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#1 deactivated-579f651eab962
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I bought my 560 Ti in November but that itch is here and I want more oompf!

If you were in my position what would you do....

560 ti SLI ( noisy but fast ) £150?

Ditch the 560 ti and get a 570 - £300?

Ditch the 560 Ti and get a 580. - £400?

I wont be going any higher than 1920x1080 as I use my Viera.

I also have concerns about 1gb vram being an issue which puts me off the sli option a bit, what with Highres Texture packs and the like.

Money is not a problem but I don't like to waste money or spend unnecessarily.

680? Too new and overpriced?

:D

Just added a poll :)

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560ti sli > 570 and 580
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#3 Rocker6
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If money's no problem,I would easily go with GTX 680.There is no such thing as "too new" hardware,and the card is awesome,you get what you pay for,should last for some time if you're playing on 1980X1080...

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#4 Mareczek99
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Twin 560ti's should give You simmilar if not better performance.

I'd go SLI

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-gtx-560-ti-sli-review/7

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#5 Grey_Eyed_Elf
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GTX 570 is £220 and the GTX 580 is £300 now... for £420 you can get a GTX 680 and that will last you 3 years easy playing games at high/very high at 1080p.

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If you have money to burn upgrade to your heart's content. If you're running games maxed and everything is eye candy then you probably won't see much, if any difference, with an upgrade. Personally, my builds last a few years before I do an upgrade...lol look at my sig. I'm in the process of getting a new rig now. Soooo money? need? want? If you got it spend it I suppose. That's all money and possessions are good for: to create hapiness. So there ya go, if it'll make you happy buy it up :D lol
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I dont like the idea of spending £420 on a "graphics card", it seems a bit mental. I'm not tight, I'm careful.

Bang for buck another 560 Ti seems the best best but it's just that 1Gb limitation that worries me also. Am I worrying about nothing?

Then again if I went with 580/680 I could SLi in the future....AAARRGHGGHH Decisions decisions .

Gunna do 2-3 weeks of research before I choose. You never know some more choices might come along.

Keep the thread alive!:p

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I dont like the idea of spending £420 on a "graphics card", it seems a bit mental. I'm not tight, I'm careful.

Bang for buck another 560 Ti seems the best best but it's just that 1Gb limitation that worries me also. Am I worrying about nothing?

Then again if I went with 580/680 I could SLi in the future....AAARRGHGGHH Decisions decisions .

Gunna do 2-3 weeks of research before I choose. You never know some more choices might come along.

Keep the thread alive!:p

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Lets put it this way... The GTX 560Ti 1GB on BF3 performs the same as the HD 6950 2GB and the GTX 570 outperforms the HD 6970. Pure grunt will always > VRAM. If your running one monitor regardless of what the resolution is the extra 1GB of ram doesn't affect you much. Even Multi monitor setup's GTX 680 out performs a HD 7970 on BF3 which has 1GB of more VRAM. When it comes to bang for the buck it goes like this: HD 6850 > GTX 560ti > GTX 480 > HD 7950 > GTX 680... getting any other card would be d***. The HD 7850/7870/7770/7750 cards are the worst bang for the buck GPU's around. Only offer better cooling. So far unless your going for the flagship there's no performance boost. They costs the same if not more to similar performing cards.
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So what would draw more power a GTX 580 or GTX 560 TI SLI.

How long realisticly will I be happy with 2 x 560 ti's with this upgrade i wanna max things out for quite a while @ 60fps. The sli is attractive cuz i can get another 560 ti for £166 but I dont wanna regret it.

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#10 Grey_Eyed_Elf
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So what would draw more power a GTX 580 or GTX 560 TI SLI.

How long realisticly will I be happy with 2 x 560 ti's with this upgrade i wanna max things out for quite a while @ 60fps. The sli is attractive cuz i can get another 560 ti for £166 but I dont wanna regret it.

