expecting to have for the GPU?
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My budget will be what ever I get for 2 x 1tb WD BLACK driver and 1 x 500gig seagate drive
 
I was able to play BF3 at 2560x1600 with a single GTX460 1GB and an i7 940 @ 3.8GHz, but the framerate wasn't that great.

Now that I'm running 2x GTX460's, my framerate in BF3 is 60+ at that resolution and on a fairly high detail level too.

With a single GTX460, you might have to reduce the resolution to like 1680x1050 or less.
 
If you work on the R1 a gig principal my budget is R2500 but the 1tb's are around 2 years old and the 500gig around 3
 
I've got a GTX460 EVGA OC and a 2500k and I can run everything at max @1920x1080, excluding BF3. The card is still pretty fast.
 
froot said:
It's not a today improvement, but it is a significant improvement. I would however rather opt for a 560ti or so.
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I got a 560ti as this is for my friend and my upgrade drained my budget a lower end card will have to do
 
Yes, you can. You just can't SLI them.

Graphics: 460
Physx: 460/9600GT/CPU.
 
Also they have this term on carbonite, CUD (Compulsive Upgrade Disorder).
Think I have caught it....
 
Esea said:
how does this improve performance from lets say just the 460 alone ?
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It doesn't improve performance, it adds Physx capability. Unless you try to run physx off your primary card which will take a serious hit. But in games like MafiaII, Batman:AA/DK Physx adds quite a lot to the experience.
 
So it takes strain of your CPU and just does calculations to enhance the game it does nothing at all graphics whise
 
Esea said:
So it takes strain of your CPU and just does calculations to enhance the game it does nothing at all graphics whise
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No. Physx is a physics generation platform that devs can add into games to create physically realistic environmental interactions. It creates graphical effects like whirling smoke, rippling cloth, particles, destructible terrain and so forth, where normally it would appear static. Your CPU can't do any Physx processing, it's purely a GPU activity - mainly because it's proprietary to Nvidia so it's a selling point for them.
 
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