Step up my 580 to a 670?

[Xtremeskill]

Is it a good idea to upgrade my 580 to a 670, it will only cost a few bucks but is their a better performance in the 670?

 

[rolli59]

Not really enough to call it a good upgrade except lower power consumption is taken in account http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_670/28.html

 

[DM186]

Well first off the 580 is still going strong and it is still handling all the game you are throwing at it. But how ever I will link you too the bench mark between the both and then you can make up your mind.

But the 580 is good for a few more years to go. Well I hope this helps and good luck to you and either way you go is good.

580 vs 670
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/517?vs=598

 

[17seconds]

I would stick with the 580 until the end of the year when we should see new high-end cards from Nvidia. The 670's/680's will also be more mature in terms of drivers and production processes, and will therefore be a little better/more stable than the current batch. They might also be cheaper.

 

[vmem]

I would do it. They've discontinued making the 580s. although you won't get a performance upgrade, stepping up to a 670 will allow you the option of going SLI 670 as a future upgrade. if you hang on to your 580 and let the step up window expire, it'll be more costly to get a future upgrade

 

[17seconds]

Oh wait, are you planning to do the EVGA Step Up program? That would make sense to upgrade, but you have to go for the FTW version of the 670.

 

[rwayne]

Using the EVGA Step Up program maybe worth it.

But if you are not then my answer would be 'No'. I don't think the performance increase could justify the price.

 

[ohyouknow]

Yes If you go step up program I'd go with the suggestion matto gave. The GTX 670 FTW has nice clock speed out of the box, pretty much on par with a Ref 680 I believe, and is a full pcb as opposed to those cheaper looking half pcb reference 670's.

 

[vmem]

Agreed, go with the 670FTW

 

[clutchc]

Seems to me that wouldn't be much of an upgrade; kind of a lateral move. I doubt you'd notice a bit of difference in gaming: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

 

[Gallarian]

Ive just done the same thing - went from a 580 to 670 FTW and I can honestly say I have noticed a difference.

For a start I can max BF3 now and stay above 60fps, something my 580 wasnt capable of. It also allows me to use mods on Skyrim I previously couldnt. The Witcher also plays a lot smoother now.


This is an article comparing a Gainward Phantom 670 (pretty much equal with the EVGA FTW) with other cards and you can see quite large difference in frame rate on multiple titles:

http://www.techspot.com/review/529-geforce-gtx-670/