Going from a GTX295 to a GTX 650ti Boost SC... worth it?

[GRAFiZ]

Quick specs:

Q9650 @ 4ghz
8GB Patriot Ram
Gigabyte mobo
Dual 74gb Raptor HD's Raid 0
monitor res: 1920x1280

...the rest, who cares lol

I've been running a GTX295 for years, and well, even playing BF3 on pretty high settings and it's been smooth enough, but a little choppy at times... I'm wanting to play BF4 and COD Ghosts... at full res, but perhaps "high" settings, not "ultra high" or anything.

I don't have the budget for gaming I used to, and I have a chance to pick up a EVGA 650ti Boost SC edition for about a hundred bucks.

Question is, will I see any difference? Beyond the card being DX11.1 compatable... will my FPS experience be pretty much exactly the same?

Thanks!!!

 

[DigDog]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125451
$119 for a 7850. great little overclocker... you will probably get a better mileage out of it than a 650Ti

 

[Ieat]

Games where sli works well will give you similar performance with both cards. You didn't mention if its a 1gb or 2gb boost card. If its 2gb it might be worth the upgrade. I suspect you are bumping your head on the 900mb vram limit with the gtx 295 on some games.

 

[Ieat]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125451
$119 for a 7850. great little overclocker... you will probably get a better mileage out of it than a 650Ti

I wouldn't recommend anyone buy a 1gb card for over $100 these days.

 

[RaistlinZ]

I don't think a 650Ti Boost will give you full res, max settings for BF4, especially paired with that CPU.

If you can afford an extra $50.00 I'd look at a 2GB 7870 Ghz Ed.

 

[toyota]

a 650 ti boost is really no better than a gtx295.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Isn't BF4 DX11-only? Is the GTX295 DX11? (I never quite figured out the GTX200-series family.)

 

[GRAFiZ]

Thanks for the responses... yes, it is the 2gb model and also, the GTX295 is an older DX9 card. It's amazing to me however, how well it's held up, five years old now and still tears through pretty much everthing I can throw at it.

BUT... no DX11 support. Which is why I was thinking of the 650ti boost. I know the 650 ti boost is pretty close to a 660 in performance, which seems as should be near the 295 in horsepower, but just with DX11 capability.

Sort of a lateral move with new features?

Does this sound right to the "experts"?

 

[toyota]

yes it will be right on par with the 295. the 295 was DX10 though not just DX9.

 

[R0H1T]

Thanks for the responses... yes, it is the 2gb model and also, the GTX295 is an older DX9 card. It's amazing to me however, how well it's held up, five years old now and still tears through pretty much everthing I can throw at it.

BUT... no DX11 support. Which is why I was thinking of the 650ti boost. I know the 650 ti boost is pretty close to a 660 in performance, which seems as should be near the 295 in horsepower, but just with DX11 capability.

Sort of a lateral move with new features?

Does this sound right to the "experts"?

Like others have said, if you're willing to spend around ~150$ you have much better options at your disposal like these ~

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&PropertyCodeValue=679%3A396919%2C679%3A277254%2C679%3A277253%2C679%3A266449%2C683%3A37012%2C683%3A266450%2C683%3A49638&bop=And&CompareItemList=48|14-131-484^14-131-484-TS%2C14-150-641^14-150-641-TS%2C14-127-706^14-127-706-TS%2C14-202-025^14-202-025-TS%2C14-121-651^14-121-651-TS&percm=14-131-484%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-150-641%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-127-706%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-202-025%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-121-651%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24

The big highlight being DX11 of course but not much else.

 

[GRAFiZ]

yes it will be right on par with the 295. the 295 was DX10 though not just DX9.

Cool... it might be worth it for me then. The 295 really hasn't demonstrated any inability to allow me the gameplay experience I enjoy, but, it's a beast... takes a ton of electricity to run and pumps out a redonk amount of heat into my case.

If I'm able to get the same general FPS experience, using a single GPU card, at half the power and much less heat... WITH DX11. Then I think I might do this.

Thanks!

 

[GRAFiZ]

Like others have said, if you're willing to spend around ~150$ you have much better options at your disposal like these ~

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productcompare.aspx?Submit=Property&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&PropertyCodeValue=679%3A396919%2C679%3A277254%2C679%3A277253%2C679%3A266449%2C683%3A37012%2C683%3A266450%2C683%3A49638&bop=And&CompareItemList=48|14-131-484^14-131-484-TS%2C14-150-641^14-150-641-TS%2C14-127-706^14-127-706-TS%2C14-202-025^14-202-025-TS%2C14-121-651^14-121-651-TS&percm=14-131-484%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-150-641%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-127-706%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-202-025%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24%3B14-121-651%3A%24%24%24%24%24%24%24

The big highlight being DX11 of course but not much else.

No doubt, and as others have said... AMD most certainly offers better performance for nearly the same price as the 650ti boost. BUT, I'm an NVidia whore... I know, it's terrible, but I can't help myself. I've owned and used several AMD cards before, including not too long back a 4870x2... but, I just prefer the NVidia experience.

 

[WTSherman]

I switched from a GTX 275 to a 650ti boost a few months ago playing BF3. It wasn't much of an upgrade but was a little better. I play BF4 now with the 650ti boost and a Q9550 cpu without too many problems.