Nvidia 500-series vs 295GTX

[Chaotic42]

I have a friend who wanted me to post a question for you all. I haven't been keeping up with graphics, so I have no answer for him. I'll just post it verbatim:

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I need to know if I will see frame rate gains with any of the new 500 series Nvidia cards above what I am getting with the 295GTX. I know I will get Technology benefits IE DX11 and Tessellation and what not but that doesn't seem that important to me(let me know if I'm wrong on that front too, remember I have VISTA) . From looking at the Nvidia tech spec for the new cards most of them have like HALF the bandwidth and texture fill rate as my GTX295 which makes sense considering my card is technically an SLI card but doesn't seem to make sense to me considering the cards are 3 generations better. The new cards however do have higher clock speeds. So basically I need to know if it's worth it to get the new technology or am I going to be stuck with a lower frame rate. Remember I run all my games at 2560x1600.
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I've been looking at the 6990 review charts and the 580 seems to be about 25-50% faster than the 295 at 2560x1600. It's not as great of a performance increase as I would have thought, but it's still pretty nice. I appreciate any insight anyone can give him.

 

[Arkadrel]

here is a 295GTX running crysis @ 2560x1600, no AA, no AF, Directx10:

(turn on 4xAA and it does 2.80 FPS at 2560x1600)
Without it seems to be doing around 22 FPS



Here is a 6990: at 2560x1600:

So the differnce is youd go from like 20 fps (295gtx) -> 60 fps (6990), in this game at the same resoultion settings.

***NOTE this is with the "stock" settings of the 6990, it has a "A-U-S-U-M" button you push, and it overclocks to run about same as 2x6970s do (scoreing around the 64 fps mark).

I need to know if I will see frame rate gains with any of the new 500 series Nvidia cards above what I am getting with the 295GTX.

295GTX = ~20 fps
580 = ~35 fps
6990 = ~60 fps


if we go by the list, and crysis numbers, anything around 560 Ti will be same/faster than your 295.
*note the Tomshardware bench, probably used a slower cpu than list above, but it probably wont make huge differnces.

 

[Soccerman06]

Ill put it in another way, a 295 ~= 480 ~= 570.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

A GTX 295 performs in between the GTX 470 and GTX 480. Sometimes better with good scaling, but if you run into the VRAM limit then it will be crap. So basically anything above a GTX 560 should provide equal or better performance.

 

[FalseChristian]

You've got a pretty powerful card there. If you want to see any good improvement you're gonna need 2 GTX 560 Ti in SLI at least

 

[Arkadrel]

You've got a pretty powerful card there. If you want to see any good improvement you're gonna need 2 GTX 560 Ti in SLI at least

Did you look at benchmark charts above?
1 single 560 TI is as fast as his 295gtx is (@2560x1600 in crysis)

why would he need 2 then?

560<5870<6950<480<570<6970<580

are all single card solutions, that are equal/faster to/than his 295gtx (in crysis @2560x1600)

So basically I need to know if it's worth it to get the new technology or am I going to be stuck with a lower frame rate.

You can find single cards faster than your 295gtx, but that isnt why you should upg.
You should do it for directx11... a game like Battlefields 3, wont support directx9 (so it wont be able to play on your 295).

 

[Wag]

You should do it for directx11... a game like Battlefields 3, wont support directx9 (so it wont be able to play on your 295).

The 295 is a DX10 card.

 

[1h4x4s3x]

Crysis != Crysis Warhead