How far apart in performance are the GTX 260 192-core and 216 core?

[LW07]

Is there like a huge performance difference between the two? Will the GTX 216-core version last longer in playing games than the 192-core version?

 

[TC91]

probably not, the difference should be in the neighbourhood of 5-15% depending on the game

 

[conlan]

Generally < 10% difference, not worth it IMHO

Your CPU is bottlenecking your 260/192 as it is, so you'll notice even less of a difference.

 

[LW07]

So in more CPU-demanding games, could i mitigate the bottleneck by increasing the AA and AF?

 

[ashishmishra]

The only card worth upgrading to are in the following order GTX-285 (if you get a really good deal ~$300) < 4870X2 < GTX-295

 

[Tempered81]

In Crysis the core216 is about 6~7% faster than the GTX260 per the Anandtech review:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3408&p=4

 

[ashishmishra]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
In Crysis the core216 is about 6~7% faster than the GTX260 per the Anandtech review:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3408&p=4

I agree, but it depends on the price one is paying to swap the cards. Personally when I'm swapping cards I expect a bit more performance to warrant all the trouble of reselling your old card etc.

 

[LW07]

so i guess just stick with the GTX 260?

 

[nosfe]

6-7% faster sounds almost good, until you realize that that's under 5fps difference between them

 

[AmdInside]

I'd suggest sticking with your current graphics card. Unless you have a 30" monitor, I think most games would run fine on your system. Given less and less games are coming out on PC compared to consoles, I am not sure it is worth it to upgrade at this time. Wait for the spring or fall refreshes before upgrading.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

There's no reason to do this proposed upgrade.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: LW07
so i guess just stick with the GTX 260?

as conlan previously mentioned your cpu is already mismatched with your 192sp gtx260. you would get zero improvement in minimum framerates by going with anything faster.

 

[njdevilsfan87]

Originally posted by: nosfe
6-7% faster sounds almost good, until you realize that that's under 5fps difference between them

Except every frame you can get in Crysis is important.

 

[toyota]

Originally posted by: njdevilsfan87

Originally posted by: nosfe
6-7% faster sounds almost good, until you realize that that's under 5fps difference between them

Except every frame you can get in Crysis is important.

and the OP with his cpu would not get anymore anyway.

 

[BFG10K]

It's generally about 5%-10%.

 

[legcramp]

http://hardocp.com/article.htm...w1LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

Not worth it, and your processor is wayyyyyyyy slower than the one in the review.

 

[NoSoup4You]

Upgrading the gpu would be a brain-dead move. That AMD X2 is severely handicapping your current card. I just jumped from an X2 4400+ with a GTX260 192 core up to an e8400 @3.6Ghz and the same vid card. The difference is monumental.

An e5200 for $70, an $80 overclocking motherboard, and $35 for 4 gig's of RAM is all you need to start getting the most out of that GTX260.

 

[F1shF4t]

Your cpu is bottlenecking your current card. Back in the day when I had an X2 and a 8800gtx switching to a q6600 made a massive difference, for a much faster card as GTX-260 the difference will be even bigger.

Basically 260/216 > 4870 1gig > 260/192 > 4870 512
For most of the time where 512mg video memory is sufficient on average all these cards are within 5-10% of each other. When the 260/192 will be too slow for something the 260/216 will be in the same boat.

 

[alcoholbob]

Originally posted by: njdevilsfan87

Originally posted by: nosfe
6-7% faster sounds almost good, until you realize that that's under 5fps difference between them

Except every frame you can get in Crysis is important.

You'd need SLI/dual-card/Xfire for starters on the GPU side so this doesn't do much.

 

[nemesismk2]

Only a 10% difference, maybe a bit more with some games but usually 10%.

 

[LW07]

Originally posted by: NoSoup4You
Upgrading the gpu would be a brain-dead move. That AMD X2 is severely handicapping your current card. I just jumped from an X2 4400+ with a GTX260 192 core up to an e8400 @3.6Ghz and the same vid card. The difference is monumental.

An e5200 for $70, an $80 overclocking motherboard, and $35 for 4 gig's of RAM is all you need to start getting the most out of that GTX260.

Yeah, I do need to upgrade my X2.

I'll probably get something like a Phenom II X3 710 since its the cheapest reasonably fast triple core($125 ?) out there.