Which Card Should I get, please?

[Nanostronghold]

Hi,
I'm interested in slightly upgrading my graphics card and i'm torn between two.

One is the:
OcUK GeForce GTX 560 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £131.99

and the other is the:
Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti DirectCU 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card [ENGTX550 TI DC/DI/1GD5 ] £99.98

My question is, is it worth getting the more expensive OcUK card. It does have more cores, at 336, compared to the Asus' 192.
But with regard to everything else the cheaper Asus has higher specs. Higher core clock, same memory, higher memory clock.

I'm guessing the answer is yes, but does almost doubling the cores more than make up for the other, slightly lower spec numbers?

Thanks very much

Bob

 

[Surveyor]

The simple answer is that the GTX 560 is much better:

GTX 550Ti v GTX 560

 

[Nanostronghold]

fair enough That's what I thought lol, just didnt wanna regret spending £30 extra for little difference.

Thanks

 

[Defy Belief]

6850 imo, http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=543

Especially seeing as one is on special at £87.

Cheaper than both and not a huge difference between the 560.

Plus the Asus cooler i'd imagine is way better than the OcUK 560 one.

 

[Surveyor]

6850 imo

Cheaper than both and not a huge difference between the 560.

That would depend on the particular games the OP plays.

BF3, for example, seems to perform much better on the GTX 560.

 

[Nanostronghold]

hmmm, that's confusing. is the 6850 older? It has lower specs except for a crazy number of cores by comparison. Why are they so cheap? Surely there's a downside?

 

[Defy Belief]

That would depend on the particular games the OP plays.

BF3, for example, seems to perform much better on the GTX 560.

True, also depends on your resolution? Either way it's about 20 frames off max on BF3 but it's nearly £50 cheaper.

As for the price, the 6xxx series are coming to the end of their time now the 7xxx series is here, they-re still very capable graphics cards.

Can also pick up 6870s for about £120 new now and they're about 5 frames slower on bf3 according to benchmarks.

 

[Cythx]

Nano, you should ignore the amount of cores/clock speed.

Only pay attention to benchmark results.

 

[Gregster]

Nano, you should ignore the amount of cores/clock speed.

Only pay attention to benchmark results.

+1 on this. Benches show the true results.

 

[Nanostronghold]

ahh okay thx

Edit: I think I am gonna go for that GTX 560. I think it looks the best bet for my price range.