Should I upgrade? (670gtx) or other components?

David_VI · 22 Nov 2016 at 20:58

Getting slightly back into gaming and with sales/black friday about it might be a good opportunity.

I've been thinking of a new GPU on/off for some time as usually I miss a generation but this 670gtx has lasted me quite some time. Thought i'd get some recommendations for other cards, I stick with Nvidia these days. I thought i'd check incase a GPU upgrade is pointless and bottlenecked by this spec?

Currently i'm using 1080p but looking to go to 1440 in the future, although wouldn't be for a year I would guess.

Edit: update... Still not got around to it! Wondering if it's wise to wait now as prices may potentially drop within next few months?

My current spec:
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
i5 4690k
8gb RAM (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz
670gtx 2gb

Got 2x256gb SSDs and 3x1TB HDD's.

Danke Shoen

Jumper118 · 22 Nov 2016 at 21:01

yes, your gpu will be the main thing you want to upgrade. a gtx1060 or 1070 should be a good upgrade for you.

Ian Evey · 22 Nov 2016 at 21:05

David_VI said:
Getting slightly back into gaming and with sales/black friday about it might be a good opportunity.

I've been thinking of a new GPU on/off for some time as usually I miss a generation but this 670gtx has lasted me quite some time. Thought i'd get some recommendations for other cards, I stick with Nvidia these days. I thought i'd check incase a GPU upgrade is pointless and bottlenecked by this spec?

Currently i'm using 1080p but looking to go to 1440 in the future, although wouldn't be for a year I would guess.

My current spec:
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
i5 4690k
8gb RAM (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz
670gtx 2gb

Got 2x256gb SSDs and 3x1TB HDD's.

Danke Shoen

If you want something new then the 1060 6gb is a decent upgrade about 3 times the power of a 670 or a 1070 which has 8gb vram and is about 5 times the power, You won't be bottlenecked with a 4690k so no worries there.

The only question is, is your psu up to the job?

J.D · 22 Nov 2016 at 21:36

Ian Evey said:
If you want something new then the 1060 6gb is a decent upgrade about 3 times the power of a 670 or a 1070 which has 8gb vram and is about 5 times the power, You won't be bottlenecked with a 4690k so no worries there.

The only question is, is your psu up to the job?

It should be, the 670 draws slightly under what the 1070 does.

Terrorfirmer · 22 Nov 2016 at 21:42

Ian Evey said:
If you want something new then the 1060 6gb is a decent upgrade about 3 times the power of a 670 or a 1070 which has 8gb vram and is about 5 times the power, You won't be bottlenecked with a 4690k so no worries there.

The only question is, is your psu up to the job?

The GTX670 actually consumes more power than the GTX1060, so he's fine.

I'd say if you've lasted this long with a GTX670 and plan doing the same again, might as well get the GTX1070 if you have the money, but even the GTX1060 is a massive upgrade.

David_VI · 22 Nov 2016 at 21:46

Psu is
Coolermaster Silent Pro Modular 850W Power Supply
According to my order history on OCUK haha.

The different GTX1070's are they all due to different OC's and branding? They seem to vary in price a lot!

Cheers for your help.

David_VI · 17 Feb 2017 at 18:04

Bumping this...
I've still not bothered haha.
I've got the money but wondering if the situation has changed at all with upcoming GPU releases... A 1080ti?

May mean prices drop or a better option available?

Cheers

Griffildur · 17 Feb 2017 at 18:11

David_VI said:
Bumping this...
I've still not bothered haha.
I've got the money but wondering if the situation has changed at all with upcoming GPU releases... A 1080ti?

May mean prices drop or a better option available?

Cheers

I like your style, when you upgrade ... well ... you upgrade. Get a Zotac 1080TI ( if they ever appear! ), 5 years warranty, factory overclocked .... you're laughing

David_VI · 18 Feb 2017 at 11:50

Griffildur said:
I like your style, when you upgrade ... well ... you upgrade. Get a Zotac 1080TI ( if they ever appear! ), 5 years warranty, factory overclocked .... you're laughing

I'm so out of the loop. Before the 670gtx I always got the ti versions of cards. They seemed to be good value.

From your reply has this changed? Would a 1080ti be more than a 1080?

