Will this cause a "bottleneck"? (GTX560Ti / GTX570 / 6950)

[phh91]

Hi all

I'm going to upgrade my GFX card in a near future. This is my system:

Q6700 2.66 GhZ

8 GB DDR2 PC-6400 Ram

120 GB Raptor WD HDD 10.000 RPM

Nvidia 8800 GTX

I have been looking at these cards:

Nvidia GTX 560Ti

Nvidia GTX 570

ATI Radeon HD6950

I'm running in 1680 X 1050 on a 22" screen. I'm playing BFBC2, and I'll be playing BF3 when it will be released so the card should be able to handle BF3 on medium settings atleast.

What about the bottleneck is there going to be one?

 

[toyota]

if you cannot oc that cpu then I would just get a gtx460 768mb, gtx460 1gb, or 6850 for that res.

 

[phh91]

Won't those cards struggle a bit with BF3? What if I buy say the GTX 560Ti will I be able to feel a difference in performance in Battlefield Bad Company 2 compared to the 8800 GTX, even though there may be a bottleneck? I think I get around 35-45 fps right now, and I'm running things on low / medium.

I'm going to buy a i7 2600K Sandy Bridge CPU when the release of BF3 is getting closer, but until then I hope that a new card can give me a FPS boost.

 

[Powermoloch]

at that resolution I would not go any higher than 460gtx 1gb/6850 1gb as Toyota mentioned earlier.

 

[AtenRa]

Wait for the game to be released first and then decide what card you should buy.
GTX460 and HD6850 seams ok for today at 1680x1050 but GF3 could be heavy on DX-11 and tessellation and perhaps a GTX560 Ti would be better then.

My advice, just wait if you can.

Edit: GTX560 Ti will get you more frames in BF BC2 especially at higher res/settings. Your minimum fps will still be low due to your Dual core CPU.

 

[phh91]

I don't think I can wait since BFBC2 runs poorly, and I get pretty frustrated when it lags like **** . I used to have 2 X 8800 GTX running in SLI, but on of the cards broke down and now I'm only using one 8800 GTX. It isn't a dual core its a Quad Core running at 2.66 ghz.

 

[AtenRa]

oh my mistake, yes it is a Quad.

If you going to upgrade to SB 2600 and you can spend the extra money i would take the GTX560 Ti.