Well.... Should I upgrade now?? 470 gtx

techbaddie · Apr 9, 2013

Just got word the 700 series wont be out until 2014.... I have been waiting to upgrade my 470 GTX for MONTHS now waiting for the new series... What should I do in everyone's up most opinions?

dish_moose · Apr 9, 2013

I'm not sure if I would SLI again - one option get another GTX 470 and a bigger psu if your present one won't handle 2 470s. If I had $400 to spend I would go for the GTX 670.
-Bruce

japps2 · Apr 9, 2013

I would say yes...and I'm in the same boat as you...get a 670 or a 7970

DelightfulDucklings · Apr 9, 2013

Yes I would say might as well upgrade now, but if you are happy playing lowered settings for decent fps then just wait it out. It's all in what settings you want to play

techbaddie · Apr 9, 2013

I play 1440p, get anywhere from 45-60 FPS

DelightfulDucklings · Apr 9, 2013

techbaddie :

What settings is that? Medium?

nikoli707 · Apr 9, 2013

if your getting that many fps at 1440p then you must not be playing bf3/crysis3/skryim etc.

entry level 1440p for the listed games would require a 7950/670 or up for decent framerates.

if i were you i would wait, the 470 is still a good card but if your trying to game at that res with the popular heavy hitting titles theres no way a 470 will hold up with above medium settings at best.

DelightfulDucklings · Apr 9, 2013

BigMack70 :

To be honest I don't think that the gtx 670 would be a good choice because it only has 2gb of VRAM so at his resolution that 2gb will get eaten up real fast. I would say go for 7950 or 7970 because of the increased VRAM that will be needed if not right now, in future games

japps2 · Apr 10, 2013

you know they have 4gb 670's right?

DelightfulDucklings · Apr 10, 2013

japps2 :

Yes but they are expensive, at least where I live

japps2 · Apr 10, 2013

oh...they're only about $20 difference between the 2gb and 4gb cards here. although the 2gb cards are about 5-10% faster than the 4gb cards...the 4gb are really made for sli setups

DelightfulDucklings · Apr 10, 2013

Yeah there is no performance difference apart from the fact they can handle higher resolutions

renz496 · Apr 11, 2013

^this +1

DelightfulDucklings · Apr 11, 2013

BigMack70 :

Ok master BigMack, you win

btw where has OP gone, they haven't posted in a while lol

mohit9206 · Apr 11, 2013

is the OP only interested in buying an nvidia card? if so the 670 is indeed his best option.but if he is willing to consider amd then i would suggest either 7950 or 7970 3gb.

japps2 · Apr 11, 2013

my bad...I passed on bad info...doing my own research and not relying on word of mouth I found that yeah, you do not take a performance hit from the 2gb cards to the 4gb cards.

nikoli707 · Apr 11, 2013

skyrim ultra modded is really the only game i know for a fact that framerates dropping through the floor with <2gb vram and the eventual crash to desktop... many users over on nexus are having issues with 2gb 670/680s when wanting to max out mods. the 3gb vram on the 7900's or the 4gb versions of the 600s is the way to go for skyrim when using many texture/meshes mods plus enb's.

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