Shamu Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Share Posted October 30, 2011 I have two desktop PC's, one with an GeForce GTX 285 - NVIDIA ( MSI X58 Pro-E Desktop Board ) the other with a GeForce GTX 295 - NVIDIA ( Realtec Asus Socket 1366 P6T SE ) I play existing games quite well but have noted they are starting to fall behind with some of the newer games coming. From information above can a determination be made for a top line video card upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalms Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 240 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 168 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 958 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 20, 2015 Birthday: 11/17/1962 Share Posted October 30, 2011 please don't tell me ur an eagles fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamu Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 gwalms please don't tell me ur an eagles fan As long as Michael Vick is Philly's QB I will not root for them. Or is my question just showing how computer stupid I am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-RINGCUTTER>XI< Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 260 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 112 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 16 Achievement Points: 602 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17, 2022 Birthday: 06/09/1979 Share Posted October 30, 2011 well as with any upgrade a budget limit is needed, how much money do you want to spend? What else are the systems used for besides gaming? Sorry for all the ?'s, but I have one last one, how big are your power supplies? If you can run the 295 you should be ok just wanted to know just in case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Heffalump Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25, 2020 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Share Posted October 30, 2011 also, what case do you have, as some cards are big berthas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamu Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 30, 2011 X-RINGCUTTER>XI< well as with any upgrade a budget limit is needed, how much money do you want to spend? What else are the systems used for besides gaming? Sorry for all the ?'s, but I have one last one, how big are your power supplies? If you can run the 295 you should be ok just wanted to know just in case. Budget is not an issue but lets say 800, that should cover anything I think, I would want to identify the best and then shop around for best price. Primary use is gaming, my business use is minimal. Power supplies on both are 750W. Hey, and if I do not need an upgrade tell me, I am not sure where I am with what I have. http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html Above of any use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heffalump Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 819 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 27 Topic Count: 52 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1060 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 186 Achievement Points: 6125 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 25, 2020 Birthday: 11/22/1971 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Well I just bought the Sapphire twin fan 6950 Dirt 3 edition, 2048mb after a long time looking, and a quick chat with Mofo, and with the dual bios can be stepped up to a 6970 2048, so maybe this is a possibility? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun Tzu Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 542 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 311 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 1628 Content Per Day: 0.31 Reputation: 29 Achievement Points: 11299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/30/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 3, 2014 Birthday: 03/01/1975 Share Posted October 30, 2011 MSI N580GTX GeForce GTX 580 Lightning Xtreme Video Card - 3GB, GDDR5, PCI-Express 2.0 (x16), Dual-DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort, DirectX 11, Dual-Slot, 3-way SLI Ready http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=606066&CatId=3669 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labob Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8265 Content Per Day: 1.54 Reputation: 5977 Achievement Points: 53619 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 12 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Share Posted October 30, 2011 ARG umphhh sure don't go below a 560 ? all I got and it is probably all you need ? and you only issue is dirx 11 your not going to see much of an improvement besides that. I'll be honest I'll never be able to test a 580 against anything else but I;m ussually at the top of the score sheet for much less peso's. I just got a 560 asus ti and it runs sweet but my score ain't better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
gwalms Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 240 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 11 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 168 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 958 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 20, 2015 Birthday: 11/17/1962 Share Posted October 30, 2011 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneaky Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 2122 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 34 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 175 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/11/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: Never Birthday: 12/16/1970 Share Posted October 30, 2011 I have an nvidia 460 and no issues at all with any new game. bf3, crysis 2, battman AA all on max settings run flawless. I also use an I-7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsw 8.5 Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 143 Topic Count: 512 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 17078 Content Per Day: 3.26 Reputation: 42067 Achievement Points: 148515 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 677 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 19 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Share Posted October 30, 2011 the 580 like sun is talking about is 599;00 at T/D and 594;00 at newegg.that is 1 hell of a card there ..and i see your board will handle 2 cards so ..get 2 there small...all in all great card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Astronomer Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 2069 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 24 Topic Count: 214 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 2411 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 2409 Achievement Points: 18298 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 08/08/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted October 30, 2011 My nVidia 550 is the low-end of the current generation, but I still get 90+ fps in COD-WAW. For future-proofing, go for the 560 and above, dual cards in SLI if it's in the budget. I've been an nVidia user for a few years, so my knowledge of ATI/AMD is limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hellboy Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 