Jock Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 So i've got myself both these cards due to some technical issues although one is in the post so havent got it yet. I'm just wondering which should be used for 3Dmax over the other. I know that the benchmarks suggest the 5870 beats the 460 in most areas but i just wondered if there was some kind of quirkyness that would result in using the other one, like one has drivers that work loads better with max or something. I dont know enough about computers/hardware to know which should be best. Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJLynn Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Both those GPUs have had driver issues that are now resolved (dl the latest drivers from the web). The 5870 is going to beat the 460 in anything that's not nVidia specific. Like, if you have something that uses CUDA, you need to use the Geforce. The Geforce is also the newer card and probably uses less power (I haven't looked for a direct comparison between the two). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 Thats great, thanks for the help. I'll probably stick the 5870 in and use that as i dont think power should be an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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