Any recommendation on what GPU to get?

[nemesis2290]

My price range is up to 300$ max

and I was thinking about getting this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127608


Is this a decent GPU to upgrade to? I'm currently using a 5770

 

[Z Power]

Yup, its a good choice. Go for it.

Or with $20 bucks more you can get this,

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130593

I'd go for the 570.

 

[Mkilbride]

I'd hold off 3 months.

The NVIDIA 6xx series is coming out, and the AMD 7xxx series is being more fleshed out.

This will force prices down, massively.

Places are already selling GTX580's for as low as 380$, previously 500$. That was within just like two weeks of performance leaks of the 680.


Ohh, found one for 360$ with a modded cooler, even.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-na&AID=10521304&PID=4003003&SID=o3jxk47grsar


Now that's a card. Galaxy is basically BFG. Who knows? Given a few more months, prices could have these down to the 300$ range or so.

 

[nemesis2290]

Thanks guys! I decided I'm gonna save a bit more for this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130687

 

[Mkilbride]

Dude, the one I posted above is far better and 10$ more!

It also has custom cooling VS stock.


IF you're willing to pay 350$ for that, get the 580!

 

[nemesis2290]

woops! didn't notice the rebate, alright! I'm definitely saving up for that one! I'm probably not going to be able to afford it for 2-3 months anyways, but whoo! that card is smexy.

Think a 600watt PSU will be able to handle it? I hope so, but I doubt it D:




Okay, seems I'm gonna be getting a brand new PSU along with it Thanks a ton for the reference, that card is very nice....I just hope it can run ESF:F.... lol

 

[Mkilbride]

It depends on the PSU, but 600w would be enough if it was quality.

And that's good, and of course it'll run ESF:F

 

[nemesis2290]

I'm going to be upgrading to an 800w PSU just to be safe, and just use my old PSU for the next PC I build, thanks again for the info Mkil.

 

[IFlip92]

Make sure your case is also big enough as that is a huge card!

Card Dimensions
11.5" x 4.5" x 2.5" aka 30.5x11.5x6.5cm

I had to upgrade my case when I moved from 9800GT to a 560 Ti

 

[nemesis2290]

Think it would fit in an NZXT Apollo case?

 

[Z Power]

It should.

 

[nemesis2290]

Alright, I sure hope so! Thanks guys.

 

[nemesis2290]

Okay, so I learned butt **** loads about computer components these last couple weeks lol.

My PSU has four low wattage 12V rails (3 at 216W, 1 at 240W) and just a GTX570 will eat up over 300w, much less the 580 using 351. So instead of dishing out a heap of cash to up my PSU, and GPU, I decided I would look at some AMD cards, and compare the performance/watt usage.

I found out the 7850 has very near gtx570 performance, but only uses about 200w at full load. That, and it's 250$! So, decided that I'll go with an AMD card.

 

[Z Power]

Why not get a better PSU? Unlike the GPU, it will last for ages.

 

[nemesis2290]

I actually am next month Just decided to go with AMD because....well..not too much difference as far as I can see, except the AMD card is cheaper, stays cooler (even on benchmarking tests it doesn't go above 60c) uses waaaay less power, and right now, spending limit is about 320, and I could upgrade my RAM With the money I save, and still have enough left over to put away for better PSU.

 

[IFlip92]

I actually am next month Just decided to go with AMD because....well..not too much difference as far as I can see, except the AMD card is cheaper, stays cooler (even on benchmarking tests it doesn't go above 60c) uses waaaay less power, and right now, spending limit is about 320, and I could upgrade my RAM With the money I save, and still have enough left over to put away for better PSU.

Keep in mind an ATI card doesn't have a dedicated Physics processor on the card so you won't get the same goodies in games like Batman AA/AC for eg.

 

[Z Power]

PhysX is mainly for aesthetics right now, and only feasible if you have an old Nvidia card lying around. Otherwise it isn't really worth it to get an Nvidia card just for PhysX.

 

[phrack50]

PhysX takes a huge load off the CPU. It supports features such as rigid body dynamics, soft body dynamics, ragdolls and character controllers, vehicle dynamics, volumetric fluid simulation and cloth simulation including tearing and pressurized cloth.
PhysX technology is used by the game engines Unreal Engine 3, Unity 3D, Gamebryo, Vision, Instinct, Diesel, Torque, Hero and BigWorld and is the physics platform of more than 300 video games.
And since Nvidia's acquisition of Ageia, they basically own the PhysX technology. ForceWare drivers disable PhysX hardware acceleration if a GPU from a different manufacturer, such as AMD, is present in the system.
So anyone running ATi/AMD cards are severely crippled. This lead to quite a few complaints as you can imagine, and subsequent patches (for each game) had to be released to resolve this issue.

For more information on PhysX check out the wiki link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhysX

 

[Z Power]

[video=youtube;-x9B_4qBAkk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-x9B_4qBAkk[/video]

Thats 1000^1000 words right there.

 

[vector]

honestly you should just wait til the next generation cards start coming out. 6xx series and other massive ones. heck 680 is only supposed to b the new mid range and its selling as the highest right now. just watch what happens when they come out with their new high end cards. all these other card prices will go down a lot.

buy any who radeon hd 4870 is AMAZING for its price. heck 2 of these would b cheaper than most of the cards mentioned here and still cost less. only prob is no physx and only supports up to directx 10.1

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...ords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-NA-_-NA

Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP