Upgrade evga gtx580sc? is it worth it?

[XRWKEN]

Hi all and Happy Holidays
Im using a EVGA GTX580SC for my BF3 and other fps games. Im getting a new BenQ 24" 3d monitor with the new nvidia 3d glasses.
Im wondering if its worth the money to upgrade to the 600 series card, Will I notice a difference or not.
My other thought was to try to find another gtx580sc and run them in sli. Not sure about my power supply tho for sli. Its a Corsair TX750w v2 I have plenty of room in my cm690nv case

my mobo-Asus P8Z77-V-LK
my cpu- Intel I5-3570K w/ aftermarket cooler
my memory- 16gigs gskill ripjaw

Thanks for your advice and direction

Hitch

 

[simmons33]

Well, A GTX 660 sits right between a GTX 570 and 580. So If you do decide to get another card then you def want a GTX 660TI or higher to actually notice a difference.

Edit- If you feel that your 580 is still in good health then I would wait till the 700Series.

 

[XRWKEN]

Well, A GTX 660 sits right between a GTX 570 and 580. So If you do decide to get another card then you def want a GTX 660TI or higher to actually notice a difference.

Edit- If you feel that your 580 is still in good health then I would wait till the 700Series.

The card is in good shape,

I couldn't find any gpu charts to compare my 580sc to the 600 series cards so I could see how much improvement the 600 series have made.
If the 700 series will be out soon, I probably should wait. i was thinking I could pickup a good day with the after Christmas specials, but dont want to waste money If I wont notice a difference in game.

wish I could find a gpu chart

Thanks for your opinion

Hitch

 

[austing]

This should Help.

 

[quilciri]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

 

[XRWKEN]

Thanks to the both of you for the chart info. i noticed neither of the charts show the gtx580 superclocked version. I would guess its only slightly higher then the stock clocked 580.

Thanks
Hitch

 

[baddad]

Get another 580 and you will be happy.

 

[XRWKEN]

Get another 580 and you will be happy.

I was thinking of that. No one sells new ones anymore, at least at a reasonable price, not sure If I can find a used one, or trust a used one.
I would also need to check if my Corsair TX750w v2 power supply will run 2 gpu's

Hitch

 

[baddad]

You'll need at least a 850w.

 

[quilciri]

I was thinking of that. No one sells new ones anymore, at least at a reasonable price, not sure If I can find a used one, or trust a used one.
I would also need to check if my Corsair TX750w v2 power supply will run 2 gpu's

Hitch

A few manufacturer's have transferrable warranties that would still be in effect. Asus has a 3 year, transferrable warranty on it's video cards, which would give you about a year warranty left on a 580 from them.

Also your PSU *can* support a pair of 580's, but there won't be much headroom left. The card sucks power like a Tijuanan *censored*. A 580 uses about 250 watts at full load, so a system with a pair of 580's, under full load, would use

500w - 2x 580's
77w - 3570k
50w - mobo/RAM
20w - system fans (accounts for 1 CPU fan, 3 case fans)
30w - HDD
15w - Optical

692w total under load. That leaves very little room to overclock, or add more components, so a larger PSU would be a good buy.

 

[XRWKEN]

A few manufacturer's have transferrable warranties that would still be in effect. Asus has a 3 year, transferrable warranty on it's video cards, which would give you about a year warranty left on a 580 from them.

Also your PSU *can* support a pair of 580's, but there won't be much headroom left. The card sucks power like a Tijuanan *censored*. A 580 uses about 250 watts at full load, so a system with a pair of 580's, under full load, would use

500w - 2x 580's
77w - 3570k
50w - mobo/RAM
20w - system fans (accounts for 1 CPU fan, 3 case fans)
30w - HDD
15w - Optical

692w total under load. That leaves very little room to overclock, or add more components, so a larger PSU would be a good buy.

Thanks for the spec's That would be cutting it close since I am going to look into oc'n my 3570K

Hitch

 

[XRWKEN]

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