Card comparable or better than my gtx 570 ?

[LifeIsGooD2]

Was having some PC trouble looks like the graphics card needs replaced. I took out the gtx 570 and the onboard works when I take the 570 out guess I need a new card Im just glad its not the motherboard I was told the 660 is pretty similar.

but is the rest of my PC good enough to warrant a 660 ti or a 670 for future proofing ? or would it not be worth it and just upgrade the whole system in the future

AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.2Ghz 6MB Cache FSB 4000MHz HT Arctic Cooling Alpine ACALP64PWM Ultra Quiet Fan/Heatsink ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 (Radeon HD4290,2xPCI-Ex,6xSATA2,4xDDR3) 8GB (4GBx2) PC3 10666 DDR3 1333Mhz Memory Lifetime Warranty 1TB 7200RPM 32MB Cache Serial ATA300 (Major Brand)

Antec Black Nine Hundred (6 5.25, 6 3.5) 4 Fans, Audio/USB/1394 700watt OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ700MXSP

[Jocelyn]

Monitor resolution?

[jalaj]

Your CPU is still viable, ranking higher than all i3 ivy bridges and some i5 sandy bridges on cpubenchmarks.  Though the benchmarks aren't necessarily an precise indicator of how you and your programs will utilize the CPU.
Tom's HDW has a good hierarchy chart comparing the various Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPU offerings. AMD GPUs tend to have better pricing than the Nvidia tier equivalents, so most would recommend AMD for best price/performance ratio.  It's really down to your budget, feature set, and your monitor(s) setup.  One thing to mention though, is that with Nvidia high end GPU the Lightboost feature can eliminate motion blur for 2D on specific new 120Hz+ gaming monitor models with some tweaks.

[noisyturtle]

The 700 series is coming this summer if you want to wait. That should future-proof you pretty well.

[jalaj]

The 700 series is coming this summer if you want to wait. That should future-proof you pretty well.

The release date is still rumors. Though I would like to know how the Titan falls in to the hierarchy with the 700 series.

[IvanIvanovich]

Only 700m is coming anytime soon, mobile parts is all I have heard confirmed for this year. AMD has been busy with consoles and likely won't be coming out with anything soon either. From all I have heard it will be quiet on new desktop gpu until 2014.

[IPT]

i personally hate the antec 900 case, it has the worse wire management system i've ever experienced

But anyway your comp is fine, the GTX 660ti is compariable to your GTX 570, its basically the same card but in Kelper form.

if you want to save a little $$ and wait on the next series of cards, get yourself an AMD 7870 or 7850.

[tp4tissue]

get the 7870 myst / xt/ le   they're all the same cards..  they're distinct from Vanilla 7870 in that the myst/xt/le is Tahiti which is comparable to 7950..

if you casually play FPSes, then there's no reason to upgrade the platform, if you intend to take on Esport seriously, then I'd recommend going Intel..

[Internetlad]

I don't think we're going to see proper availability or pricing on the 8000/700 series before 2014, so I'd say go for it. Worst case scenario you have a bottlenecked card that you can integrate into your new machine when you upgrade.


Either way your current rig seems to merit a 670/7870 LE. I say do it.

[noisyturtle]

Only 700m is coming anytime soon, mobile parts is all I have heard confirmed for this year. AMD has been busy with consoles and likely won't be coming out with anything soon either. From all I have heard it will be quiet on new desktop gpu until 2014.

The 700m is just a relabled 600 series no?

[IvanIvanovich]

More or less, but there may have been something done to reduce power usage again, I don't think there will be any performance increases.

[tp4tissue]

I don't think we're going to see proper availability or pricing on the 8000/700 series before 2014, so I'd say go for it. Worst case scenario you have a bottlenecked card that you can integrate into your new machine when you upgrade.


Either way your current rig seems to merit a 670/7870 LE. I say do it.

As far as SINGLE gpu goes.. the Nvidia lineup has terrible performance per dollar..

The AMD promo right now is Tomb Raider + Bioshock Infinite.. for at least another 2 months, those games will sell for $50 together on ebay..

the 7870 myst I just got for my mother was $157 after I sold the games...  If you take both the 7870myst/le/xt to max overclock, and the 670 to max overclock, the 670 only gets ahead at about 5%

670 cheapest is $350 and it doesn't come with sell-able games...

so you get 5% more than a 7870 myst/le/xt  for $200 more.... HAHAHAHAHAHA.... this is the TRUE TEST of Nvidia Fanboism, can you stomach that?

[Internetlad]

As far as SINGLE gpu goes.. the Nvidia lineup has terrible performance per dollar..

The AMD promo right now is Tomb Raider + Bioshock Infinite.. for at least another 2 months, those games will sell for $50 together on ebay..

the 7870 myst I just got for my mother was $157 after I sold the games...  If you take both the 7870myst/le/xt to max overclock, and the 670 to max overclock, the 670 only gets ahead at about 5%

670 cheapest is $350 and it doesn't come with sell-able games...

so you get 5% more than a 7870 myst/le/xt  for $200 more.... HAHAHAHAHAHA.... this is the TRUE TEST of Nvidia Fanboism, can you stomach that?

[jalaj]

Fangasm indeed.
Unless you're utilizing light boost for no blur 2D, with compatible monitor(s), then AMD GPU > Nvidia GPU for comparable performance at lower price points (excluding Titan, which is king of the hill single GPU).

[Reomero]

The GTX660 Ti and GTX670 are both great upgrades, OP. Although I'd go for the HD7970 over either, unless I'm considering SLI-ing a second 670 in the future.

the GTX 660ti is compariable to your GTX 570, its basically the same card but in Kelper form.

Nope. The GTX580 is comparable to today's GTX660.

[IPT]

The GTX660 Ti and GTX670 are both great upgrades, OP. Although I'd go for the HD7970 over either, unless I'm considering SLI-ing a second 670 in the future.

the GTX 660ti is compariable to your GTX 570, its basically the same card but in Kelper form.

Nope. The GTX580 is comparable to today's GTX660.

The bandwidth constraints of the GTX 660 ti makes it not comparable to the GTX 580 IMO
especially when you're dealing with AA/AS and/or high resolution.
The GTX 660 ti chokes and performs worse than the GTX 580 when eye candy gets turned up, and thats at the standard 1080p resolution

we're not even talking about 27"~30" resolutions.