Upgrade from 8800GTS

[robbobloke]

Hi Guys

I currently have the following setup, which I bought from OCUK in or around 2007.

-Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
-Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
-OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
-Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
-Crucial Ballistix 4GB (4x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA663)

My E6600 is o/c'ed to 3.2 using stock vaults (400*8).

I'm looking to play The Witcher 2 so it looks like my GPU is in need of an upgrade. It doesn't need to be on ultra settings, but enough for me to appreciate the graphics without lots of stuttering.

My budget is around £200. I also need to know whether it is worth it in the first place as I'm concerned that my motherboard/cpu might be a big bottleneck and I won't see any improvement. Also whether my PSU will handle the upgrade!

My initial research is pointing me towards the GTX 560ti cards...

Many thanks, Mark.

 

[FallshirmjAEger]

The 560ti *may* be bottlenecked by the old core2 processor, but don't quote me on that.

Otherwise, it's a great card.

 

[andy_mk3]

I'm in the same boat and have narrowed it down to the 560ti or the 5870

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-147-XF&tool=3

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-114-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1341

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=294

I think the 560ti is better though, it performs better in games, the 5870 only performs better in benchmarks.

 

[Delbert]

8800gts to 560ti.... your eyes will burn....