EVGA GeForce GTX 465 1GB SC or GTX480 1.5GB SC

[FrozenShadow]

I got a new video card, the EVGA GeForce GTX 465 1GB SC (Superclocked).

Since my uncle owns the shop, he said I could return it, and he'll just take it, because he gave me two options, keep the one I have, or give it to him, and take the EVGA GeForce GTX480 Superclocked 1536 MB DDR5.

Well, I'll have to pay a little extra for the second one, but will the EVGA 465 be enough to handle Starcraft 2 on all graphics maxed?

Price isn't a problem, I just want my graphics maxed. Thanks!

 

[Icyculyr]

Go for the GTX 480 if you can handle the heat and energy draw, the GTX 465 should do fine, but the 480 is better.

 

[codemonkey]

Personally I would get a GTX 460 1GB as it outperforms the GTX 465 most of the time yet uses less power. The GTX 460 1GB would be able to easily handle SC2 maxed on a resolution of 1920x1200 or lower. The 480 would be better than them both but it would also drastically increase your power bill.

 

[Slapshot136]

also make sure your CPU is fast enough to run sc2 at high settings, sc2 is pretty cpu-intensive as well

and from this, the 460 can run sc2 at ultra and 4x AA and 1920 x 1080 with 19 minimum FPS, the 465 is a similar speed only with higher power usage, and a SC edition would be slightly faster

 

[FrozenShadow]

Well, I'm pretty sure the new CPU I'm going to buy to replace my old i7 800-something will be enough, the i7 980X, they said it's pretty fast, and it's new?

 

[Ghan]

> replace my old i7 800-something will be enough, the i7 980X

Those two don't even use the same socket. The 8xx CPUs use an 1156 socket while the 9xx CPUs use a 1366 socket. So unless you're planning on buying a new motherboard....
In either case, if you already have an 8xx CPU, there is no reason to "upgrade." That's already top-of-the-line stuff. What do you need to upgrade for at that point?

 

[FrozenShadow]

Oh, yeah, I should have said replace the whole thing, anyway, thanks for all your advice, too late to back out now, XD, cause I have to give my other computer to my brother.

So I should not have ordered that new CPU? Oh well, at least I won't have to replace it anytime soon.

 

[Ghan]

> So I should not have ordered that new CPU?

Well, if you're buying the motherboard and RAM to go with it....
Personally I think that the 980X is a MASSIVE waste of money considering that for one third the price you can get a 930 which is the same architecture (though somewhat less power efficient) and clock-for-clock delivers much of the same performance. Especially considering that in terms of per-core speed, nothing that AMD has can wholly defeat the Core i5 750 - and this is a 9xx series chip.