Worth upgrading from 5770?

[Bloodz]

I'm mainly a console gamer, but starting to get back into PC gaming again by playing tribes ascend, and really excited for Diablo 3. I have been contemplating upgrading from 5770 graphics card, hoping to stay in the 150-200 range, and wondering if its worth the investment at this point at time. I don't need to have top of the line graphics, but would like to stay at least in the mid range for most games.

If so any suggestions?


Rig:

Core I5 Oc'd
8 gigs of Ram
5770
SSD
1920 x 1080

 

[DM186]

I would go with the 6870. Here you have lots to choose from and good luck.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=100006662&isNodeId=1&Description=HD+6870&x=0&y=0

 

[Bloodz]

How does the 6870 compare against the 560?

Also is it worth waiting for the new Nvidia 640-660 models to come out.

 

[hushinimi]

How does the 6870 compare against the 560?

Also is it worth waiting for the new Nvidia 640-660 models to come out.

6870:
it's more affordable ?
has higher memory bandwidth (better performance)
has higher FLOPS (better performance maybe? I am not sure)
has higher pixel fill rate (again, I am not sure)
and more importantly , it uses a bit less power

gtx560 ti:
higher shader clock (uh... better... I am not sure )
a bit higher texture fill rate

about waiting for the 640-660? well... for me.. I'll be waiting for them.. but for sure price isn't going to be a bit friendly lol...

 

[dudewitbow]

6870 to 650 comparison

 

[Tbrown37]

Blizzard games run better on Nvidia do not get a Radeon if you want to play diablo 3. Keep the same pricepoint and get your nvidia equivalent. My personal experience: New rig has i5-2500, and an old Galaxy GTS 250 it runs wow between 85-135 FPS maxed, besides shadows at good and x8 AF. The rig before my current on had the i7-940, and a much higher tier radeon 5870. The 5870 ran Crysis 2 better than WoW. The GTS 250 runs WoW just as well.

Statistics: Even better AMD cores can bottleneck WoW.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fx-8150-zambezi-bulldozer-990fx,3043-20.html

Here explains about Nvidia over Radeon. Even mentions how that 5870 has problems >.<
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-directx-11-performance,2793-22.html

Hope this all helps!

 

[Bloodz]

Any thoughts on 1gb vs 2gb? Worth the extra money?

 

[kwb]

The 6870 is the card to get in the $100-200 price range. Also, 512-1gb of memory is all you need at resolutions of 1920x1080 or less. Here is a good article on VRAM: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-ram-4870,2428.html I recommend this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127545 It is $160 after MIR, and it has FREE shipping to boot! It's a great card, with a great cooling solution, so, if you decide to overclock it, it will stay cool and quite. Good Luck!

EDIT: Yes, it is worth the investment, at this point in time.

 

[Bloodz]

Thanks for the advice !!

 

[DM186]

They have the 560 Ti on sale at a $199.99 so if you can afford the tax I would go that way as well. Here is a link to comepare and the link to the card. Good luck on your choice.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/540?vs=547

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130623