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The 560Ti's would draw more power but not by much and will perform a lot better than a GTX 580 in fact would bring you close to GTX 680 performance. I see that you have a 650w PSU... it may be pushing it but 700/750w would be perfect depending on the quality of the PSU. No one can guarantee you 60FPS especially with a SLI/Crossfire setup in future games because we just don't know and with a new console generation around the corner optimisation for PC version may be even worse than this generation.
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#11 deactivated-579f651eab962
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Does anyone on here actually have 560 Ti's in SLI?
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Just found an EVGA GTX 680 in stock for £420... Do I or not?!?!?! EEEEK

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Does anyone on here actually have 560 Ti's in SLI?acanofcoke
I do and they are pretty good. Some people here are saying that they can run BF3 @ 1920x1080 with ALL Ultra 4xMSAA and it's smooth... I believe they are lying. Aside from BF3, I've had no other problems. Every game runs great. It's a pretty good combo to SLI. I would have suggested you get 2x GTX560Ti with 448 Core 1.2GB but I'm guessing you also are stuck with the 384 core 1GB model.
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[QUOTE="acanofcoke"]Does anyone on here actually have 560 Ti's in SLI?trastamad03
I do and they are pretty good. Some people here are saying that they can run BF3 @ 1920x1080 with ALL Ultra 4xMSAA and it's smooth... I believe they are lying. Aside from BF3, I've had no other problems. Every game runs great. It's a pretty good combo to SLI. I would have suggested you get 2x GTX560Ti with 448 Core 1.2GB but I'm guessing you also are stuck with the 384 core 1GB model.

Pretty Good? You don't sound too convincing!
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[QUOTE="trastamad03"][QUOTE="acanofcoke"]Does anyone on here actually have 560 Ti's in SLI?acanofcoke
I do and they are pretty good. Some people here are saying that they can run BF3 @ 1920x1080 with ALL Ultra 4xMSAA and it's smooth... I believe they are lying. Aside from BF3, I've had no other problems. Every game runs great. It's a pretty good combo to SLI. I would have suggested you get 2x GTX560Ti with 448 Core 1.2GB but I'm guessing you also are stuck with the 384 core 1GB model.

Pretty Good? You don't sound too convincing!

GTX 560TI 448 1.2GB SLI = Pretty good

GTX 560TI 384 1GB SLI = Decent

I'm kinda bummed cause lately I've been playing a ton of BF3 and I personally enjoy having 60FPS with eyecandy on. In cities I get 45fps and throws off my aim most of the time. Every other game runs great. Except Diablo III beta, cause it's badly optimized.

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Thats strange cuz I get 45-60fps on my rig
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Thats strange cuz I get 45-60fps on my rigacanofcoke
I have my SLI on Maximum Performance. In the Global Settings I've set it to Performance instead of Adaptive. I even checked with the SLI visual indicator and both cards are being used. Don't know what gives. Temps under load are 88°C on primary and 70°C on slave. Maybe I'm unlucky or something.

And for reference my specs are:

i5 2500k @ 4.0Ghz

8GB DDR3 1333 RipjawsX

2x GTX 560Ti TwinFrozr II 384 1GB @ 925Mhz

Corsair TX750 750W

BF3 settings: 1920x1080 with High FSAA - All Ultra except Textures on High - HBAO - No MSAA - 8xAF - FOV 90 - Vsync On - Motion Blur 25%

And for more reference:

Skyrim runs on Ultra with FSAA no MSAA @ 60FPS

Alan Wake on Max settings with max draw distance 2xMSAA @ 60FPS (pre-patch it didn't support SLI and it ran @30-40fps)

.... trying to think what other game I have installed :P

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[QUOTE="acanofcoke"]Thats strange cuz I get 45-60fps on my rigtrastamad03

I have my SLI on Maximum Performance. In the Global Settings I've set it to Performance instead of Adaptive. I even checked with the SLI visual indicator and both cards are being used. Don't know what gives. Temps under load are 88°C on primary and 70°C on slave. Maybe I'm unlucky or something.

