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New GFX Card

stueng

stueng

stueng

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Im going my own head in here trying to decide what to do....

I have two 560 Ti's atm
I want to have full waterblocks on whatever card(s) I have
My 560's do not have full waterblocks available
My 560's are only 1GB and give me problems because not enough VRAM

My options...
1) Just ignore it and carry on
2) Wait for Kepler and then look at this again
3) Purchase 2 X 560Ti (or equivilant ATI card) with compatible full blocks and more than 1GB VRAM
4) Purchase single 570/580 with compatible full block and 1.5-3GB VRAM

Now I dont need help with options 1 and 2 :) but I do need help with options 3 and 4

What do you think I should do? which card(s) specifically? I dont mind ATI or Nvidia as long as their is a full block

Lets say a budget of between £400-£600
 
CuteTurtle said:
I don't think Overclockers sells them, but here.. a video of a guy having those waterblocks for the same cards. (I'm sure you can find them elsewhere)

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Yeah I have spoken to this guy already, he doenst have a full block he has univeral block and doesnt cool his VRAM
 
Personally if you really want to water cool what ever card /s you have or get, i would wait for the new Kepler cards with it being this close to launch
 
I would just get an ati 7970, as they benchmark well, and kepler might be ****! Everyone keeps expecting them to be amazing but i doubt they will be or nvidia would have released more info on them by now! Also nvidia suck imo they just presume they should beat ati, but that will be what turns them over in the end. (maybe this time)
 
The op already has a good card, so no harm in waiting.

At the very least, Kepler will be very similar to the 7970 unless nv seriously **** something up.

It should atleast knock some competition into the market.
 
Thats what im saying, nvidia have prob been sitting around the office playing bf3 saying ati wont catch us up, then the 7000 series drops and they are like "nutz" ok guys lets knock something out! Which imo will be sub-par
 
Turb3k said:
Thats what im saying, nvidia have prob been sitting around the office playing bf3 saying ati wont catch us up, then the 7000 series drops and they are like "nutz" ok guys lets knock something out! Which imo will be sub-par
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You make it sound as if Nvidia are going to create and knock out their new architecture in a few months :p They will have been working on it for years and I'm expecting it to match the 7900 series performance with ease.

To the OP, if vram is becoming a major limitation then a 7970 is a great choice if you can't wait for the rest of the gpu line up. Additional benefits of course include: less power draw, less heat, no microstutter (if you're experiencing any) and a higher resale price on your 560s than if you were to wait until Kepler (most likely).
 
Yer the fact there is no official word on it and were depending purely rumour is an issue =/ i think im just gunna ait it out a few months and see what happens.
 
Is there still any advantage choosing Nvidia over ATi for PhysX? I've lost track, last time I bought myself a card most games benefited from the Nvidia PhysX over an ATi card.
 
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