GPU

Discussion in 'Player Support' started by SKuLLdRaG3, Feb 12, 2015.

  1. SKuLLdRaG3

    I'm thinking about upgrading my gpu. Now i have gtx 650 and it's not really enough and i'm thinking to upgrading to X60 ( either 760 or 960) because i don't want to spend a lot of money. Is it worth upgrading to it or should i just play with my gpu? And if it is, which gpu should i buy ( i prefer nvidia gpus)

    P.S. will I feel the difference between 650 and 960 or it will be just a bit?
    SKuLLdRaG3, Feb 12, 2015
    #1 Last edited by SKuLLdRaG3, Feb 12, 2015

  2. user300115

    You will notice a difference. A 760 or 960 is more than twice as fast.

    How much of a difference you will notice depends on the CPU you are playing on which would be important to know.
    user300115, Feb 12, 2015
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  3. baka

    Between the 760 and 960, I'd get the 960. Benchmarks and testing are putting the 960 equal to or better than the 760 and you get a card which pulls less power and runs cooler and quieter. Pricing should be about even.
    baka, Feb 12, 2015
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  4. BlackDove

    The 960 is about 4x as powerful as a 650. The 960 is about the same as a 770(680). A 760 is about 3x as powerful as a 650. Even the 650ti BOOST was roughly twice as powerful as the 650.

    What kind of PSU do you have?
    BlackDove, Feb 12, 2015
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  5. Lord_Mogul

    Isn't the GTX 760 just a renamed (refurbished) GTX 670?
    And yes I would totally recommend a GTX 960!
    (Or a 970 if that 3.5 GB + 500 MB RAM stuff doesn't occupies you)
    Lord_Mogul, Feb 13, 2015
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  6. BlackDove

    No its a slightly different GK104. The GK104 in the 660ti actually has more cores but a 192bit bus. The 670 has the same number of cores as the 660ti but a 256bit bus. The 770 is a rebranded 680 and theyre the full GK104 chip. Thats five different versions of the same chip. Lots of binning and rebranding.
    BlackDove, Feb 13, 2015
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  7. SKuLLdRaG3

    For my PSU, i know that it's more than enough, my cpu is intel i5-4460 and 8 gb of RAM ( dunoo if that matter much for gpu)

    And of course i would buy 970 over 960, but that's too expensive for me...
    SKuLLdRaG3, Feb 14, 2015
    #7 Last edited by SKuLLdRaG3, Feb 14, 2015

  8. Lord_Mogul

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    Lord_Mogul, Feb 15, 2015
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  9. Aldaris

    AMD do precisely the same.
    Aldaris, Feb 16, 2015
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  10. BlackDove

    Yeah the 280x is a renamed chip from 2011 and AMD sells an overclocked 8350 as the 9590 lol. Pretty much everyone does it. Intel just releases a million versions of their basic full chips. Haswell refresh is a rebrand too.
    BlackDove, Feb 16, 2015
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  11. SKuLLdRaG3

    Could i play on ultra or high ( i would like to have ambient occlusion on) with gtx 960?
    SKuLLdRaG3, Feb 17, 2015
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  12. BlackDove

    Yes.
    BlackDove, Feb 17, 2015
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  13. Lord_Mogul

    But maybe with shadows on low or medium, depending on your CPU. (Even people with current i7 overclocekd to around 5 GHz are not getting constant 60 FPS.
    (I see dips below 40 myself, while neither CPU nor GPU are used more than around 60-70%)
    Lord_Mogul, Feb 25, 2015
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  14. SKuLLdRaG3

    Well, yes, i mean can i have high/ultra settings on gpu related settings. My most cpu related settings are medium/low or even off.
    SKuLLdRaG3, Mar 1, 2015
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