And for reference my specs are:

i5 2500k @ 4.0Ghz

8GB DDR3 1333 RipjawsX

2x GTX 560Ti TwinFrozr II 384 1GB @ 925Mhz

Corsair TX750 750W

BF3 settings: 1920x1080 with High FSAA - All Ultra except Textures on High - HBAO - No MSAA - 8xAF - FOV 90 - Vsync On - Motion Blur 25%

And for more reference:

Skyrim runs on Ultra with FSAA no MSAA @ 60FPS

Alan Wake on Max settings with max draw distance 2xMSAA @ 60FPS (pre-patch it didn't support SLI and it ran @30-40fps)

.... trying to think what other game I have installed :P

Spooky!
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I think i'm gunna go with the 680 even though it's a bit naughty! Now just gotta find one! Anyone heard of Palit?
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Panic over! I decided on the GTX 680! Found one for a good price in a local shop, picking it up later today. OOOOh Exciting!
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[QUOTE="acanofcoke"]Does anyone on here actually have 560 Ti's in SLI?trastamad03
I do and they are pretty good. Some people here are saying that they can run BF3 @ 1920x1080 with ALL Ultra 4xMSAA and it's smooth... I believe they are lying. Aside from BF3, I've had no other problems. Every game runs great. It's a pretty good combo to SLI. I would have suggested you get 2x GTX560Ti with 448 Core 1.2GB but I'm guessing you also are stuck with the 384 core 1GB model.

Weird I could run BF3 1920x1080 on max settings Ultra 4xAA and it was smooth on my single GTX 570.
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hmm in my opinion, only those with the best cpus deserve to buy the best graphics cards. If you don't have an i7 3850, then you shouldn't even be considering a 680 gtx. Stick with the 560ti, its the commoners video card.

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hmm in my opinion, only those with the best cpus deserve to buy the best graphics cards. If you don't have an i7 3850, then you shouldn't even be considering a 680 gtx. Stick with the 560ti, its the commoners video card.

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Dumb idea.
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I do like a nice bit of snobbery, but a i7 3850 is a not worth having for what I do on my PC. Be nice though. Anyway it's a bit late now.
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I bought my 560 Ti in November but that itch is here and I want more oompf!

If you were in my position what would you do....

560 ti SLI ( noisy but fast ) £150?

Ditch the 560 ti and get a 570 - £300?

Ditch the 560 Ti and get a 580. - £400?

I wont be going any higher than 1920x1080 as I use my Viera.

I also have concerns about 1gb vram being an issue which puts me off the sli option a bit, what with Highres Texture packs and the like.

Money is not a problem but I don't like to waste money or spend unnecessarily.

680? Too new and overpriced?

:D

Just added a poll :)

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If I were you I would simply SLI that current 560TI. When you are ready for a major upgrade you can just sell your SLI cards together or individually and put thta towards a 780 or whatever. I really would not worry about the 1GB VRAM thing too much. You said yourself you are fine at 1920*1080. I really don't expect much advancement in videogames soon which would require great than 1GB VRAM so you should be good. I am running 460 SLI setup and will be set for another year or more myself. Also, with SLI you get the cool factor. Of course not "Cool" in temps, but cool in "I'm a hardware nerd and love me somes awesome RIGness" cool. Just SLI that awesome card you already have. My 2 cents ;)
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[QUOTE="acanofcoke"]

I bought my 560 Ti in November but that itch is here and I want more oompf!

If you were in my position what would you do....

560 ti SLI ( noisy but fast ) £150?

Ditch the 560 ti and get a 570 - £300?

Ditch the 560 Ti and get a 580. - £400?

I wont be going any higher than 1920x1080 as I use my Viera.

I also have concerns about 1gb vram being an issue which puts me off the sli option a bit, what with Highres Texture packs and the like.

Money is not a problem but I don't like to waste money or spend unnecessarily.

680? Too new and overpriced?

:D

Just added a poll :)

danjammer69

If I were you I would simply SLI that current 560TI. When you are ready for a major upgrade you can just sell your SLI cards together or individually and put thta towards a 780 or whatever. I really would not worry about the 1GB VRAM thing too much. You said yourself you are fine at 1920*1080. I really don't expect much advancement in videogames soon which would require great than 1GB VRAM so you should be good. I am running 460 SLI setup and will be set for another year or more myself. Also, with SLI you get the cool factor. Of course not "Cool" in temps, but cool in "I'm a hardware nerd and love me somes awesome RIGness" cool. Just SLI that awesome card you already have. My 2 cents ;)

Thanks for the input but I have the 680 now, selling the 560 to a mate tomorrow, gunna try and convince him to get another and sli it up.

