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Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: Emporio on Tue, 28 February 2012, 06:40:20: Hello! I'm just wondering if it's worth the money to get the 570 GTX, i'm currently using a 470 GTX. May I have opinions and advice please?
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: PixelVandalism on Tue, 28 February 2012, 07:02:22: I don't think it would be worth upgrading now, wait until the 6xx cards come out,
and then continue to wait,
until their prices goes down.
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: Tarkoon on Tue, 28 February 2012, 07:05:43: ... and then wait until the 7xx cards come out,
and then continue to wait until their prices go down,
and then wait until ...

Just buy when you NEED more power!
Your graphic card does what you need -> wait!
Your graphic card does not what you need -> buy something new!
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: PixelVandalism on Tue, 28 February 2012, 07:17:40: And the NEED for more power is when you CAN'T play/do what you want.
Not just playing games on ultra and getting 490335234960459345 FPS.
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: Emporio on Tue, 28 February 2012, 20:08:18: Quote from: Tarkoon;529254
... and then wait until the 7xx cards come out,
and then continue to wait until their prices go down,
and then wait until ...

Just buy when you NEED more power!
Your graphic card does what you need -> wait!
Your graphic card does not what you need -> buy something new!

Yea, i'm feeling the same way, though after some research on the 6xx series, it is said to be coming out in a couple of months time. Oh the dilemma
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 28 February 2012, 20:20:28: 4xx and 5xx have pretty similar performance, just 5xx have a bit better on temps is the most tangible improvement in real life. Seeing as how 98% of games are console ports anyway, and don't require a super power gpu you will probably be good for awhile.
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: shawn o on Tue, 28 February 2012, 20:25:18: Definitely wouldn't buy a 570 now. I've had my pair since they 1st came out well over a year ago now. Way back in December 2010 actually. Thats ages ago for PC tech.

600 series will be out very soon and I'd wait and see what that offers.

But, even with my 570s and playing BF3 on highest settings (everything), GPU usage doesn't go above 70% most of the time. Not sure why we even need more powerful graphics cards at this point.....
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: Roguemaster8 on Tue, 28 February 2012, 20:29:53: If I don't get a consistent 60 fps in anything I'm not happy, but that's my prerogative. Learning Skyrim didn't hit 60 fps on Ultra with my GTX 560 made me very sad indeed. Oh well, on my monitor I can't honestly tell the difference between Ultra and High.

I would say if you're really looking to upgrade wait until the 600 series Nvidia cards hit the market. Otherwise, go with a 7970 from AMD.
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: alaricljs on Tue, 28 February 2012, 20:43:37: I just received a 450 in replacement for the 8800GTS I've been running for the last... years, I dunno how long. I didn't need to upgrade but since the 8800 cooked and I wasn't sure I'd get warranty replacement I bought an AMD 6870 and that's what I'm running in my main. I also happen to have a 460 in my HTPC which is used for Lego games (Batman, Harry Potter, PotC, Indy 1&2, and both SW) as well as Portal 1&2, and some GH3. Crazy kids.... Mostly all I've been playing is Borderlands.

My main is driving 1900x1200, the HTPC 1920x1080. I've demo'd recent FPS (Rage, Metro, that one where the city is a boat, others I can't remember) on my 8800 and had no issue with quality or frame rates. The games themselves sucked. What I have noticed on changing to the 6870 were certain irritating glitches w/ graphics all went away. Now the question is was it the driver switch to AMD from NV or what? I haven't bothered testing on the HTPC because I don't play these games on it (not good for young eyes!) and I can't try it now since the PSU fried. Don't try driving a real rig w/ a 6year old 330w PSU. It actually survived that load for 10 months, SeaSonic makes good stuff.

So anyhow... don't overdo it, these days there's really not that much driving hi-end GPU purchases other than ePeen and some weird requirement to hit certain numeric goals. I have NO IDEA what my frame rates are, but I come from buying top end stuff for my PC because I could into not needing to because I'm no longer seeing the gains.
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: minnus on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:16:04: Find another 470 cheap and SLI?
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: Nighted on Tue, 28 February 2012, 22:23:16: Overclock the **** out of that 470.
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: pitashen on Tue, 28 February 2012, 23:06:02: hi, why get 570 when 6xx is on the verge of introduction. ur logic is?

It also depends on what game you play. If you are only playing games like sc2 or in the future diablo3... stay with ur card as long as u can.
Title: Nvidia 570 GTX
Post by: audioave10 on Sat, 03 March 2012, 13:18:12: I'd also vote for waiting for the new Kepler video cards from Nvidia. The competition might also help the prices of the AMD 7900 series cards.