Worthy upgrade from a 560Ti? around $300?

[ibex333]

Well, it's been a year since I bought my card, and every year, for my b-day I make myself a present where I sell my card and buy a newer one to last me exactly a year more. ; )

I do this not so much because the older card can no longer handle what I need to play, but because if I wait another year, the older card will have depreciated in price to a point where it will no longer provide a "descent" sum from sale toward a purchase of an upgrade.

At first, I wanted to buy another 560Ti used and run SLI, but now I am starting to think this might be a waste of money since I can get about $125-150 for my 560Ti add another $150 or so and get a card in the range of $300. And for this much, I can definitely get sometime significantly better... or can I?

I am having trouble fining benchmarks for 560Ti SLI vs say.. a single 660Ti.

Is there anything on the horizon that I should wait for coming within next 3-4 months? I definitely don't want to wait longer.

Oh and btw, I do not plan on gaming at anything higher than 1920x1080... I have a 27" Acer I am happy with.


I strongly prefer nVidia because of PhysX, but may be swayed to consider ATI if performance is MUCH higher for the price.

 

[lehtv]

7950 ($280 AR) OC'd to 1.1GHz on stock volts = beats a $100 more expensive GTX 670 easily

 

[Termie]

560ti SLI would beat a 660ti easily in most games, but in some cases will be vram limited and would fall behind.

If you overclock your video cards, the 7950 mentioned above would get in the range of dual 560ti cards. Newegg has a PNY GTX 670 for $300AR. That's the only nvidia card to consider:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133452

 

[ibex333]

But how would that 670 compare to dual 560Ti's?


Also, a question...


The 560Ti I have is an EVGA non-OC edition. If I buy the OC edition as a second card, will they play along nicely with each other?

 

[tweakboy]

Probably the same maybe 450 ti is pumping faster........

 

[3DVagabond]

But how would that 670 compare to dual 560Ti's?


Also, a question...


The 560Ti I have is an EVGA non-OC edition. If I buy the OC edition as a second card, will they play along nicely with each other?

O/C'ing isn't guaranteed, of course, but if you get a good chip it will be close in overall performance where the 560ti's scaled well and beat them easily where SLI scaling wasn't good. It would use far less power too. Although an O/c'd 7950 is still a bit faster than an O/C'd 670. Again, assuming you get a good O/C'er.

 

[SolMiester]

If you strongly prefer NV, I would get the 670, at least until the jittery mess of the latest AMD drivers is resolved..

 

[Firestorm007]

If you strongly prefer NV, I would get the 670, at least until the jittery mess of the latest AMD drivers is resolved..

Please don't perpetuate this Nvidia focus group BS; and that's exactly what it is. Try visiting the Nvidia forums and you'll get a huge dose of stuttering crap from their latest bunch of 3 series drivers. I own own both vendors, so I'm well aware, and let me tell you Nvidia has been a stuttery mess on their latest set. OP, go with win whatever brand you prefer. Personally, I go for bang for the buck, and AMD has it; an also, I haven't experienced any of this mythical stutter...

 

[SolMiester]

Please don't perpetuate this Nvidia focus group BS; and that's exactly what it is. Try visiting the Nvidia forums and you'll get a huge dose of stuttering crap from their latest bunch of 3 series drivers. I own own both vendors, so I'm well aware, and let me tell you Nvidia has been a stuttery mess on their latest set. OP, go with win whatever brand you prefer. Personally, I go for bang for the buck, and AMD has it; an also, I haven't experienced any of this mythical stutter...

Its not NV Focus BS, this is directly from AMD itself.....just read the fred!

 

[Termie]

But how would that 670 compare to dual 560Ti's?


Also, a question...


The 560Ti I have is an EVGA non-OC edition. If I buy the OC edition as a second card, will they play along nicely with each other?

The 670, given a slight overclock, would match dual 560Ti's.

Two 560Ti's run together at different speeds will work fine, but the higher clocked card simply won't be utilized as heavily. In other words, it will show that the GPU usage is lower. Best to use MSI Afterburner to set them at the same clocks.

 

[FalseChristian]

According to The Bench here a GTX 670 is about twice the performance as 1 of my GTX 460 1GB if that helps and a GTX 660 is about 70% faster. This is what I'm getting for SLI.

These will be the last cards I'll ever need.

 

[raghu78]

HD 7950 is the best upgrade at USD 300. the sapphire HD 7950 boost (925 mhz) and Gigabyte HD 7950(900 mhz) are good options. even at stock speeds these cards are faster than GTX 560 Ti SLI.

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=AT-7950BST
http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?p=GA-795WF3G

with the NYRESO2013 code you get $10 off. comes with 3 free games which are well reviewed and popular. :thumbsup:

clock for clock HD 7950 is 3 - 6% slower than HD 7970. HD 7950 (1100 Mhz) matches HD 7970 Ghz performance. 1150 mhz is easy to achieve on the above cards with voltage tweaking.

if you want a Nvidia card which provides similar performance get the MSI GTX 670 PE or EVGA GTX 670 FTW.

www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...82E16814127685
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?...82E16814130787

 

[raghu78]

Please don't perpetuate this Nvidia focus group BS; and that's exactly what it is. Try visiting the Nvidia forums and you'll get a huge dose of stuttering crap from their latest bunch of 3 series drivers. I own own both vendors, so I'm well aware, and let me tell you Nvidia has been a stuttery mess on their latest set. OP, go with win whatever brand you prefer. Personally, I go for bang for the buck, and AMD has it; an also, I haven't experienced any of this mythical stutter...

correct. the 310.70 and 310.90 drivers are having stuttering issues in BF3 . many users have complained on ocn forums too.