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[QUOTE="trastamad03"][QUOTE="acanofcoke"]Does anyone on here actually have 560 Ti's in SLI?RyviusARC
I do and they are pretty good. Some people here are saying that they can run BF3 @ 1920x1080 with ALL Ultra 4xMSAA and it's smooth... I believe they are lying. Aside from BF3, I've had no other problems. Every game runs great. It's a pretty good combo to SLI. I would have suggested you get 2x GTX560Ti with 448 Core 1.2GB but I'm guessing you also are stuck with the 384 core 1GB model.

Weird I could run BF3 1920x1080 on max settings Ultra 4xAA and it was smooth on my single GTX 570.

What's your FPS in Gulf of Oman when run around the buildings?
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Wait till the end of the year for good deals imo.

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[QUOTE="acanofcoke"][QUOTE="trastamad03"] I do and they are pretty good. Some people here are saying that they can run BF3 @ 1920x1080 with ALL Ultra 4xMSAA and it's smooth... I believe they are lying. Aside from BF3, I've had no other problems. Every game runs great. It's a pretty good combo to SLI. I would have suggested you get 2x GTX560Ti with 448 Core 1.2GB but I'm guessing you also are stuck with the 384 core 1GB model. trastamad03

Pretty Good? You don't sound too convincing!

GTX 560TI 448 1.2GB SLI = Pretty good

GTX 560TI 384 1GB SLI = Decent

I'm kinda bummed cause lately I've been playing a ton of BF3 and I personally enjoy having 60FPS with eyecandy on. In cities I get 45fps and throws off my aim most of the time. Every other game runs great. Except Diablo III beta, cause it's badly optimized.

Lol, I'm only just able to hold a stable 60FPS at low settings with a modified shadowmap resolution :P

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hmm in my opinion, only those with the best cpus deserve to buy the best graphics cards. If you don't have an i7 3850, then you shouldn't even be considering a 680 gtx. Stick with the 560ti, its the commoners video card.

blaznwiipspman1

What logic are you basing this on? That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read on this forum. Anybody who knows PC hardware knows that you don't need to spend that much on a CPU for a gaming rig. Anything over a 2500k is overkill for a rig used primarily for gaming. A GTX 680 or 7970 is just fine for any PC with almost any modern quad-core CPU.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-cpu-scaling-performance-review/10

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[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

hmm in my opinion, only those with the best cpus deserve to buy the best graphics cards. If you don't have an i7 3850, then you shouldn't even be considering a 680 gtx. Stick with the 560ti, its the commoners video card.

hartsickdiscipl

What logic are you basing this on? That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read on this forum. Anybody who knows PC hardware knows that you don't need to spend that much on a CPU for a gaming rig. Anything over a 2500k is overkill for a rig used primarily for gaming. A GTX 680 or 7970 is just fine for any PC with almost any modern quad-core CPU.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-cpu-scaling-performance-review/10

Don't waste your time arguing with him.
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nll

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

hmm in my opinion, only those with the best cpus deserve to buy the best graphics cards. If you don't have an i7 3850, then you shouldn't even be considering a 680 gtx. Stick with the 560ti, its the commoners video card.

hartsickdiscipl

What logic are you basing this on? That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read on this forum. Anybody who knows PC hardware knows that you don't need to spend that much on a CPU for a gaming rig. Anything over a 2500k is overkill for a rig used primarily for gaming. A GTX 680 or 7970 is just fine for any PC with almost any modern quad-core CPU.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-cpu-scaling-performance-review/10

its not about logic its about status symbols. if youre going to taalk the talk u better walk te walk. right now what the op is trying o do is supe up a civic, but the fact f the matter is the civic will never beat a gallardo. i mean the op could have very easily picked up another 560ti and had similar performance but nooo. as far as im concerned the op should have bought the maximus iv motherboard as well as an i7 sandy bridge hex core and then went for the 7970/680, otherwise a poser he remains

