Nvidia 760 from 560ti worth it?

[It's Not Lupus]

Would an upgrade from the 560ti to the 760 be worth it for today's games?

Also, how long do you think a i5 2500K (at 4.4 GHz) will last for future games? (I'm thinking a long, long time)

And how long can I keep my PCIE 2.0 motherboard before it's obsolete?

 

[toyota]

resolution? have you not looked at the the tons of reviews? at 1080, a 760 is about 75% faster than 560ti at 1080. and surely you know that your gpu is not cutting it for some games without reducing many settings.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

Probably worth it... with caveats.

You would get close to double the performance in many scenarios. But the problem is that with everything else coming down in price recently, the 760 doesn't seem like such a great value at $250. I've seen 670s on clearance recently for $220 or less, and of course you can get a faster AMD card for around $200.

 

[Teizo]

Yes, a 760 will do you well. I enjoy mine...but keep in mind that a 280X will be even better if $310 is not too far out of your price range if you don't mind going with an AMD card.

 

[raghu78]

OP GTX 760 is not a good value right now. get the R9 280X or GTX 770. both these cards are 25% faster than GTX 760 for a USD 50 - 80 price increase. :thumbsup:

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/amd-radeon-r7-260x-r9-270x-und-280x-im-test/6/

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...s/63522-amd-radeon-r9-280x-3gb-review-13.html

the asus r9 280x dcii top is the best reviewed and quietest r9 280x. very high demand. put on autonotify and grab it when its back in stock

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121803

for gtx 770 get a MSI GTX 770 gaming for USD 315 (promo code till 11/11)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127741

I would recommend the ASUS R9 280X as 2GB is just not enough for next gen games even at 1080p.

 

[Zanovar]

resolution? have you not looked at the the tons of reviews? at 1080, a 760 is about 75% faster than 560ti at 1080. and surely you know that your gpu is not cutting it for some games without reducing many settings.

nvm

 

[It's Not Lupus]

... and of course you can get a faster AMD card for around $200.

which card is that?

OP GTX 760 is not a good value right now. get the R9 280X or GTX 770. both these cards are 25% faster than GTX 760 for a USD 50 - 80 price increase. :thumbsup:

http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2013/amd-radeon-r7-260x-r9-270x-und-280x-im-test/6/

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...s/63522-amd-radeon-r9-280x-3gb-review-13.html

the asus r9 280x dcii top is the best reviewed and quietest r9 280x. very high demand. put on autonotify and grab it when its back in stock

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121803

for gtx 770 get a MSI GTX 770 gaming for USD 315 (promo code till 11/11)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814127741

I would recommend the ASUS R9 280X as 2GB is just not enough for next gen games even at 1080p.

Thanks. I'd consider it.

edit: Think I'll get the R9 280X.

 

[nenforcer]

And how long can I keep my PCIE 2.0 motherboard before it's obsolete?

PCI-E 2.0 x16 = PCI-E 3.0 x8

Your only losing a few percentage points, if that, from your current PCI-E 2.0 interface.

I'd say you won't feel obsolete until a year from now, fall 2014, when the DDR4 motherboards on the X99 chipset start to come out. I'm sure DDR4 memory prices will be sky high, though.

If you have a supporting motherboard you could upgrade your chip to an Ivy Bridge or Haswell to get PCI-E 3.0 but otherwise you can get by with what you have just fine.

 

[It's Not Lupus]

the asus r9 280x dcii top is the best reviewed and quietest r9 280x. very high demand. put on autonotify and grab it when its back in stock

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121803

seems like some users are experiencing some artifacting issues.

 

[raghu78]

seems like some users are experiencing some artifacting issues.

the asus dcii top card has 80% of 5 star reviews. so its a very high quality product. few bad cards are going to be there in any product and with any brand. no product has a 0% failure rate. do you want to see how well reviewed and quiet the asus dcii top r9 280x is

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-third-party-round-up,3655-6.html

http://anandtech.com/show/7400/the-radeon-r9-280x-review-feat-asus-xfx/20
http://techreport.com/review/25466/amd-radeon-r9-280x-and-270x-graphics-cards
http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphi...-MSI-and-Sapphire/Power-Temperature-and-Noise
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013...rectcu_ii_top_video_card_review/#.UoenvCf098E
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/61013-asus-radeon-r9-280x-directcu-ii-top/
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/R9_280X_Direct_Cu_II_TOP/31.html
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_radeon_r9_280x_top_review,10.html

 

[el etro]

75% more performance. Is Like going from 6950 to hd 7950 boost. But i advise you pick a Powercolor7950Boost or a DirectCU2TOP280X for value questions. You can pick up a custom 770 if you like Nvidia($70(25%) diference for close to 25% more performance!)

 

[selni]

It's a solid upgrade, but like others have said the R-280X and 770 GTX are pretty close pricewise now and much faster cards again. If you can find a 7950 boost on clearance it's about the same price/possibly cheaper and is a really, really good deal.

Still, if you don't want to spend the extra money don't, it's not *that* much of a difference and it's usually a bad idea to try to buy higher end to "futureproof" graphics cards - performance moves too quickly for that.

A 2500K is fine for the foreseeable future, particularly overclocked. PCI-E v2 vs v3 makes no measurable difference for these cards.