GPU Upgrade, Need Advice

DaDevil90 · *Last edited by DaDevil90; 05-24-2012 at 09:47.*

Hi, i think it's time i upgraded my GPU from the current GTX460 to something newer do you have any sugestions for mid-range card, will a GTX560 be a good performance boost or a 570 or something else ?

EDIT: I forgot to mention i'm gaming on a 40" TV 1080p

lucidus · 05-24-2012, 11:09 | posts: 3,248 | Location: UAE

The GTX 560 is the same as the 460 1gb. Anything less than the 570 or 560ti 448 is not worth it, really. If you were to buy now I'd say 570.

Wormwood · 05-24-2012, 12:34 | posts: 1,238 | Location: Ground

The gtx 560 is better at everything than the gtx 460 while the Ti version furthers the performance gap, but as lucidus said its not worth it, get atleast a 570 if you want to make it worth it.

Agent-A01 · 05-24-2012, 15:50 | posts: 5,634 | Location: USA

Wait for a 660/670 before upgrading

Icanium · 05-24-2012, 17:30 | posts: 858 | Location: Detroit,MI.USA

I agree with Agent AO1, but if you must upgrade today, upgrade to at the least a 560Ti 448.

Xtreme1979 · 05-24-2012, 18:03 | posts: 1,227 | Location: Bay City, MI

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Originally Posted by Icanium

if you must upgrade today, upgrade to at the least a 560Ti 448.

Ditto

Mohsin hadi · 05-25-2012, 11:29 | posts: 9 | Location: Sadiqabad,Pakistan

I upgraded from Gtx460 to Gtx560ti 448 cores and felling huge difference...Go for 560ti 448 cores or 570.

DaDevil90 · 06-05-2012, 20:12 | posts: 5 | Location: Bulgaria

Thanks for the advice i ended up ordering a Palit GTX670 further on i plan to upgrade the mobo and CPU but will there be a huge bottleneck with my current set up and 670 ?

Ji1986 · 06-06-2012, 00:57 | posts: 821 | Location: Australia

you will see a significant bottleneck. you wont regret the buy though. If you do get a chance do upgrade MB and CPU you will see a all round performance increase. get your self an Ivybridge, there really not that expensive considering the power behind them

Loophole35 · *Last edited by Loophole35; 06-06-2012 at 01:46.*

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Originally Posted by Ji1986

you will see a significant bottleneck. you wont regret the buy though. If you do get a chance do upgrade MB and CPU you will see a all round performance increase. get your self an Ivybridge, there really not that expensive considering the power behind them

What he said But right now you may get a good deal on a sandybridge and z68 MB with vendors trying to get rid of stock I saw the 2600k fro $275 at compUSA the other day and good z68 boards ar in the $150 range. Plus iirc the IB have heat issues.

edit: BTW just noticed you have a 955 BE PII x4 that may overclock to 3.8~4.0 if so you may not have too much of a bottleneck if you don't have an after market cpu cooler this one works really well on AM3 cpu's http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835103099 with that you should be able to get a good overclock and might hold off doing a complete upgrade.

msc64 · *Last edited by msc64; 06-06-2012 at 15:42.*

If you are considering a 570, why not look @ the 670? Less power requirements, but more graphic power. The Gigabyte card I have is running only 5% shy of a 680's stock benchmarks with the factory OC. I can only imagine what this card is capable of when I get brave enough to start messing around with it! I realize that the 670 is $100 more than the 570's, but it's still $100 cheaper than a 680!

(Edit) Whoops didn't see your Palit order post!!

Congrats!!!