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nll[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

hmm in my opinion, only those with the best cpus deserve to buy the best graphics cards. If you don't have an i7 3850, then you shouldn't even be considering a 680 gtx. Stick with the 560ti, its the commoners video card.

blaznwiipspman1

What logic are you basing this on? That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read on this forum. Anybody who knows PC hardware knows that you don't need to spend that much on a CPU for a gaming rig. Anything over a 2500k is overkill for a rig used primarily for gaming. A GTX 680 or 7970 is just fine for any PC with almost any modern quad-core CPU.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-cpu-scaling-performance-review/10

its not about logic its about status symbols. if youre going to taalk the talk u better walk te walk. right now what the op is trying o do is supe up a civic, but the fact f the matter is the civic will never beat a gallardo. i mean the op could have very easily picked up another 560ti and had similar performance but nooo. as far as im concerned the op should have bought the maximus iv motherboard as well as an i7 sandy bridge hex core and then went for the 7970/680, otherwise a poser he remains

I'm a poser?! I just want the best I can afford and something that will last a couple of years, in a couple of years I can SLI the 680 where I would of had to replace the 560 SLI.

What is the point of me spending needless money on some super processor that I really don't need. I bet you 95% of the people who buy a 680 have a i5 2500k or i7 2600k.

So all the GTX 680 owners are posers, I'd like to know what you think of anyone who bought 2!

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[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nll[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

What logic are you basing this on? That's one of the most ridiculous things I've ever read on this forum. Anybody who knows PC hardware knows that you don't need to spend that much on a CPU for a gaming rig. Anything over a 2500k is overkill for a rig used primarily for gaming. A GTX 680 or 7970 is just fine for any PC with almost any modern quad-core CPU.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-cpu-scaling-performance-review/10

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its not about logic its about status symbols. if youre going to taalk the talk u better walk te walk. right now what the op is trying o do is supe up a civic, but the fact f the matter is the civic will never beat a gallardo. i mean the op could have very easily picked up another 560ti and had similar performance but nooo. as far as im concerned the op should have bought the maximus iv motherboard as well as an i7 sandy bridge hex core and then went for the 7970/680, otherwise a poser he remains

I'm a poser?! I just want the best I can afford and something that will last a couple of years, in a couple of years I can SLI the 680 where I would of had to replace the 560 SLI.

What is the point of me spending needless money on some super processor that I really don't need. I bet you 95% of the people who buy a 680 have a i5 2500k or i7 2600k.

So all the GTX 680 owners are posers, I'd like to know what you think of anyone who bought 2!

nobody will back u up on that claim. Most people who go for gtx 680's do NOT own a core i5 2500k lol, they either have the flagship intel processor or the extreme edition intel processors. When those type of people go all out, they really go all out, they're what I call hardcore people. Then you have the posers who go for the cheaper processor/mobo, and go for a flagship videocard and think they're all that... Like i said its not about what you NEED, it doesn't matter about a point, there really isn't one, its about going BIG or going home. You went big quarter way and think ur the sht. Sorry bro, just cuz you have a 680gtx, you're entire computer is what i would call a suped up honda civic.

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[QUOTE="acanofcoke"]

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

its not about logic its about status symbols. if youre going to taalk the talk u better walk te walk. right now what the op is trying o do is supe up a civic, but the fact f the matter is the civic will never beat a gallardo. i mean the op could have very easily picked up another 560ti and had similar performance but nooo. as far as im concerned the op should have bought the maximus iv motherboard as well as an i7 sandy bridge hex core and then went for the 7970/680, otherwise a poser he remains

blaznwiipspman1

I'm a poser?! I just want the best I can afford and something that will last a couple of years, in a couple of years I can SLI the 680 where I would of had to replace the 560 SLI.

What is the point of me spending needless money on some super processor that I really don't need. I bet you 95% of the people who buy a 680 have a i5 2500k or i7 2600k.

