To GTX 570 users that upgraded...

[Fastx]

I don't think we'll see anything like that until Maxwell, which is probably early 2014 and is a big part of the reason I bought a Titan (the other being my annual bonus from work coming in this month and being bigger than I thought due to a promotion last year).

Due to lack of competition from AMD, I think nVidia is going to sit on Titan as their flagship and make incremental upgrades to the GTX 680 to hold them over until then. I would expect a GTX 680 equivalent to the 7970GE vs vanilla 7970 type product refresh this year, and something more substantial (Maxwell) in 2014.

I would bet on something more like this for the refresh. GPU clocked a bit higher, a few more CUDA cores, and more memory. Otherwise, nothing to get excited about. That's my prediction.

http://videocardz.com/nvidia/geforce-700/geforce-gtx-780

Golagatha check this thread out below on possible 700 series Kelper and 800 series Maxwell. I thought it was a good read fwiw but I know nothing is certain till Nvidia announces it.

Nvidia Kelper 700 series in 2013?
Nvidia Maxwell 800 series in 2014.

http://www.overclock.net/t/1363116/gtx-780-anticipation-and-rumors-thread

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[KevinH]

I'd also be interested and in previous GTX 570 users opinion going to a AMD 7950. I like the bang for the buck (around $269.00 Sapphire 7950) and the 384 bit/3GB (vs the 670/256 bit/2GB) but read about artifacts at times and read a post it doesn't play well with DX9 games which I still play at times. But not sure if newer drivers recently has fixed any of this for sure?

The Dx9 issue is long gone. It was fixed about a month and a half ago.

 

[Tattoedsailor]

Long time lurker first time poster. Sorry for hijacking the thread. I'm looking to upgrade from GTX 570 possibly. I'm only playing @ 1920 x 1080. I've been looking at the HD 7950 and 7870 (Tahiti). My mobo supports CF. I'm just not sure its worth upgrade at this point. I'm defiantly going to get Metro last light when it comes out. That game just looks incredible! I just got a sneaking suspicion its going crush my 570..

 

[Insomniator]

What about a 560ti 448 --> 7870? 2 games + could probably sell the old card for ~$150.

Not sure if its worth the hassle...

 

[bolitebriga]

I upgraded from 570 SLI to 7950 CFX. Actually I just got my 7950s although they are in the market for a year now. I was waiting for some good offer to come and what better than the AMD Reloaded bundle?

Haven't played many games yet, but from my preliminary tests the performance delta seems to be around 50%+ for both single and dual gpu modes. Especially in Crysis 3 it was night and day. If this is indicative of the performance delta I am to expect, in truly graphics intensive games, then I'm happy as a clam.

The 3GBs of video ram really gives the user a profound sense of futureproofing, especially when you are switching from a 570.

If you want me to test something specifically I'd be glad to, as long as it's not MMO and I do have it of course.

If you wouldn't mind running your daily OC on 3dMark 2013 fire strike demo, BF 3 on Ultra MP for, say 10 minutes and then average FPS and your Skyrim with mods. PM me for further details.

 

[Eureka]

Long time lurker first time poster. Sorry for hijacking the thread. I'm looking to upgrade from GTX 570 possibly. I'm only playing @ 1920 x 1080. I've been looking at the HD 7950 and 7870 (Tahiti). My mobo supports CF. I'm just not sure its worth upgrade at this point. I'm defiantly going to get Metro last light when it comes out. That game just looks incredible! I just got a sneaking suspicion its going crush my 570..

Not really.. in terms of processing power, the 570 should sit somewhere between a 7850 and a 7870. 7950 might be worthwhile for MetroLL, but at 1200p, even the 7950 bogs in Metro 2033 maxed out. The 7970 barely makes it for Metro 2033... you might want to look into a 7950 CF solution if you want to truly max out everything.