GTX 470 Upgrade Path

[smsmasters]

Current paired with a Core i7 920 @ 4GHz 1.3V

Mostly playing BF3 and other high end games.

Buy another GTX 470 and SLI?

Grab a GTX 670?

Wait for AMD's offerings?

 

[gijohn2]

GTX760 series, cheaper then the 6xx series and pretty much the same performance

 

[F1aw1ess]

I could never keep 2x 470's cool enough in my case but you maybe different.

For trouble free gaming a 670/760 is a decent choice although I suppose it cant hurt to wait and see what AMD has to offer

 

[SouthEastBlue]

If the Asus GTX 670 and His 7950 Boost cards are still on offer either of those would be a good upgrade, I wouldn't bother with GTX 470 SLI it's old, power hungry and hot in comparison to a newer single card solution.

Not sure where the GTX 760 is cheaper than a GTX 670? I haven't checked today but certainly wasn't the case recently! GTX 670 is better than a 760 anyway (760 is a gimped 670 with higher clocks to make up for whatever is missing).

You could wait for AMD and their offering, but from what I've read I think their release will be more expensive in comparison to their performance than the bargain GTX 670 and AMD 7950 deals around at the moment.

 

[Doomedspeed]

£200 for the 670 CU DII is epic value.

The 670's do perform better than the 760's and at the OCUK prices are much better value.

 

[Darg]

I picked up a 760 for £180 second hand in the MM, but the 670 is worth a few quid more if the prices are currently similar. Just make sure to get a card with a decent cooler, I got the KFA2 760 and it's got a fantastic cooler on it.

 

[Boomstick777]

Go for one of these?

GTX 670 (680 PCB) with 4GB vram £199.99

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-065-ZT

 

[rolypolyman]

You know you want this 680, a lightning in disguise.

 

[Rroff]

Wouldn't reccomend going 470 SLI now - while the cores are still capable of giving up the performance they are becoming increasingly more VRAM limited if you intend to play at 1920x or higher resolutions with high/ultra settings.

 

[Drangueos]

I would wait one more month...