Or will it push the 1070 and 1080 prices down? That would be useful. I don't really want to spend over 500 on a GPU.

ljt · 18 Feb 2017 at 12:46

David_VI said:
I'm so out of the loop. Before the 670gtx I always got the ti versions of cards. They seemed to be good value.

From your reply has this changed? Would a 1080ti be more than a 1080?

Or will it push the 1070 and 1080 prices down? That would be useful. I don't really want to spend over 500 on a GPU.

By the looks of it the 1080ti probably won't push the 1080/1070 price down as there is currently a massive gulf in price between the normal 1080 and the Titan, so most believe it will just be priced to sit between those two.

You have the choice between a 1060 for around £220+, a 1070 which hover around the £350+ or 1080 which are pretty much all £500+. On the AMD side you have the RX480 8Gb for £200+

If you are still going for a 1440p monitor then the 1060/rx480 are going to struggle if you want to max out settings at that res.

So you'd be looking at a minimum of the 1070 if you decide to go 1440p

VonScar · 18 Feb 2017 at 14:08

I would get an MSI or Asus 1070. 1080's are an absolute rip-off. The TI will be no different.

If AMD can get their act together, only then, will we start getting bargains.

Playing devils advocate, what about an 8 gig AMD 480 GPU?

wrenaudrey · 18 Feb 2017 at 14:18

What 1080p have you got? 60hz, get a 1060. 120/144, get a 1070.
But if you want to be ready for your 1440p in the coming months, i say get 1070.

I speculate that when the 1080 Ti comes out, they will drop the 1080 price to accommodate the Ti and not mess with the Titan.
But the 1070 price will sitll remain the same

MattyD242 · 18 Feb 2017 at 14:53

I had the exact same spec until I upgraded to an RX480 8gb in August

If you are only wanting 1080p then it's not really worth getting a more expensive card.

I got the top-rated XFX card which is fantastic but, honestly, probably not worth the extra cost over one of the cheaper non-reference cards unless you want best quality parts and/or cooling. The Red Devil 480 is the same price as a stock 1060 but has more RAM and will match or beat it in real world performance. I think drivers have put out about a 10%-ish performance increase for the AMD card since most of the benchmarks would have been done at launch.

David_VI · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:20

It looks like it'll be a 1070 then.

What differences between the different brands are there? The price varies so so much and want to get the best one for my needs and value for money

Kaapstad · 20 Feb 2017 at 14:28

David_VI said:
It looks like it'll be a 1070 then.

What differences between the different brands are there? The price varies so so much and want to get the best one for my needs and value for money

All 1070s are pretty good, the difference is the quality of the coolers and warranty.

If I had to get a 1070 it would be something like the one below but other people will also be able to suggest other good options.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-30y-ea.html

David_VI · 20 Feb 2017 at 16:13

I was looking at a table like this
http://thepcenthusiast.com/geforce-gtx-1070-compared-asus-evga-zotac-msi-gigabyte/
The ones with the highest clock, base and boost are the gigabyte xtreme, Gainward Phoenix (which is a good price) and a Palit one.

Is this a flawed way of choosing one for performance?

ScoTTyBEEE · 20 Feb 2017 at 22:26

*** Uncalled for *** -WG You could have got a 1080 on the gibbo special for 50 quid more. Look around the £350 price range.

tommybhoy · 21 Feb 2017 at 00:17

^

Kaapstad said:
If I had to get a 1070 it would be something like the one below

Personal choice as he tends to buy the best of the best-as he stated:

Kaapstad said:
but other people will also be able to suggest other good options.

David_VI said:
Is this a flawed way of choosing one for performance?

Kaapstad said:
All 1070s are pretty good, the difference is the quality of the coolers and warranty

As most(if not all) will do ~2Ghz-be it boost/oc'd, due to Nv's hard lock limit, an extra 150 to hit the ceiling is nothing and as it's always a gpu lottery no matter any 1070 you end up with, 2Ghz could be the limit.

The Amp Extreme is the obvious champ anyway as that's what I have

, but no matter how good I think it is personally, can't see past the £380 MSI Quicksilver that is £100 cheaper than the current Amp Extreme price

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/msi-...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-339-ms.html

That price can increase at any time as it's on deal, so if you want one be quick.

David_VI · 21 Feb 2017 at 03:13

Ordered the Quicksilver!

IvanDobskey · 21 Feb 2017 at 15:16

Good choice, nice card.

Rest of your system looks good. Another 8gb of ram wouldn't hurt though.