MSI 560 vs 570 - Worth the price for performance?

[JButlerUK]

Hi Guys.

Not been on in a while as i bought a Samsung D8000 3D TV instead of upgrading my PC, however Fifa 12 is getting boring now and the missues is kicking me off it more and more to watch Emmerdale (my poor TV). So im now ready to upgrade my PC again with a few bits...

I cam across these:

MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

vs

MSI GeForce GTX 570 OC Twin FrozR III Power Edition 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

The 560Ti is cheaper. Faster MHz and more memory.

I am only looking to get something to run BF3, Rage, Skyrim etc untill the new range of GPU's come out next year.

Any advice on which of the two above to go for? I have settled on those an i like MSI.

Cheers.

 

[JButlerUK]

Fair enough.

But why does the 560 have nearly double the memory etc?

Surley given the spec of that particular 560 it will be better, or am i missing something.

 

[JButlerUK]

Sorry for being a bit stoopid lol.

The only difference i can see is the number fo processing cores.

Is that what makes the big difference.

 

[JButlerUK]

Makes sense.

So what GPU atm offers value for money around this price?

cheers.

 

[JButlerUK]

Cheers.

 

[JButlerUK]

BTW

If i do get the MSI GTX 560 is it not worth paying £40 more for double the memory for the 2GB version?

Cheers.

 

[JButlerUK]

Thanks guys.

By my understanding, yes the 2GB version will obviously help but its a little like a catch 22 whereby the time you get to the point where a game will use the extra vram then the whole card will be too slow to run that game, is this about right?

Anyway bit ponitless now, not got as much money as i thought so im just getting the Graphics card this month and the mobo etc, next month.

That said i have my eye on this;

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 570 SOC WINDFORCE 3X 1280MB

What do you think? Will that keep me going with the current games for a while?

 

[JButlerUK]

Probably!



Change it round and buy the mobo this month, Nvidia are bringing out a new revised 560Ti featuring 448 CUDA cores, 56 TMUs, a 320-bit memory bus and likely 1280MB VRAM(possible unlocking to a 570!)

At the very least I imagine that will nock the prices around a bit.

When? Where and how much lol?

 

[JButlerUK]

TBH im not waiting, im getting one soon lol.

Just cant decide if the extra bit more is worth the cash going from a 560 to 570.

 

[JButlerUK]

MSI GTX 570 just ordered.

Like that one so thats it