a lot of money for a small change

[yuvalpapo]

Hey everybody!
I got the GTX 570 in my system and I wanted to know if the change between the GTX 570 and the GTX 780 will be noticeable?
I want to upgrade to 780 but don't want the performance difference to be too small.
So my question is : the performance boost will be noticeable? And is it worth the money for the change?
Thanks!

 

[icybow14]

You should have about a 50% increase in performance.Actually a bit less than 50, but it isn't math time.

 

[jimthenagual]

Couple of questions before we can answer that.

1. What CPU do you have? (if you CPU is a massive bottleneck you won't notice the upgrade)
2. What PSU do you have? (will decide if you have enough power to use a 780)
3. How much RAM do you have? (if you're only running 4Gb for example)
4. What motherboard do you have? (will tell us what version of PCI-E you have)

 

[yuvalpapo]

Couple of questions before we can answer that.

1. What CPU do you have? (if you CPU is a massive bottleneck you won't notice the upgrade)
2. What PSU do you have? (will decide if you have enough power to use a 780)
3. How much RAM do you have? (if you're only running 4Gb for example)
4. What motherboard do you have? (will tell us what version of PCI-E you have)

1 - I got an i5 760 2.8Ghz
2 - 620w on my PSU
3 - I got 12 GB of RAM.
4 - I got the Asus P7P55D (Don't know the version of my PCI-E).

 

[jimthenagual]

Your cpu will be your bottleneck, especially in games that are more CPU intensive.
Also, make sure your PSU has at least 42A on its +12v rail.

 

[yuvalpapo]

Everything looks good. Your cpu will be your bottleneck, especially in games that are more CPU intensive.
Also, make sure your PSU has at least 42A on its +12v rail.

Is it a big bottleneck, though?
And does it mean I should not buy the GTX 780 as the bottleneck will affect it a lot?

 

[jimthenagual]

I'd say it is a very unbalanced system for sure. One of the fastest GPUs available right now, with a dated CPU. I think that the gtx780 is overkill for that system, and you won't see it's full potential.

Let's see what some others say.