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Upgrade for 275

ste2005

ste2005

ste2005

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Hi Guys

I have got a Nivida 275, and I wonder if thier any real upgrade options. I know I could go for an ATI 5*** but is it really worth it?

Thanks
 
5850 is well better than a 275 even at stock but most 5850's can do well over 900 on the core and then it decimates the 275. I had a GTX 260 that was well overclocked beating most stock 275's, went to a 5870 and really it blows the 275 away for performance and image quality, and it's very easy to get 5870 performance out of a 5850. I can average 50-60 FPS on the first level in crysis on max settings, 275 would die on it's ass.
 
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I'm thinking the same thing, but not sure if i can justify it. My 275 is overclocked to beyond 285 clock speeds so its already plenty fast enough in most things ( i also only game at 1680x1050) but the upgrade bug is getting me. I may just wait till the new nvidia cards come out and then see how everything (price/performance wise) looks like.

Hopefully, either fermi will be great, or ATI will drop the prices for the 5870 :)
 
Check my crysis " still the most demanding game on PC " bench results out, thats just brutal power right there.:p


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RavenXXX2 said:
5850 is well better than a 275 even at stock but most 5850's can do well over 900 on the core and then it decimates the 275. I had a GTX 260 that was well overclocked beating most stock 275's, went to a 5870 and really it blows the 275 away for performance and image quality, and it's very easy to get 5870 performance out of a 5850. I can average 50-60 FPS on the first level in crysis on max settings, 275 would die on it's ass.
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I had the 5870 to replace my 275. and the image was exellent.
run nice in BFC2. I play rfactor a lot mainley, but the 5870 just ran really stuttery. done some research, which come up with the same problem everyone was having with this game. so i sent it back in the end :( as where my 275 runs exellent on rfactor. wished i had the best of both worlds :( great card apart from that :D
 
Hmm, well still not convienced lol. That chart from straxusii ^^ is pretty good, but can i really justify £200 + on a card, especially when fermi is round the courner, not too bothered who i buy but i will be a little annoyed if today i got a 5857/50 and in a month £100 has been knocked off to compete
 
ste2005 said:
Hmm, well still not convienced lol. That chart from straxusii ^^ is pretty good, but can i really justify £200 + on a card, especially when fermi is round the courner, not too bothered who i buy but i will be a little annoyed if today i got a 5857/50 and in a month £100 has been knocked off to compete
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If you can, then wait, Fermi hopefully wont be too much longer, normally I would say to just buy now as there will always be price drops in the near future, but ATi are really taking advantage of no competion right now.
 
ste2005 said:
Hmm, well still not convienced lol. That chart from straxusii ^^ is pretty good, but can i really justify £200 + on a card, especially when fermi is round the courner, not too bothered who i buy but i will be a little annoyed if today i got a 5857/50 and in a month £100 has been knocked off to compete
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Certainly don't bother with a 5850, 5870 or 5890 to get a decent jump
 
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