New card which 560ti?

[9TurningMirrors]

Hello,

Having trudged a bit through this forum the 560ti seems highly recommended for my price range (I had allocated £100 for PSU, £150-200 for GPU) but I can't decide on which out of three to get:

The 'it seems powerful yet resonably priced choice' - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-114-MS

The 'possibly future proof if my understanding of the benefits of 2GB of RAM are correct' - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-175-OK


And the 'wait a month or so' choice...although I'm not sure why 448 would be better than 2GB RAM? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-142-MS

My CPU is an E8400, 4GB RAM. I'm looking to upgrade in April to either an i5 2500K or the IB equivalent if the price is roughly the same. So I'd therefore be looking at getting a good stable PSU now - would a Corsair 600W be enough?

Playing Space Marine, BLC, and would like GW2, TL2 to look 'bloody nice' when they eventually come out. Hardly pushing the cards, I suspect.

I'd be very appreciative for any help. I dont' often upgrade my PC so things have moved on a lot!



EDIT: I'm not fixated on 560ti's they just seem to be the most popular recommendation at the moment!

 

[95thrifles]

Id go for one of the MSI ones personally, whether you go for the 1 gig twin frozr, 2 gig twin frozr or 448 edition is up to you really
And yes a solid 600W will be ample

 

[Nexus18]

If you play at a res. below 1920x1200, then 2GB really isn't as beneficial as what people make it out to be. Unless you are going SLI/crossfire there really isn't much need for it IMO.

And plus VRAM isn't everything

However looking at the games you have mentioned there, a normal 560TI or even a 6870 (slightly worse performance than the 560TI) would be perfectly good for 1200 or below res.

I personally wouldn't touch the OCUK card with 2GB VRAM, would rather get a card by MSI or GB that has a better cooler.

Could also go for the ASUS 560TI 1GB and if you don't have any interest in BF 3, sell it for £25+, making the card even cheaper

 

[9TurningMirrors]

Okay, looks like the 448 then.

Thank you for your time and advice, gentlemen.

/Tips hat.

 

[Jakus]

Good Choice Nvidia should never have called it a 560, something like 570L as it shares the same 570/580 GPU, slightly crippled.

 

[Doomedspeed]

Good Choice Nvidia should never have called it a 560, something like 570L as it shares the same 570/580 GPU, slightly crippled.

A 'Knee-capped' GTX 570?

 

[two00lbwaster]

It may be worth waiting and doing everything in the New Year, around the March/April time.

AMD have released the benchmarks for the HD7970 (on the 22nd of this month) and we should see the new HD7870 soon which I expect to come in at the current HD6970 performance range, or slightly higher, but possibly maintaining the same price bracket (or marginally higher.) I also think that they will come with 2GB as standard.

By April time we should also have seen some new generation 28nm products from nVIDIA too.

 

[9TurningMirrors]

Yarp, been looking at a couple of the other threads. It isn't as if I can't play the games I do but my poor comp is beginning to creak a bit. I've ordered a NIC and cheap sound card to take a bit of load off the processor so hopefully that will help a little. In the meantime I think i'll hang onto the cash.

 

[GJM]

I've just purchased a Zotac 560ti 448.

I kept on hearing 'wait for 7xxx' since I started thinking of a new rig in Sept. I have waited and unfortunatly £400 worth of 7970 is a little out of my league, and it seems any cheaper 78** are still a little way off and may not offer that much more bang for buck than current 560 / 570 range.

So i went for the 448. Cheaper than 570 for very nearly the same performance. Its supposed to OC like a brute as well.

 

[Darujhistan]

I've just purchased a Zotac 560ti 448.

I kept on hearing 'wait for 7xxx' since I started thinking of a new rig in Sept. I have waited and unfortunatly £400 worth of 7970 is a little out of my league, and it seems any cheaper 78** are still a little way off and may not offer that much more bang for buck than current 560 / 570 range.

So i went for the 448. Cheaper than 570 for very nearly the same performance. Its supposed to OC like a brute as well.

You'd be waiting around forever if you listened to some on here. Usually people who are happily gaming away whilst you twiddle your thumbs.