Confirmation

Garonazz · 6 Mar 2011 at 08:27

Ok, so ive been researching GPU's past couple of days to see which one I should upgrade to.

First ill state my specs:

GTX460 768mb
Phenom II X4 965
G.Skill 4GB DDR3
Win 7
Coolermaster GX550W.

I game at 1680x1050.

Ive decided I would choose between the two; GTX560 and a HD 6950.

I never had ATI experiences before and I like the PhysX on Nvidia cards, so im swaying towards that.

Could anyone perhaps give an opinion ?

Cleeecooo · 6 Mar 2011 at 09:06

If you think that phusx is worth it for you then definitely nv.
You can also use physx with ATI with a patch.
6950 unlocked would be the best however.

BigBruiserAl · 6 Mar 2011 at 09:41

overkill but if you can deal with the noise a GTX480 for £195 is mega value at the mo

Cleeecooo · 6 Mar 2011 at 09:45

I just noticed your monitor res. I would upgrade your monitor before anything else

Garonazz · 6 Mar 2011 at 18:01

BigBruiserAl said:
overkill but if you can deal with the noise a GTX480 for £195 is mega value at the mo

In what way would a GTX480 be a overkill?

Ezyryder · 6 Mar 2011 at 18:14

That PSU won't cope with the 480 really as they are not that strong. A 6950 is probably the limit.

Garonazz · 6 Mar 2011 at 18:36

Ah, well I didnt really consider it due to the noise and heat people talk about.

What about the GTX560, is it good enough ? Im guessing its the lower segment of high end cards ?

Cleeecooo · 6 Mar 2011 at 19:52

The 560 is mid range. Its a good card but i would go for a 6950. A 460 will be enough for your res id say. They are around £140 for a 1gb version

Ezyryder · 6 Mar 2011 at 20:57

to be honest your card is enough for the res you play at. I used to have a 460 which I upgraded because I got a new, 27" monitor. Only reason really as the 460 was plenty fast at low resolutions.

The 460s also overclock like demons, you will be able to push yours to 820 core most probably which puts it in 6870/470 range and not that far of a stock 560.

BigBruiserAl · 6 Mar 2011 at 22:02

Cleeecooo said:
I just noticed your monitor res. I would upgrade your monitor before anything else

TBH i agree should be banable offence to run at that res in 2011, more so with the ocuk Monitor range

Cleeecooo · 6 Mar 2011 at 22:15

BigBruiserAl said:
TBH i agree should be banable offence to run at that res in 2011, more so with the ocuk Monitor range

Around £100 fir full hd!!

Garonazz · 6 Mar 2011 at 22:34

Tbh I agree, but a GTX460 is nowhere near close to running BF3 or SKYRIM etc, therefore im future proofing myself.

Garonazz · 7 Mar 2011 at 01:22

Hmm, so if GTX560 is upper mid range, where would a HD 6950 fall ?

arc@css · 7 Mar 2011 at 01:27

Garonazz said:
Hmm, so if GTX560 is upper mid range, where would a HD 6950 fall ?

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=293

Personally I view a 470 / 6870 as more high range than mid, so a 6950 is certainly high end performance.

Garonazz · 7 Mar 2011 at 01:41

Tbh the 560 really does do well against 6950 and is certainly better than a 470 - 6870, and pretty close to a 480.

This might be just the card for me. Yes yes, I will upgrade my monitor in future, but 1680x1050 is fine for me

Ezyryder · 7 Mar 2011 at 08:45

I think you have just convinced yourself there!

The 560 is not as good as the 6950, seeing as the later overclocks really well and its unlockable to 6970.

Seeing as those 2 games haven't gone out yet, wouldn't it be a better idea to wait until one of them goes out? Is your 460 struggling?

I think you are just trying to spend some money!!!

Kanpai · 7 Mar 2011 at 09:23

The GTX560 is a beast of a card and will be perfect for your res.

Garonazz · 7 Mar 2011 at 14:47

560 it is then.

d_brennen · 7 Mar 2011 at 14:55

460 (in your sig) to 560 really worth while? Any chance of some 460 SLI action?

Garonazz · 7 Mar 2011 at 17:06

if I wanted to SLi that would mean buying a new mobo, possibly even Intel, and if it was intel then a new CPU aswell.