Which 560ti to buy...?

[Snee]

Just put my gtx680 in and started up a few games off steam just to see what it can do.

It's more silent than a rev1 5770 with stock cooling (and two 5770s in CF + something nvidia for physx, for that matter) at what I've tried it with.

It does Skyrim in ultra, and Stalker: Call of Pripyat, EvE Online and Batman: Arkham Asylum maxed out in full-HD. It's all pretty smooth. I think the only game where I actually heard the fan rev up* was Batman: AA, and that's probably due to some physx-heavy areas. I might install the first crysis just to see if I can finally max everything in that.

Cryostasis crashed, but that's probably an issue with the game getting a bit old or something.



At any rate, seeing what this can do thus far, I reckon 660s and 670s will be really nice, going by the fact that they'll probably not do that much worse at similar games, and have a better price:performance ratio.

*My case does have some sound-proofing.

[bijoy]

You could have waited for custom PCB version of 680s which will come up in next 2-3 weeks.

[Skiz]

Just put my gtx680 in and started up a few games off steam just to see what it can do.

It's more silent than a rev1 5770 with stock cooling (and two 5770s in CF + something nvidia for physx, for that matter) at what I've tried it with.

It does Skyrim in ultra, and Stalker: Call of Pripyat, EvE Online and Batman: Arkham Asylum maxed out in full-HD. It's all pretty smooth. I think the only game where I actually heard the fan rev up* was Batman: AA, and that's probably due to some physx-heavy areas. I might install the first crysis just to see if I can finally max everything in that.

Cryostasis crashed, but that's probably an issue with the game getting a bit old or something.

At any rate, seeing what this can do thus far, I reckon 660s and 670s will be really nice, going by the fact that they'll probably not do that much worse at similar games, and have a better price:performance ratio.

*My case does have some sound-proofing.

Sounds fun.

I bought an EVGA GTX 550ti at Fry's yesterday for $119. I just couldn't see spending $300+ on something that I'll only see the benefit of maybe once a year. It runs BF3 on high settings at 1920x1200. I put the ol' 8800GTS in as a dedicated Physx card.

[Snee]

You could have waited for custom PCB version of 680s which will come up in next 2-3 weeks.

No. I shouldn't have. Not only does it do what I wanted, but I have it right now, and if I want to add an aftermarket cooler or waterblock to it later on, there won't be any trouble finding something that fits.

Have fun making sure something fits on a custom board, nubbins.

[KushBlow]

Wow those 680s are sweet but a bit overkill if you're on a budget. I mean my single 560TI plays Skyrim, STALKER: COP, Witcher 2, and ME3 (why god?) maxed out. Granted, it is running at 1000 core. What am I getting at? Perhaps go for the GTX 560 Ti Hawk, factory OC'd to 950/2100 and save some valuable coin to put back into your coffers.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tx 560 ti hawk

Unless you absolutely need 2GB, then go for the EVGA since it is future-proof. Perhaps 2GB of VRAM isn't needed now (even I have yet to struggle with Skyrim with HD textures and everything @ max and ENBSeries with a lousy 1GB) but yeah for shit like Far Cry 3 the EVGA would probably be of use.

[Snee]

If I were skizo I'd just keep the 550 he just bought