Time for a 460 1GB maybe?

[gorcorps]

You sure somethings not messed up with your setup? I have a 6970 which is about the same performance as your GTX 570 and it plays pretty smoothly (~45-50 FPS usually).

Never had a problem with anything else. What resolution are you playing at? Are you lowering anything else?

edit: guess it got better when I lowered AA
still, I don't see much difference between DX10 and 11 here so I usually just go with 10.

 

[Davidh373]

MPE acceleration is awesome, so if video editing took up any significant chunk of my time, I'd be going with the GTX 460.

Well, I'm planning to upgrade soon to CS5.5, but I'm still on CS4 now which doesn't make use of CUDA, and I also have the 470 downstairs in the machine I use for most of my work. So it's pretty much between the 6850 and 460 on performance in games and power consumption.

 

[fffblackmage]

As far as I can see, the Zotac GTX 460 1GB is still at least $20 cheaper than the cheapest 6850 on newegg (including MIRs). You might be burning 60W more, but at least you still get CUDA?

 

[mfenn]

Well, I'm planning to upgrade soon to CS5.5, but I'm still on CS4 now which doesn't make use of CUDA, and I also have the 470 downstairs in the machine I use for most of my work. So it's pretty much between the 6850 and 460 on performance in games and power consumption.

The 6850 is $20 more expensive, but has a 30W lower TDP and 0-20% faster depending on the game. If it were me that's what I would go for, CUDA notwithstanding.

 

[Davidh373]

The 6850 is $20 more expensive, but has a 30W lower TDP and 0-20% faster depending on the game. If it were me that's what I would go for, CUDA notwithstanding.

Then I am ordering that now

 

[Davidh373]

Ordered! Can't wait to see the performance boost!

 

[mfenn]

Ordered! Can't wait to see the performance boost!

I'm sure you will like it!

 

[Davidh373]

Came in the mail today! Installing it later tonight after class gets out.

 

[Davidh373]

Well, it certainly works. I dunno yet if it's going to be cooler in my room because I haven't had it at load for very long. It'll also hard to make a good test since I also got a bigger ceiling fan in here.

As for performance, I've tried AVP maxed out and it ran smooth (with a few chugs at the beginning), and GTAIV with the reflection res., and the shadow quality on High as opposed to very high with viewscale and detail distance cranked and it looks brilliant. Crysis runs like a knife through butter. I am happy!

 

[sigmanova]

congrats David! now time to change that gaming build in your sig to state the upgraded GPU

my MSi GTX 460 1gb is still chugging along strong.

 

[Davidh373]

my MSi GTX 460 1gb is still chugging along strong.

Yeah, I'm hoping when I get around to my monitor upgrade it still handles 1080p decent in newer games. I'm not expecting wonders of course

 

[mfenn]

Well, it certainly works. I dunno yet if it's going to be cooler in my room because I haven't had it at load for very long. It'll also hard to make a good test since I also got a bigger ceiling fan in here.

As for performance, I've tried AVP maxed out and it ran smooth (with a few chugs at the beginning), and GTAIV with the reflection res., and the shadow quality on High as opposed to very high with viewscale and detail distance cranked and it looks brilliant. Crysis runs like a knife through butter. I am happy!

Sounds good! Glad you like it.