Buy or not buy a better card if the one that i got run all games smoothly?

[JMMP]

Buy or not buy a better card if the one that i got run all games smoothly?

Ok guy´s the question is more oriented to know your opinion in relation to which you have, say a gtx 580, it will not have any kind of problem to run any Directx 11 game smoothly . So whats the benefit of buying a gtx 680 if the gaming technology has not evolved yet to exhaust all the capabilities of the gtx 480 or gtx 580?! In my opinion I think that would more worth/money buy a new top-end card when technology such as DirectX 12 be released!

P.s- This also apply´s to SLI and Xfire configuration.

 

[I Hunta x]

Ive throw everything at my new 580 and it maxes everything EASY at 1080p, including BF3 and skyrim with around 35-40 graphic improvement mods and using 1.45gb vram minimum, the only reason i can see to get a 2nd 580 or a 2nd 680 for alot of people is if your running a multi monitor setup or 3D as both of them make a big hit to your fps over a single 1080p screen,

Even a single 680 maxes bf3 at 2560x1600 for just standard ultra quality.

The only time i can see the point from a gamers perspective is if like me you dont upgrade every time there is new tech, my old system was an e8600 with 4gb ram and an 8800gt and i was using it pretty much how it was (other than a memory upgrade from 2gb to 4gb) for around 4 1/2 years up until January and the only thing i couldn't play at a quality i could live with was bf3 and that was mainly because it looked worse than it did on 360 on low and it had a bunch of graphical bugs for me.

 

[fraghappy245]

i have a gtx580 and wont be buying a gtx680 anytime soon as my games a smooth but if i was gonna upgrade i would buy prob get a 2nd gtx580 and sli , some people just have to much money and always want and have to have the best gear out but each to their own

 

[dukeReinhardt]

well i think those people who upgrade to new single cards tend to sell off their old card. benefits of a new card obviously include less heat, less power consumption, less driver issues, no microstutter, and more money back for your card because you used it less/it's still not that old. as well as... being new tech

i'm new to this but it seems multi card setups are there for people to literally go as far as current tech can go (e.g buying two gtx 680s now). in the long-run i guess there's probably a sweet-spot for hardware upgrade cycles that makes it more worthwhile to sell and upgrade on a regular basis than to buy a second gpu and ride it till it becomes cheap.

but maybe i'm wrong ^^

 

[JMMP]

Im sorry, did not explain my self very well when i said that also applies to SLI and xfire. what i mean with that was if i have two 580´s why buying two 680´s?!

 

[JMMP]

No more opinions?!

 

[fraghappy245]

if you have sli'd 580's i would not upgrade to 680's i would wait for the gen after as you prob wont notice much difference imho but on the other hand if you sold 580's now it would be a cheaper option just depends how much money you have and sense lol i know what i have and it aint money took me ages to get my rig the way it is

 

[Coxey]

A saying that I like can be translated to this question... sort of.

"If it isn't broke, don't fix it"

In this case... If your happy with what you've got, don't spend pointless money.

If the performance your getting is pleasing enough for you, can you really warrant spending a large sum for a slight increase?

In my opinion (or the way I've done it in the past) is that so long as I can run <said game> smoothly (45+ fps, no stutters), regardless of graphics setting (low, med, high), then I don't need to upgrade yet.

My graphics card history:

AMD/ATI 9800 Pro (cant remember exact model)

AMD/ATI XT 1000 (cant remember exact model)

AMD/ATI 4850

AMD/ATI 5770 (Current)

Until battlefield 3 / skyrim (that time frame of game releases) came out, I haven't felt a strain (a REAL strain, no "oh I lost 3 fps, I can only run games at 77 fps now").

So I'm now at the stage where I'm looking to upgrade my GPU.

Recently my PSU died and I have an upgrade that I'm expecting to arrive in a few hours, which should be sufficient enough to most enthusiast (high) end cards.

In terms of how much better of a card will I go, from a single 5770 - I'm not sure. As you can see in my GPU history, I've never had a card considered high end (I've always bought 1-2 generations behind so even at their current times, they were at best, mid range), I'm thinking a minimum of a 7870, but I don't need more than a 7950. As for nVidia... I'm not sure (once again as you can tell, I've never had a nVidia card - not because of fanboyism, but just because of price point) I'll wait until nVidia bring out their "lesser" cards to the 680 - see what price & performance they bring, however If the price follows suite of the 680 I'll most likely land myself yet another AMD card. However I'm not denying that nVidia cards don't deliver for their price.

I'm not really sure what you can extract from this reply, I've never really explained my GPU "history" and this was quite intriguing to write.

 

[Damien c]

I upgraded my GTX 480 to a GTX 680, simply because I needed the GTX 480 for another pc.

If I didn't need it for another pc I would have just got a 2nd one, and ran them in sli because they would have been able to max all the games easily.

