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GTX 570 HD - Should I upgrade to a new card?

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August 19, 2013 1:42:07 PM

I built my rig about a year and a half ago. Its got an i7-2600k, 8gb corsair ddr3, 650w corsair power supply, 120gb SSD, and finally an EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD. I've loved this rig since the day I built it because it was the first one I ever built. I've crushed any game I've thrown at it, generally at ultra although sometimes scaled back to High 1080p. Yesterday I bought Bioshock Infinite and this game is not performing as well as I'd like. I'm trying to run this on ultra and I'm getting slow downs (not that significant), but it is distracting and pulls me out of the experience of the game. Even on high it seems to have issues. So I started to research what I needed to do to fix this. I don't know much about graphics cards but I figured that was the place to start. As I started to research how to overclock this thing, I started to read that the problem was probably related to the amount of VRAM the card had (1GB) and the only way to fix that is to upgrade. Do you all agree that it's time to upgrade my card? I like to play large open world games. Skyrim ran great on this card. Shogun 2 had no problems. Bioshock Infinite not working so great. Next up I'll be getting Rome 2 (although it seems like the req for this fall within the range of my card). If its time to upgrade, I'm thinking of getting something in the $300 - $350 range. I had my eye on a Radeon 7970 OC from Sapphire. Is this something that will last me a few more years or should I look elsewhere? I have no preference for Nvidia vs Radeon...I simply want the most bang for my buck.

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August 19, 2013 1:52:10 PM

I doubt that vram has anything to do with it.
Here is one study that shows minimal difference between 2gb and 4gb of vram using GTX680:
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Video-Card-Pe...

In your price bracket, tom's likes the GTX760 and GTX770:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-car...
I particularly like the blower style coolers.
Your GTX570 is still a very good card. I suggest you look at the GTX770 if you can manage it.
You want a good jump in performance or you might be disappointed.
AMD seems to show up very well in synthetic FPS benchmarks, but there is some concern about lagging .
Here is an early report on that:
http://techreport.com/review/23981/radeon-hd-7950-vs-ge...
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August 19, 2013 2:59:08 PM

geofelt said:
I doubt that vram has anything to do with it.
Here is one study that shows minimal difference between 2gb and 4gb of vram using GTX680:
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Video-Card-Pe...

In your price bracket, tom's likes the GTX760 and GTX770:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-car...
I particularly like the blower style coolers.
Your GTX570 is still a very good card. I suggest you look at the GTX770 if you can manage it.
You want a good jump in performance or you might be disappointed.
AMD seems to show up very well in synthetic FPS benchmarks, but there is some concern about lagging .
Here is an early report on that:
http://techreport.com/review/23981/radeon-hd-7950-vs-ge...


Thanks... Gtx 770Requires a 600w power supply. Is my 650w corsair enough when factoring in my mb, HD, fans, etc
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