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Gaming at 1920x1200, worth upgrading from a GTX 260?

BrunoPuntzJones

BrunoPuntzJones

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I do get some slowdowns in some games, but I'm getting old and a high fps ain't as important as it used to be. Though it'd be nice to run Clear Sky with more settings turned on.

I'm running an EVGA GTX 260 right now (896-P3-1260-AR model). Think it's a 192 version.

Didn't know if there was anything worth upgrading to. I'm not interested in dropping more than $225 or so on a card. So nothing crazy.

Or am I doing pretty well and should just put up with the slow downs? I've been out of the GPU loop since 2008 so not sure all what is out there.

Edit: Oh yeah, I'm running Windows 7 and a Core 2 Duo at 3Ghz with 3 gigglebytes of ram.
 
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BrunoPuntzJones said:
Didn't know if there was anything worth upgrading to. I'm not interested in dropping more than $225 or so on a card. So nothing crazy.
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Ya there is no upgrade at <$280 from your card, not unless you sell it. The slowest card worth upgrading from GTX260 is 5850 (overclocked). GTX260 is still pretty decent. I would either wait for price drops, or even try to hold out until Sandy Bridge in Q1/Q2 2011. Your Core 2 Duo will eventually become a bottleneck (but not yet). I think by summer time, we should see ATI's refresh and possibly price drops on 5870s.

In the immediate time, I can only recommend selling GTX260 for $100-110 as happy medium suggested and buying a 5850. I can't recommend GTX470 which is $70 more expensive for 7&#37; faster performance.
 
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