Some people will upgrade for the sake of it, and I am one of them to be honest but when it comes to graphic's card's I don't see the point in spending £400+ on a new card just because it's brand new which is why, I have not swapped out my GTX 680 2gb card for a GTX 680 4gb and also because I don't need to.

 

[BKCXb]

I went from a GTX7800 to a 560Ti because I wanted to play Crysis 2 (a differance from 1fps to about 45)

I bought a second one to SLI them in my new build, which should just beat one 580, maybe tie the 680, but they will use a whole lot more power and make a alot more heat! So actally I'm paying for the extra power thay use and the extra power it takes to cool the room so I can stand to be in there gaming with them.

Since I need money for my new build, I have to live with what I got, but If I had it built already and had the money burning a hole in my pocket, I like the idea of less power and heat to do the same work with just one card that cost less than the 2 they replace, with the option to add another if it starts to struggle on future game releases.

If I had a 580 I would be happy with it until 780 came out, then I would examine it's performance/power usage againt the 580.

If you recently bought a 580 there is no reason to buy a 680 unles you just have to have the best of the best, you would be better of taking advandage of the 680 release, buy scooping up on another 580 when the prices fall than repace them when they start to struggle.

 

[fraghappy245]

2 560's in sli will only beat a 580 if the game is able to take advantage of sli if not then it wont even come close plus you got the chance of mirostutter and a few mates of mine are sick to death of there 560's in sli thats why i go for the fastest single card i can afford and crank the shit out of it my 580 is super fast and runs super cool too

 

[Rastalovich]

Buy or not buy a better card if the one that i got run all games smoothly?

Ok guy´s the question is more oriented to know your opinion in relation to which you have, say a gtx 580, it will not have any kind of problem to run any Directx 11 game smoothly . So whats the benefit of buying a gtx 680 if the gaming technology has not evolved yet to exhaust all the capabilities of the gtx 480 or gtx 580?! In my opinion I think that would more worth/money buy a new top-end card when technology such as DirectX 12 be released!

P.s- This also apply´s to SLI and Xfire configuration.

No point.

 

[JMMP]

No point.

How many years DX10 games had been around?!

The first monster DX10 card played all games smoothly until the DX11appeared !

So if have one or two GTX 480 way buy one or two GTX 580 or one or two 680!?

Unless you make a new rig I don´t see any sense in that!

Would not be better to wait to get out the DX12 graphics cards?

Another question to all you guy´s.

which is the average age of all of you that replied to this topic ?

I´m 34 years old with a daughter and many things to pay every month, so one of the reasons that i am making this topic it´s to know if the enthusiastic level, starts or ends, in a moment of our lives that we all have to prioritize and think well, if it be worth it or not always buying the latest of cards!

P.s.-I apologize for my English may have not gotten me explain very well the point I want to convey to all you! I´m Portuguese and i work and live in Spain for about 5 years now, and i´m talking to you in English the wires in my brain will get completly twisted!

LOL

 

[Master&Puppet]

It's a personnal choice.

If you are happy gaming on your current set up then don't alter anything.

If you want to upgrade then you have a number of options depending on the prices at the time:

1. sli your current card - check reviews and see how these would scale in the games you play and calculate how much FPS you could expect from this second card for the price.

2. Check the second hand value of your card, take that off the cost of buying a later/latest generation card. Check what FPS you would expect to see and calculate how much how much FPS you are getting for you money.

3. Go with which ever gets you the better FPS for your money.

 

[Big WigglyStyle]

off topic but does anyone know when dx12 comes out? If it isn't for a few more years the upgrade is somewhat worth it as long as you want the most fps you can possibly get but to run games more smoothly the 580-680 is not worth the upgrade cost imo

 

[JMMP]

off topic but does anyone know when dx12 comes out? If it isn't for a few more years the upgrade is somewhat worth it as long as you want the most fps you can possibly get but to run games more smoothly the 580-680 is not worth the upgrade cost imo

There are rumors that will come out in the next year!

 

[Rastalovich]

Yeah and like some of the other guys have implied, we're still playing Dx9 games now. Some games "patched" to be Dx10 or 11. The day Dx12 comes out "possibly" Dx9 will be a thing of the past.

.. doubt it tho.

 

[Big WigglyStyle]

There are rumors that will come out in the next year!

oh cool, I hope it doesn't render my 570 obsolete that'd suck (as in games look super awesome amazing with DX12 and without it they're ugly) 99.99% chance it won't but still also I heard you needed win 7 for dx11 if this is true will you need win 8 for dx12?

 

[JMMP]

oh cool, I hope it doesn't render my 570 obsolete that'd suck (as in games look super awesome amazing with DX12 and without it they're ugly) 99.99% chance it won't but still also I heard you needed win 7 for dx11 if this is true will you need win 8 for dx12?

No m8! I think that windows 8 still runs with DX11.

 

[garih]

also i would imagine that MS would make dx12 win7 able. they did dx11 down to vista didnt they. in the end