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GTX570 > GTX670

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I have an EVGA 570GTX SSC FTW edition at the moment. Would it be worth selling up and trying to upgrade to a GTX670 for around £60 or £70?

I game at 2560x1440. When I say game I mean I play Starcraft 2 and at the moment some GTA4


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i5@4ghz
8gb Ram
Gigabyte P55-UD5
 
A 670 for £220? Not without VAT included... Thats 660TI / 7950 money right there. Considered buying a 7950 instead? The WTF version is £230 :)
 
Bacon? said:
A 670 for £220? Not without VAT included... Thats 660TI / 7950 money right there. Considered buying a 7950 instead? The WTF version is £230 :)
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Easily done second hand. I bought mine through a popular market place as an open box for £260 delivered. See them go all the time second hand for £240 ish.
 
Is it really worth upgrading just for SC2 and GTA4?

I find SC2 more CPU dependent from my experience, and with the Heart of the Swarm beta, same as well.

Honestly even with that res, I don't think it's worth the upgrade.
 
They are more CPU based imo, SC2 needs nothing to max it really, all CPU.

GTA4 im not too sure but i pref them games on consoles anyways so if you can run it smooth on a pc it should look better anyways?

670 is way better then a 570 but like everyones said it will cost you more or second hand and it could all go wrong.
 
varkanoid said:
yeah but you would be lucky to get £125+ for a 570 when 580's are going on the coast for £150 ish
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I got £200 for my 570 hehe:)

I then purchased the 7950 from ocuk and sold all the games and it worked out I only spent 20-30 quid towards the upgrade :) but yes op the upgrade was deff worth it going from a 570 to a 7950 ( in your case 670 pretty much the same performance as a 7950). If I was you op I would consider a 7950 as its cheaper and similar performance and a 384 bit memory bus over a 256 bit memory bus is real nice xD
 
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Geo-Gamer said:
I got £200 for my 570 hehe:)

I then purchased the 7950 from ocuk and sold all the games and it worked out I only spent 20-30 quid towards the upgrade :) but yes op the upgrade was deff worth it going from a 570 to a 7950 ( in your case 670 pretty much the same performance as a 7950). If I was you op I would consider a 7950 as its cheaper and similar performance and a 384 bit memory bus over a 256 bit memory bus is real nice xD
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Is the 7950 the same / similar performance. I have had no issues with my 570 and on my other ati cards they always seemed to have driver issues

SC2 2560 x 1600 -

64.8 on 7950
80 on 670

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/598?vs=550
 
The 7950 is the same/slightly better than the 670 overall performance-wise, I'm guessing the anandtech graphs are pre-cat 12.1 when the AMD cards got a performance bump
 
Yup. Latest drivers gives the 7950 up to 20% extra performance, which brings it in line with the 670. SC2 is very smooth for me on 1920x1080 (unless there's too many units on screen... damn those custom games :p).
 
Guest2 said:
Is the 7950 the same / similar performance. I have had no issues with my 570 and on my other ati cards they always seemed to have driver issues

SC2 2560 x 1600 -

64.8 on 7950
80 on 670

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/598?vs=550
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Im no expert but many people around forums are mentioning the 7950 being on par with the 670 or sometimes better so either way your getting around the 670 performance. With your screen being 2560x x 1600 i'd chose the 7950 for the memory bus. Either way you will be saving some money by going towards a 7950 anyway. Hope this helps!
 
Geo-Gamer said:
Im no expert but many people around forums are mentioning the 7950 being on par with the 670 or sometimes better so either way your getting around the 670 performance. With your screen being 2560x x 1600 i'd chose the 7950 for the memory bus. Either way you will be saving some money by going towards a 7950 anyway. Hope this helps!
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unfortunately, I did this for my 2nd machine and gaming laptop and discovered that AMD can't be arsed to release drivers that actually make their cards work and wish I'd gotten a 670 and 675m for them instead
 
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