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GTX 580, what next?

markyzola

markyzola

markyzola

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Hello all,

Im reading so many reviews and opinions on the graphic card market but I just need to step up from the GTX 580 ive had for 2 1/2 years now.

Point me in the right direction please, budget £400.00 and Im a big gamer so bear that in mind.

Thanks for your input.;)
 
Glad a thread like this has popped up. I to have the 580, still performs well for a 2 year old card. Does yours restrict you in many games. Hope you don't mind me posting this OP. I am getting the bug also.
 
MattHep said:
Glad a thread like this has popped up. I to have the 580, still performs well for a 2 year old card. Does yours restrict you in many games. Hope you don't mind me posting this OP. I am getting the bug also.
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I've the same setup as you! The 580 just still copes well, bar a small handful of titles. I've hung on this long, I think I can wait till Q3 or 4 and get a 780, or maybe the next big thing from AMD if it ever arrives. It's a better time to upgrade for a-grade title releases. Plus it's too nice outside this time of year to justify that big a spend..
 
MattHep said:
Glad a thread like this has popped up. I to have the 580, still performs well for a 2 year old card. Does yours restrict you in many games. Hope you don't mind me posting this OP. I am getting the bug also.
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Card still runs well and handles most games at 1920x1080 but is starting to get very hot under load, running at 40C with no load.
 
I'm in similar position working out what to upgrade my 570 to (570 is at 960/2300)

I'm just not convinced for some reason by the 770s atm - so my thoughts are - a proper upgrade that will last - its got to be either a 7970 or a 780

with me leaning towards a 780 - yes expensive - but hopefully has more mileage in it - grunt should be good for 2 years of gaming I reckon
 
robgmun said:
I've got a 580 as well, i'm going to wait for some price drops on the 780 and jump to that
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I've always gone for "grunt" - but paid a bit extra - and its always done me well

480 (570 was a RMA replacement)
4890
8800GTX

each wasn't cheap but lasted

ref price drops - I'm not so sure - I was thinking the same - but I "waited" for the 670/680 and after 16 months they were practically the same price still :(
 
Buckster said:
I'm in similar position working out what to upgrade my 570 to (570 is at 960/2300)

I'm just not convinced for some reason by the 770s atm - so my thoughts are - a proper upgrade that will last - its got to be either a 7970 or a 780

with me leaning towards a 780 - yes expensive - but hopefully has more mileage in it - grunt should be good for 2 years of gaming I reckon
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Proper upgrade?

My 770 lightning with a little oc are 780's
 
RetrogamerX said:
Proper upgrade?

My 770 lightning with a little oc are 780's
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true the 770s are quite a bit faster than a 580

without VRAM argument - for me personally - 2gb is too tight for 2 years of use.

that said I've seen the Gigabyte 770s 4gb for <360 - and thats tempting

just whether 140 quid more its worth getting a 580
 
Buckster said:
true the 770s are quite a bit faster than a 580

without VRAM argument - for me personally - 2gb is too tight for 2 years of use.

that said I've seen the Gigabyte 770s 4gb for <360 - and thats tempting

just whether 140 quid more its worth getting a 580
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You wont ever go over 2gb. You may only need more then 2gb if your rez is 1440p or 1600p. @1080p you'll have nothing to worry about
 
Thank you all, I went with the GTX 770 Lightning from Overclockers of course.

I dont work to far from there and the customers service girl was most helpful and even matched the price I had from another company.
 
I would wait until the 20nm cards appear.

The other better time to upgrade would have been a 18 months ago when the first 28nm cards came out. These refreshes on the same process aren't really worth it when your paying the same for a tiny bit more performance when you could have had it for a whole year already.
 
flinco said:
I would wait until the 20nm cards appear.

The other better time to upgrade would have been a 18 months ago when the first 28nm cards came out. These refreshes on the same process aren't really worth it when your paying the same for a tiny bit more performance when you could have had it for a whole year already.
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I have to agree with flinco here.

Is your 580 struggling with any games lately? If not I would say hold out until 20nm. The performance increase is supposedly staggering, but who knows...


edit// just seen this.
markyzola said:
Card still runs well and handles most games at 1920x1080 but is starting to get very hot under load, running at 40C with no load.
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Take it apart, give it a good dusting and replace the thermal paste - she'll be running as new in no time ;)
 
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