GTX 470 Replacement

[Pickman]

Hi All,

I currently have a GTX 470, no real complaints but I have had it a long time now and I feel like I might be missing out.

My set-up:
Board: Asrock z68 Extreme3 gen 3
CPU: i5 2500k (Sandy) - OC'd to 4.2 atm
RAM: 16gig
Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02
HD: SSD
Monitor: W2363D (23 inch, 3D capable but I have never used it)

I don't have as much time to game as I would like these days. I mostly play Starcraft 2 and Skyrim a few hours a week, though I am thinking of trying out Elder Scrolls online when that hits.

I only ever use 1 monitor at a time and its only 23", 1920 x 1080 res.

Ideally I don't really want to go over £200 unless I'll see significant gains. I am a fairly casual player and will look to upgrade again in a couple of years.

I would appreciate any advice.

Kind regards,
Pickman

 

[ndaar]

For £200-£250 your in the realms of:

770 for Nvidia
or
270x/280x for ati.

Next price point after that is really:

780s & 290s when your talking around £350 per card.

 

[Pickman]

For £200-£250 your in the realms of:

770 for Nvidia
or
270x/280x for ati.

Next price point after that is really:

780s & 290s when your talking around £350 per card.

Hi,

Thanks a lot for the response.

Is there much difference between Nvidia and ATI atm. Is there any particular areas where one is better or worse than the other?

Also would you expect a noticeable difference between my current GTX 470 and the 280x or 770?

Thanks,
Pickman

 

[AgedIdiot]

Moved from a 470 to a 7950 and noticed a good improvement , although at the same time I moved from 1920x1200 to 2560x1440 so knew I needed the extra oomph.

Would you notice much of a difference - probably not but some of the more modern games and new games might not be happy with the older tech and the small(ish) amount of ram.

Would think that your 470 would sell and you would hopefully recoup approx £40 (or more?) which you could add to the pot.

Would I upgrade - Overall a yes (if nothing else a new bit to play with ) and I'd be choosing between the 770 and the 280x - which I choose would depend (always assuming that they will fit your case etc) upon which 'extras' I wanted more e.g Mantle amd; Physx Nvidia etc

 

[ndaar]

Im at work so cant link a lot of benchmarks n stuff im afraid:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/amd-radeon-r9-280x-vs-nvidia-geforce-gtx-770-which-is-fastest

This gives a quick comparison. Some games the 770 wins, some games the 280 wins. Mantle is obviously in development for ati which may bring gains (particularly in CPU bottleneck situations, however you have a good CPU)
Nvidia have there own features and there is g-sync coming out with new monitors.

470v770
http://www.hwcompare.com/14662/geforce-gtx-470-vs-geforce-gtx-770/

470v280
http://www.hwcompare.com/15880/geforce-gtx-470-vs-radeon-r9-280x/

 

[Pickman]

Thanks for the responses.

We just moved house and un-boxed my PC last night, as if it heard me talking about it my graphics card appears to have died. It's very strange though, the frame rate in all games as suddenly dropped to single figures. No artifacts or funny colours, it just feels like I am running on-board graphics. Everything still registers the card as still in and I have given it a shove to make sure, but weirdly EVGA precision now registers the GPU usage as 0% at all times...

I hope I can figure it out, but either way this has set my mind firmly on an upgrade, just need to decide between the 770 and the R280X now.

 

[Pickman]

I'd be choosing between the 770 and the 280x - which I choose would depend (always assuming that they will fit your case etc)

I can fight a small family car inside my Silverstone FT02, no worries about space.

 

[KarlMcWade]

I went from tri 470gtx watercooled 870 core cards to a single 290x water cooled and at stock I noticed a big difference.

Get a 290 and enjoy