replacements for 570's

[AHarvey]

Hey,

Brother law built a pc last year, has 2 x Nvidia GeForce GTX 570's 1024MB's fitted.

Now they overheat and mess up due to bad planning on his part so he wants 1 card to replace them both for his xmas present.

So what gfx cards would make a decent replacement for 2 570's? Main uses are gaming, with a little video editing on the side

Cheapest and most expensive options as I'm not sure what the budget is yet.

he's also asked for a tablet so I've suggested an android tablet and cooling for his cards

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

Any of the following would work really well.

The best bang for buck is the 7950 atm from AMD. The 7970 and the 680 from Nvidia aren't really worth the premium but you said expensive and less expensive. All of these are good cards but if you're just getting one card I go for either the Gigabyte Windforce 3x or the HIS Ice Q Boost 7950s but at the current pricing I'd prolly go for the Gigabyte WF3

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £439.99
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £383.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £335.99
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £319.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £311.99
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £251.99
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £249.95
Total : £2,307.38 (includes shipping : £11.25).

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

+1 for a 7950. Best price/performance ratio above £200, they have a lot of overclocking headroom so it is well worth overclocking to get the most from them.

 

[frustin]

one of those Gigabyte WF3 7950s going to wee all over 2x GTX 560s?

answer looks to be no:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/343973-15-zotac-sapphire-7950

 

[rallyslag]

one of those Gigabyte WF3 7950s going to wee all over 2x GTX 560s?

answer looks to be no:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/343973-15-zotac-sapphire-7950

So you recommend 2 560's over 1 7950 ?? lol .
Also look at the thread date , 7950's are 10- 15% faster now with driver updates !!

 

[frustin]

no, i didnt say i "recommend" anything. I have a couple of 560's, so i am interested in this thread.

in any event, £250+ for a new card for a 10-15% speed increase? that's a lot, for not a lot.

 

[Secret_Window]

I only had one GTX 570, but I replaced mine with 2 x Gigabyte WF3 7950 cards and they have served me very well. In fact, I didn't even need TWO of them to be honest...

 

[rallyslag]

no, i didnt say i "recommend" anything. I have a couple of 560's, so i am interested in this thread.

in any event, £250+ for a new card for a 10-15% speed increase? that's a lot, for not a lot.

On that i agree,money for nothing is not a good idea ! i do wonder when the vram will become a limit though on the 560's . I went from a 4780x2 to a 7950 and it felt like a massive upgrade even though only a 50% on benchmarks !

 

[frustin]

I only had one GTX 570, but I replaced mine with 2 x Gigabyte WF3 7950 cards and they have served me very well. In fact, I didn't even need TWO of them to be honest...

blimey that must feel tangibly different? can you crank up crisis to max on everything?

 

[frustin]

On that i agree,money for nothing is not a good idea ! i do wonder when the vram will become a limit though on the 560's . I went from a 4780x2 to a 7950 and it felt like a massive upgrade even though only a 50% on benchmarks !

apology accepted.

 

[AHarvey]

thanks for the input, I'll pass it on to the mother in law.

Hoping I can get a cheap 570 out of this to replace my 8800gt

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

no, i didnt say i "recommend" anything. I have a couple of 560's, so i am interested in this thread.

in any event, £250+ for a new card for a 10-15% speed increase? that's a lot, for not a lot.

You have a couple of working 560s. That's the difference, therefore I don't know why this thread has much to do with ur situ.

Yes 560 SLI to 7950 is a waste. But like I said the OP's borthers 570s don't really work by the sounds of it.

If he had asked for a full SLI upgrade then we would have recommended 7950CF.

I don't get your post tbh...

 

[frustin]

i was interested to know if my 560s are worth the upgrade to a single 7950, they clearly arnt.

i was asking myself that before i answered it myself (hence the edit), with the toms link.

 

[[WU-TANG]GZA]

i was interested to know if my 560s are worth the upgrade to a single 7950, they clearly arnt.

i was asking myself that before i answered it myself (hence the edit), with the toms link.

AAAAAAH

Couldn't tell the timing of the edit. Yeah definitely not worth a move from your 560s

 

[Secret_Window]

blimey that must feel tangibly different? can you crank up crisis to max on everything?

Pretty much, but even with two cards you can still get dips with fps. To be honest, it's a bit OTT for the gains in some games. One card is enough IMO.

 

[Litmoose]

Maybe a better case with better air flow would be a better short term presant? Maybe even a little money left over for something else too!