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Upgrading from 560ti, need some advice.

Zanna

Zanna

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Ok I've had my 560TI now for quite some time and it looks like it may finally need upgrading. It's been struggling with newer games, couple that with this whole mess with nvidia and the newest drivers has me still running on the 314.22 drivers as they were the last stable.

Currently running
Intel I5 2500k at 4.5ghz
8gb Ram
650watt OCZ ZS
AsusP8Z68-V/GEN3 Mobo

Do you think I'll need to upgrade the PSU? I know if i tried to overclock the GPU by even a small amount the pc would lock up. Same if I tried to take the CPU to 4.6ghz (This is the old Spinosaur build and it was never stable at 4.6ghz)

I'm looking at upgrading to something that will keep me for a couple of years again (hopefully) but I'm looking at a budget of about £200 for the card. Can you guys give any advice on card choices and if I need to change anything?

Thanks in advance
 
snips86x said:
I'd find another £30 and get a 7970 IMO, but the 7950 will be fine.

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+1 on the 7970 and if over budget, the 7950 :)
 
If you are running 1080p, the actual gaming difference between the Ice-Q's and 7970's(having used 7970 and 7950's) both oc'ed is almost negligible to the point I doubt you will notice a difference.
 
I currently run games at 1600x900 as that's all the monitor I currently have will do. I will be changing to 2 screens in the future and possibly bigger ones at that.
I'm after performance mainly, I do play a few physx games like Borderlands 2 but I could always just use the 560ti as a dedicated card if I chose to go AMD again.
 
If I did go AMD again would my PSU be up for running the 560ti as a physx card or would I need to upgrade?
I mainly want something that will last me a while again, It does look like going amd and getting the 7970 would keep me happy for a year or 2 though.
 
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AMD card for rendering + nVidia card for PhysX isn't an officially supported configuration by nVidia and not sure what state 3rd party modified drivers to make it work are in.
 
Zanna said:
If I did go AMD again would my PSU be up for running the 560ti as a physx card or would I need to upgrade?
I mainly want something that will last me a while again, It does look like going amd and getting the 7970 would keep me happy for a year or 2 though.
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Bag yourself a cheap GTX 670 and if you want to use the 560ti for PhysX it should be no problem.
 
Kaapstad said:
Bag yourself a cheap GTX 670 and if you want to use the 560ti for PhysX it should be no problem.
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He said he wants to use it for up to 2 years, a 2Gb GTX 670 would not last that long due to its small frame buffer.

And as he is taking time between upgrades the 7970 is much faster then the GTX 670 so he would be best off buying the 7970.

OP, Don't worry yourself with PhysX, next generation consoles will be using OpenCL for GPU physics which will carry over to PC and work on both AMD and Nvidia cards, PhysX is dead in the water.
 
almighty15 said:
He said he wants to use it for up to 2 years, a 2Gb GTX 670 would not last that long due to its small frame buffer.

And as he is taking time between upgrades the 7970 is much faster then the GTX 670 so he would be best off buying the 7970.

OP, Don't worry yourself with PhysX, next generation consoles will be using OpenCL for GPU physics which will carry over to PC and work on both AMD and Nvidia cards, PhysX is dead in the water.
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The OP want's to play PhysX based games staying with NVidia for this makes sense.
 
almighty15 said:
He plays a 'few' PhysX games.... Hardly a massive strike against AMD hardware, especially as you run AMD+Nvidia PhysX.
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Doing what you are suggesting is a very poor way of running PhysX on a PC.

Far better to run a GTX 670 as the main card and use one set of drivers.

Also when comparing a GTX 670 to a HD 7970 it is not that easy to tell the difference unless you are running FRAPS.
 
Kaapstad said:
Doing what you are suggesting is a very poor way of running PhysX on a PC.

Far better to run a GTX 670 as the main card and use one set of drivers.

Also when comparing a GTX 670 to a HD 7970 it is not that easy to tell the difference unless you are running FRAPS.
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I had AMD Crossfire with an Nvidia GPU for PhysX and not a single issue....

And a 7970Ghz Edition batters a GTX 670 and it would be very noticeable in certain games.
 
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