So all the GTX 680 owners are posers, I'd like to know what you think of anyone who bought 2!

nobody will back u up on that claim. Most people who go for gtx 680's do NOT own a core i5 2500k lol, they either have the flagship intel processor or the extreme edition intel processors. When those type of people go all out, they really go all out, they're what I call hardcore people. Then you have the posers who go for the cheaper processor/mobo, and go for a flagship videocard and think they're all that... Like i said its not about what you NEED, it doesn't matter about a point, there really isn't one, its about going BIG or going home. You went big quarter way and think ur the sht. Sorry bro, just cuz you have a 680gtx, you're entire computer is what i would call a suped up honda civic.

There's no such thing as a "poser" when it comes to picking PC parts... at least I thought not until I read your post and realized that you are one. I knew you were misguided, but this is on a whole new level.. wow. I don't know if you noticed, but the majority of builders/gamers on this site and others don't buy the "flagship" processor for a gaming rig. They buy a model or 2 down, because that's the smart move. You get 90-95% of the performance for 20-50% of the price. It's a no-brainer. There are no status symbols here. That's really knuckle-headed. We read reviews and look at benchmarks to see what the logical, practical CPU/GPU combinations are, and then make our decisions based on that.. not on some utterly ludicrous desire to have the biggest E-peen.

Take it from someone who has been building and upgrading gaming rigs for about 13 years now- Graphics card is and always has been much more important to performance than CPU in the majority of games. There is nothing wrong with getting a $500 GPU and running it with a $200 CPU. In fact, that's the smartest way to do it unless you're just filthy rich. Anybody who says otherwise is sadly mistaken. Almost anybody on this forum would back me up on this. They would also back up acanofcoke in his/her statements. Have you lost your mind or something? Started taking some new meds?

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[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

[QUOTE="acanofcoke"] I'm a poser?! I just want the best I can afford and something that will last a couple of years, in a couple of years I can SLI the 680 where I would of had to replace the 560 SLI.

What is the point of me spending needless money on some super processor that I really don't need. I bet you 95% of the people who buy a 680 have a i5 2500k or i7 2600k.

So all the GTX 680 owners are posers, I'd like to know what you think of anyone who bought 2!

hartsickdiscipl

nobody will back u up on that claim. Most people who go for gtx 680's do NOT own a core i5 2500k lol, they either have the flagship intel processor or the extreme edition intel processors. When those type of people go all out, they really go all out, they're what I call hardcore people. Then you have the posers who go for the cheaper processor/mobo, and go for a flagship videocard and think they're all that... Like i said its not about what you NEED, it doesn't matter about a point, there really isn't one, its about going BIG or going home. You went big quarter way and think ur the sht. Sorry bro, just cuz you have a 680gtx, you're entire computer is what i would call a suped up honda civic.

There's no such thing as a "poser" when it comes to picking PC parts... at least I thought not until I read your post and realized that you are one. I knew you were misguided, but this is on a whole new level.. wow. I don't know if you noticed, but the majority of builders/gamers on this site and others don't buy the "flagship" processor for a gaming rig. They buy a model or 2 down, because that's the smart move. You get 90-95% of the performance for 20-50% of the price. It's a no-brainer. There are no status symbols here. That's really knuckle-headed. We read reviews and look at benchmarks to see what the logical, practical CPU/GPU combinations are, and then make our decisions based on that.. not on some utterly ludicrous desire to have the biggest E-peen.

Take it from someone who has been building and upgrading gaming rigs for about 13 years now- Graphics card is and always has been much more important to performance than CPU in the majority of games. There is nothing wrong with getting a $500 GPU and running it with a $200 CPU. In fact, that's the smartest way to do it unless you're just filthy rich. Anybody who says otherwise is sadly mistaken. Almost anybody on this forum would back me up on this. They would also back up acanofcoke in his/her statements. Have you lost your mind or something? Started taking some new meds?

