Wait or upgrade a GTX 560ti?

haas1mj

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Looking at my specs below, would it be worthwhile to upgrade my video card now or wait until the next generation of cards? I try to run all of my games at 1920x1080 with all the eye candy enabled but i've been finding that the 560ti is coming up a little short in that department. Is this a result of having only the 1Gb version? I'm not super loyal to any brand so i'm open to AMD or Nvidia. I'd like the card to be in the $275-$300 range at most if it makes sense to upgrade. Thanks.


Intel Core i5-2500K running at 4.4Ghz
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 LGA 1155
16Gb G.SKILL Ripjaws Series DDR3 1600
EVGA 1Gb GTX 560ti (384 cuda cores)
Antec NEO ECO 520C 520W Continuous Power ATX12V
Antec 300 Case
ASUS VH242H Black 23.6" 5ms HDMI Full 1080P Widescreen LCD
 

Eureka

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7950, or 670 if it gets cheap enough. The next generation isn't going to be a huge upgrade, but it might be worthwhile to wait until 8000 series come out to snag a cheaper 7000 series card.
 
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raghu78

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Get a HD 7950 boost or HD 7950 OC. the limiting factor is your ANTEC 300 case. the Sapphire HD 7950 Boost and Gigabyte HD 7950 OC are good cards but are 29cm and 28.5 cm long respectively

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1157&pid=1713&psn=&lid=1&leg=0

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=1&gid=3&sgid=1157&pid=1713&psn=&lid=1&leg=0

http://store.antec.com/Product/benclosure/three-hundred/0-761345-45003-4.aspx

"Maximum video card size: 11"/279mm (Note: some video cards may block access to the adjacent hard drive bay) "

the only card which comes with a small PCB is XFX HD 7950 at 26.5 cm long (10.5 inches).

http://us.ncix.com/products/?sku=67748&promoid=1310

Price 320 (290 after rebate) . 3 free games.

a slight overclock to 900 Mhz would put the HD 7950 on par with GTX 670 and at 1 Ghz it will match or exceed the GTX 680.
 

paladinm

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I prefer to wait, for the next generation is close at han...ok close at couple months later...If there is no game that you are eager to play right now...just find some old game or go out with your family in this winter...skiing or something...and wait for the 780 or 8970....