Should I upgrade from a GTX 260 to GTX 295 for £210?

cypherchild

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Current specs for this build:

i7 920 @ 4.0GHz
ASUS P6X58-E
4GB RAM (1600 MHz)
Coolermaster V8
GTX 260
750W PSU

Uses: Gaming and Photoshop
Playing at 1920x1080 on a 23" monitor.
Main Games: Champions Online/DC Universe/FF14/STALKER/Crysis/CoD/Sims 3/AoE3

Basically I'm selling my GTX 260 to family for £60 - I can pick up a GTX 295 for £210 as stated. I'm wondering if this is; 1. A good price and 2. a worthwhile upgrade.

The other thing that is making me reconsider is from what I understand, the 295 takes a 6pin+8pin input and my PSU only has 2x 6pin (with no 8pin covertor/adaptor). Does that mean an upgrade is required?
 

cypherchild

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After checking... I've made a little mistake lol. My PSU does actually have the 8pin adaptors... so there's no problem there. =)
 
I'm not familiar with overseas pricing and conversions. But wouldn't the GTX 295 @ £210 be cheaper than the GTX 470? I'm presuming perhaps he'd be getting the GTX 295 used...?
 

itouchedyou

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I agree, 5850 would be a better route than the 295. Why buy a card now that doesn't have DX11 support and has high power consumption, effectively making the card more expensive? Can't remember what the idle consumption of the 295 was but from memory it was close to if not over 90W o_O