gtx 560ti

[Game]

ok then been putting of upgrading my 4870 vaporx but think its nearly time

was wondering if i could run a 560ti on my 500watt power suply


its been running the 4870 overclocked fine
cpu is a i5-750 running at stockspeeds yes i know its a sin

the other option is a gtx560 or a 6870 and before anyone says no i cant streach to £200+ cards

 

[harmony]

If you can wait, then wait for the upcoming 28nm cards.

If you can't wait, then I'd reommend an HD 6950 2GB for £199.99, e.g. OcUK ATI Radeon 6950 2048MB or MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 OC Twin FrozR III.

I do not recommend buying more 1GB cards as of today, because it might be difficult to sell in the near future when the 28nm cards are released. If you must buy a 1GB card then choose the cheapest one.

 

[Game]

mmmm will hold fire then and just lower my settings in things for now then

 

[Marine-RX179]

By the way what (brand/model) power supply is that you are using?

 

[Game]

iam using a ocz modxstream 500w

 

[Cleeecooo]

iam using a ocz modxstream 500w

That will be fine.
If you wait, then prepare to wait for a 2012 release as it isn't ridiculously unlikely that that will happen.

I would just get a gap filler card eg GTX 560

 

[pecnarf]

if you do decide to go after a gap filler card to tie you over until 28nm has full been depolyed i would suggest going for the gainwood gtx 560ti phantom 2gb.

 

[Jony27]

out of topic but curious, why do people call it "gainwood" when its "gainward" ?
ive seen a couple of posts reffering to it like this.

 

[Cleeecooo]

if you do decide to go after a gap filler card to tie you over until 28nm has full been depolyed i would suggest going for the gainwood gtx 560ti phantom 2gb.

Overkill for a gap filler card. A standard one will be fine.

out of topic but curious, why do people call it "gainwood" when its "gainward" ?
ive seen a couple of posts reffering to it like this.

I think it's just people not reading properly. There was a thread with gainwood in the title and ever since more and more people have been Calling it that. It's GAINWARD!!!

 

[Gogl]

out of topic but curious, why do people call it "gainwood" when its "gainward" ?
ive seen a couple of posts reffering to it like this.

Perhaps Gainward brand cards are so good they give you wood.

 

[Game]

was looking at the gigabyte gtx 560 oc and the giga 560 ti
will get something for my 4860 so that can part fund it]

but will be hard to move away from my sappire cards 3 out of the last 4 all come from them

 

[Cleeecooo]

was looking at the gigabyte gtx 560 oc and the giga 560 ti
will get something for my 4860 so that can part fund it]

but will be hard to move away from my sappire cards 3 out of the last 4 all come from them

Brand really doesn't matter. I had an XFX card as my first card and only wanted to buy XFX from then on but I an guarantee you brand loyalty rarely matters. The only brands I would buy are
MSI
Gigabyte
EVGA

This is because of their excellent RMA