132 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 42 Topic Count: 19 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 227 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 111 Achievement Points: 1695 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 10/07/1974 Share Posted October 30, 2011 i have 2 Gtx 480 in my pc you must have a lot of power www.sysprofile.de/id137731 but ithink when you bay a 580 mars from asus you will be happy this card is the fastet card now duall gpu see some tests or you bay the asus Matrix gtx 580 this card is verry good to singel gpu but fast enaugh for all games that we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted October 30, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.51 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted October 30, 2011 Heffalump Well I just bought the Sapphire twin fan 6950 Dirt 3 edition, 2048mb after a long time looking, and a quick chat with Mofo, and with the dual bios can be stepped up to a 6970 2048, so maybe this is a possibility? +1 I am using 2x 6950s in CF with a 6970 bios for almost a year now...no issues at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sweatnbullets Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 213 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 819 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 517 Achievement Points: 5644 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 14 Birthday: 06/06/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted November 13, 2011 What Temp Is A new Card Supposed to Run at? Im up to 88 Celsius playin bf3. I have a 550 ti, this card handles new games great, but I could use some tips on Setting it up to get better graphics in game, and the Profile.... With the Fan off Auto. I would like a profile for Evga Precision... without a Black screen of Death I recieved on my first uneducated try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
rayray064 Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 2958 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 21 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 58 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 463 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/03/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2012 Birthday: 11/06/1993 Share Posted November 13, 2011 If you can afford to upgrade, its probly better that you do, otherwise u can always lower your graphics standards so that you have more FPS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomSlang Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 552 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 367 Achievement Points: 3739 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Saturday at 02:12 PM Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted November 13, 2011 http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ Here is all you need for info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BattlewolF Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 2028 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 12 Topic Count: 42 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1740 Content Per Day: 0.36 Reputation: 545 Achievement Points: 10637 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/10/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 18 Birthday: 03/10/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted November 13, 2011 800 to spend what is the problem than buy a new card It is not so diffilcult just google for a card For 800 you can build a new pc for gaming latest games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheDrimpXI Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 244 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 120 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1235 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 993 Achievement Points: 11005 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/05/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 22 Birthday: 04/09/1979 Device: Android Share Posted November 13, 2011 The new ATI series is really the bomb Eyefinity screenssssss multiply .....6890 x2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'm facing a similar question here, as, despite what the game publishers have said and the results of "Can You Run It", my current card ( Radeon HD 4870) cannot handle MW 3 in multiplayer and the PC blue-screened last night in BF3. I have decided to go for a mid-range card for reasons of finance (the 1GB Sapphire card I have eyes on is GBP136) and power supply (500w required which I believe is in this machine). If I go for a higher-spec card, I have to add a PSU upgrade for at least an extra GBP100! If money were no object, I'd choose a high-end Radeon but as long as I get a card that can prevent the sight of a disembodied Magnus head travelling about the map in MW3, I shall be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Shamu Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted November 13, 2011 I appreciate all the feed back and the end result is that I am staying with what I have. I took MW3 back to the store, unopened, yesterday. My gaming fix is okay with what I already have and did not want to get involved with anything Steam related. So I will stay with my NVIDIA 285 & 295 as long as I stay with current games installed. I get about 200 FPS with WAW each and possibly more but have my max FPS set at 200 in the Config. Good enough for me, anything over 60 FPS is enough in my understanding anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowFry Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 97 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 28 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 328 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 54 Achievement Points: 2065 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 11, 2019 Birthday: 01/01/1917 Share Posted November 13, 2011 just shut the fuck up and give me all yer monies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted November 13, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Shamu I appreciate all the feed back and the end result is that I am staying with what I have. I took MW3 back to the store, unopened, yesterday. My gaming fix is okay with what I already have and did not want to get involved with anything Steam related. So I will stay with my NVIDIA 285 & 295 as long as I stay with current games installed. I get about 200 FPS with WAW each and possibly more but have my max FPS set at 200 in the Config. Good enough for me, anything over 60 FPS is enough in my understanding anyway. Your cards are still decent cards...unless you wanna go crazy about resolution or eye-candy, it's not a bad idea to keep them... Wait and see what the new gen will bring to the table! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Shamu Posted November 14, 2011 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.41 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Device: Windows Author Share Posted November 14, 2011 SlowFry just shut the fuck up and give me all yer monies LOL...... get a job and earn like I had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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