Graphics Card Advice

rolezyy · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:35

Hey,

I'm looking at purchasing a new Graphics Card... At the moment I have a GeForce GTX 570.

My budget is around the £250.00 mark! I am quite interested in the GTX 680, but unsure if there is anything out there better for money?

Thanks!

ChrisD. · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:36

Can you stretch to £300 for the 970?

new boy · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:36

dont get a 680.

Get a 970 or a 290(x) or wait it out and see what AMDs new line up is going to be like.

rolezyy · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:37

How much better is the 970?! I would prefer to stay with nVidia!

setter · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:39

For £260.00 you could get this.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-279-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

The 680 is a discontinued model from NVIDIA.

RJC · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:39

Hello and welcome to the forum

At the moment the 980's are still around £390 mark - edit you mentioned the 680, ignore this bit

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Couple of options below though.

Almost forgot, what psu are you currently using?

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africanos23 · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:44

rolezyy said:
How much better is the 970?! I would prefer to stay with nVidia!

Roughly 2x the performance of a GTX680.

rolezyy · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:44

I am using a 600W PSU (Corsair) but I would upgrade this to 1000W :-)

I'm liking the look of the 970!

Squink · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:45

africanos23 said:
Roughly 2x the performance of a GTX680.

50 to 80pc faster

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1348?vs=1355

Squink · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:46

rolezyy said:
I am using a 600W PSU (Corsair) but I would upgrade this to 1000W I'm liking the look of the 970!

Don't upgrade it. You won't need to for a 970

setter · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:47

rolezyy said:
I am using a 600W PSU (Corsair) but I would upgrade this to 1000W I'm liking the look of the 970!

which model of psu? A good quality 600w unit will be fine as the 970 is a very efficient card with regards to power use.

NexusK · 7 Jun 2015 at 19:56

Even if it's not a good quality one it would still be fine, if it can run his 570 it can run a 970.

rolezyy · 8 Jun 2015 at 20:25

setter said:
which model of psu? A good quality 600w unit will be fine as the 970 is a very efficient card with regards to power use.

Hey, sorry the delay! And thanks for your advice. The model is Corsair TX650. Would this adequate for the card?

setter · 8 Jun 2015 at 20:28

Yep, that psu will be grand.

rolezyy · 8 Jun 2015 at 20:28

setter said:
Yep, that psu will be grand.

Coolio! Will I need to buy any power cables for the card?

setter · 8 Jun 2015 at 20:32

Id say the psu will have the required cables.

toon_mad · 8 Jun 2015 at 20:36

Definitely go for the GTX 970 if you can stretch to it

RyanF · 8 Jun 2015 at 20:38

rolezyy said:
Coolio! Will I need to buy any power cables for the card?

Shouldn't need to, just check what power requirements your current GPU has and what the one you plan on getting has. I imagine your 570 is going to be 6+8 pin, depending on the model of 970 you get it could be either 6+8 or 8+8.

Skynet5 · 8 Jun 2015 at 21:01

rolezyy said:
Hey,

I'm looking at purchasing a new Graphics Card... At the moment I have a GeForce GTX 570.

My budget is around the £250.00 mark! I am quite interested in the GTX 680, but unsure if there is anything out there better for money?

Thanks!

They'll be 680s on the MM..and if there isn't there will be soon at good value.

RanxZy · 8 Jun 2015 at 21:03

lnoton said:
They'll be 680s on the MM..and if there isn't there will be soon at good value.

The op is a long way off MM access