hm? how am i a poser, my cpu cost me $300, gpu cost me $250, i think that means ive gotten a better deal, since ive spent $150-$300 less than he did but get similar image quality and frames. I personally try not to do anything half assedly. If I get the best of something, everything else around it has to also be equally impressive. Its why you see alot of people who have core i7 sandy bridge extreme processors. There isn't a reason to do so since the performance is negligible for gaming but they do it anyways because they need to have the best of everything. I understand those types of people...What I don't understand is why someone who already has a geforce 560ti and an sli board wouldn't simply just buy another 560ti....it wouldve saved him alot of $$ im betting and gave him similar performance. My guess is he wants to impress people with the 680gtx, but the sad part is the rest of the computer is not equally impressive, which is why i called him a poser. And no im not on meds, i think its you who needs to go back to fapping to some nvidia tech demos

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Go for the 560 SLI, that should help the itch, I'm not convinced that the 680 is worth the outlay right now. I know that's a bit wierd coming from a guy with 590 under the hood but I got mine for free...kinda, there was a few hours work restoring it after a fire.
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[QUOTE="hartsickdiscipl"]

[QUOTE="blaznwiipspman1"]

nobody will back u up on that claim. Most people who go for gtx 680's do NOT own a core i5 2500k lol, they either have the flagship intel processor or the extreme edition intel processors. When those type of people go all out, they really go all out, they're what I call hardcore people. Then you have the posers who go for the cheaper processor/mobo, and go for a flagship videocard and think they're all that... Like i said its not about what you NEED, it doesn't matter about a point, there really isn't one, its about going BIG or going home. You went big quarter way and think ur the sht. Sorry bro, just cuz you have a 680gtx, you're entire computer is what i would call a suped up honda civic.

blaznwiipspman1

There's no such thing as a "poser" when it comes to picking PC parts... at least I thought not until I read your post and realized that you are one. I knew you were misguided, but this is on a whole new level.. wow. I don't know if you noticed, but the majority of builders/gamers on this site and others don't buy the "flagship" processor for a gaming rig. They buy a model or 2 down, because that's the smart move. You get 90-95% of the performance for 20-50% of the price. It's a no-brainer. There are no status symbols here. That's really knuckle-headed. We read reviews and look at benchmarks to see what the logical, practical CPU/GPU combinations are, and then make our decisions based on that.. not on some utterly ludicrous desire to have the biggest E-peen.

Take it from someone who has been building and upgrading gaming rigs for about 13 years now- Graphics card is and always has been much more important to performance than CPU in the majority of games. There is nothing wrong with getting a $500 GPU and running it with a $200 CPU. In fact, that's the smartest way to do it unless you're just filthy rich. Anybody who says otherwise is sadly mistaken. Almost anybody on this forum would back me up on this. They would also back up acanofcoke in his/her statements. Have you lost your mind or something? Started taking some new meds?

hm? how am i a poser, my cpu cost me $300, gpu cost me $250, i think that means ive gotten a better deal, since ive spent $150-$300 less than he did but get similar image quality and frames. I personally try not to do anything half assedly. If I get the best of something, everything else around it has to also be equally impressive. Its why you see alot of people who have core i7 sandy bridge extreme processors. There isn't a reason to do so since the performance is negligible for gaming but they do it anyways because they need to have the best of everything. I understand those types of people...What I don't understand is why someone who already has a geforce 560ti and an sli board wouldn't simply just buy another 560ti....it wouldve saved him alot of $$ im betting and gave him similar performance. My guess is he wants to impress people with the 680gtx, but the sad part is the rest of the computer is not equally impressive, which is why i called him a poser. And no im not on meds, i think its you who needs to go back to fapping to some nvidia tech demos

I think your brain must've been installed backwards or something. The only legitimate reason to NOT buy a high-end GPU if you can afford it would be if your CPU would be a serious bottleneck to it. Your idea of what's impressive has nothing to do with reality. Anybody that's really serious about PC hardware and gaming knows that you spend more on the GPU(s) than on the CPU. I'm not saying that your system isn't great, because it is.. Just that you would get better performance with an overclocked 2500k and a $350 GPU, rather than spending your $550 on a $300 CPU and a $250 GPU. That's a fact.