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gtx560ti upgrade to ?? for 2560 x 1440

jorum

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I seek the learned advice of the forums.

My monitor has gone kaput, so I've ordered a new 2560x1440 model.
I guess my upto now brilliant gtx560ti (1gb) may not be up to the task of higher res?

So my questions are:

1) Anyone have experience of how well (or not!) gtx560ti it will cope?

2) What would be a reasonable GPU to handle mid-highish settings?
I get the impression that any less than GTX680 would be struggling?

3) Would another GTX560 in SLI be an option (not that I've tried SLI before)

*edit* - forget power questions - turns out upgrade would almost certainly be less power hungry than what I have now.

thanks
 
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Thanks, that is an incredibly useful website :) excellent

One thing I forgot to add. My cpu is venerable [email protected] - I guess this will be seriously bottlenecking any modern GPU, but will it be big issue in the whole idea?

I have the sneaky suspicion I am heading down the road to whole new build......
 
jorum said:
Thanks, that is an incredibly useful website :) excellent

One thing I forgot to add. My cpu is venerable [email protected] - I guess this will be seriously bottlenecking any modern GPU, but will it be big issue in the whole idea?

I have the sneaky suspicion I am heading down the road to whole new build......
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Overclocking the life out of the Q6600 would make a big difference, though you may want a decent aftermarket cooler for that :)

But a new build would be the best long term option :D
 
I actually have a fairly good artic cooler on CPU. If I can remember my initial experiments I can push it to 2.8gHz reasonably OK, possibly 3gHz if I get brave.
(sorry for another question but what is a high-temp for a Q6600? I have no idea - I think it topped at about 100degC before I got scared)
 
jorum said:
I actually have a fairly good artic cooler on CPU. If I can remember my initial experiments I can push it to 2.8gHz reasonably OK, possibly 3gHz if I get brave.
(sorry for another question but what is a high-temp for a Q6600? I have no idea - I think it topped at about 100degC before I got scared)
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I had a Q6600 and managed 3.8GHz for benching and 3.6GHz for everyday running, and topped out at around 75-80 IIRC? 100c is way too high for such a small overclock. All depends on what case, fan setup, correct application of CPU TIM, CPU Cooler etc etc.... :)
 
Er, 100 degrees C is a bit high mate, I'd check that again and if its true you'd better re apply some thermal compound and check temps again.
 
Thanks for feedback on that.
Guess when monitor arrives will be good time to have a strip down and fiddle about.
 
jorum said:
Thanks for feedback on that.
Guess when monitor arrives will be good time to have a strip down and fiddle about.
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A GTX 670 or 7970 will be fine with that resoloution. Why not get a new GPU and OC your CPU as much as possible and then decide if you are in a need/hurry to upgrade your CPU.
 
gregster said:
A GTX 670 or 7970 will be fine with that resoloution. Why not get a new GPU and OC your CPU as much as possible and then decide if you are in a need/hurry to upgrade your CPU.
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Yeah sounds good idea. From what people are saying I should be able to push the 6600 a lot higher than I thought.
 
without any fiddling about initial results of GTX560 with new monitor @2560
(based on stuff I happen to have installed and got round to trying)

World of Warcraft - high settings, no AA - wildy varing fps but easily playable - averaging about 60-80 fps. Drops to around 30fps minimum in big PVP messes.

Half-Life 2 - left on same setting as 1980 and runs fine. 60FPS but that might be due to Vsync come to think of it.

Secret World - had to drop to medium settings and no AA to get around 35 FPS reliably, but is on the limit I think. To much action it takes a dive.

Skyrim - well it looks stunningly beautiful in higher-def as long you don't move :) I could drop the options way down I guess , but pretty vistas is kinda main attraction of Skyrim ...

BF3 - if I turn it down to look like crud it's playable I guess

Witcher 2 - stop-motion gaming is the new craze, honest ;)

After that been playing about with o/c. 2.8GHz seems stable, but think 3GHz will be limit if I'm lucky due to having very slow RAM that can't handle high fsb even at 1:1
 
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If you're going for 1440p I'd probably look at something with at least 3GB of VRAM like the 7950 or 7970, or the 4GB versions of the 670.

I wouldn't really recommend a 2GB card for 1440p.
 
kharma45 said:
If you're going for 1440p I'd probably look at something with at least 3GB of VRAM like the 7950 or 7970, or the 4GB versions of the 670.

I wouldn't really recommend a 2GB card for 1440p.
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Please show me benches where 2gb can't handle 1440

I have 670 sli and they run that res fine on maximum settings on all the games I play

For someone considering 3 screens I would consider 3+gb but then I'd also be looking at 3+ cards
 
@ OP... a single 670 (or similar) will run 1440 but not at max settings, but you cpu won't fully drive a 670... my old Q at 3.6 just started to bottleneck a 580 so if you want high settings then my advice would be to consider a full rebuild
 
A heavily modded skyrim will use more than 2gb at that res, and with bf3 you will run out of graphical grunt before vram @ 1440p, at ultra, playable fps and thats with 680/7970.
I'd get a 670 or 7970(and lose the AA, it will be a killer and not needed at that res) and buy a better heatsink, get that cpu clock up!
 
andybird123 said:
Please show me benches where 2gb can't handle 1440

I have 670 sli and they run that res fine on maximum settings on all the games I play

For someone considering 3 screens I would consider 3+gb but then I'd also be looking at 3+ cards
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It's not about what's out right now, but what might be coming out in the next couple of years. If it were at 1080P, thumbs up no question but for 1440p I'd just be wary of 2GB.

Also, OP, it'd be well worth looking into OCing your CPU as has been said.
 
1. 1440p + 670/680/7970 + max everything = possibly 2gb+(some games) = low fps/gameplay

2. 1440p + 670/680/7970 + no AA and a few settings dropped = less than 2gb = high fps/gameplay.

#2 everytime and certainly in games like bf3.
Maybe 2gb+ is required when sli/cf is in use and more graphical power is available.
 
I would go for a 4gb GTX 670. This will take care of any future proofing.

Also as has been mentioned above you need to look at the rest of the system to avoid a bottleneck.
 
yeah a mobo/cpu upgrade looks likely at some point :)

I have a stack of older games never got round to playing fully - now maybe a good time to install them while I save up some pennies...
 
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