Worth upgrading from a GTX 260 to a GTX 275?

[MagickMan]

I have an EVGA GTX 260 that runs very well. However, it's soon going to be the end of my Step-Up insurance and I'm wondering if it would be worth the money ($70) to go to a GTX 275? I don't run it at ultra-high resolutions, so I'm not sure how much benefit I'd see.

some important info:

GTX 260 c216 running at 716/1560/2470
22" monitor @ 1680x1050
rest of system specs in my sig

games I play:
WoW
LotRO
CoD W@W
Oblivion
NWN 2

 

[Bman123]

Thats a tough call.Probably go with the most expensive card you can afford.

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: MagickMan
I have an EVGA GTX 260 that runs very well. However, it's soon going to be the end of my Step-Up insurance and I'm wondering if it would be worth the money ($70) to go to a GTX 275? I don't run it at ultra-high resolutions, so I'm not sure how much benefit I'd see.

some important info:

GTX 260 c216 running at 716/1560/2470
22" monitor @ 1680x1050
rest of system specs in my sig

games I play:
WoW
LotRO
CoD W@W
Oblivion
NWN 2

no your good. no need for the 275 gtx

 

[MagickMan]

So, I wouldn't see much of a difference with my setup? That's my fear, to be quite honest.

 

[happy medium]

Na, your setup is just fine for that resolution.

 

[AzN]

Probably another 10-15% increase. If that's worth $70 you should or not.

At those clocks you are already at stock GTX 275 GTX 280 performance levels.

 

[MagickMan]

In most games I can edge out a GTX 280 and equal a GTX 275, but I've seen the OC potential of the 275 and it makes me curious. I just don't know if I'd actually see more than synthetic (3DMark) improvements at my resolution.

 

[Mango1970]

1680x1050....nooooooooo you will not. Trust me - move up to 1920x1200 and beyond with full AA and then yes... you have a reason to upgrade. For the price now of decent 28" monitors that do 1920x1200, you might not have an excuse not to upgrade both or at least future proof yourself for a bit.

 

[Jabbernyx]

Nope. I was satisfied with a 4850 at that res.

 

[error8]

Better step up to a GTX 285. I wouldn't do it for a 275. At least with the 285, you receive the full packet, 1GB of Vram and everything that Nvidia had to offer for the fastest single GPU card on the market, while GTX 275 is still a crippled 285.

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Not worth stepping up to it or the GTX285.

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: MagickMan
I have an EVGA GTX 260 that runs very well. However, it's soon going to be the end of my Step-Up insurance and I'm wondering if it would be worth the money ($70) to go to a GTX 275? I don't run it at ultra-high resolutions, so I'm not sure how much benefit I'd see.

some important info:

GTX 260 c216 running at 716/1560/2470
22" monitor @ 1680x1050
rest of system specs in my sig

games I play:
WoW
LotRO
CoD W@W
Oblivion
NWN 2

no

 

[bryanW1995]

Originally posted by: Azn
Probably another 10-15% increase. If that's worth $70 you should or not.

At those clocks you are already at stock GTX 275 GTX 280 performance levels.

what??? at those clocks and at that resolution he is MUCH better than even a gtx 285 performance right now. It would be a complete and utter waste of money for him to upgrade right now. the only way he would see ANY performance increase at all would be if he could OC the new card even higher, and even then it would most likely be a miniscule increase.

 

[Keysplayr]

Stay where you are bud.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Got to disagree. I too had a evga 260 216 and was not happy with card on my 1920x1080 tv. I stepped up to a gtx 280 and was very happy with decision. In my opinion there was no comparison between the two. The 280 just had that extra kick in the nuts. I have my 280 oc'ed and Im getting like a 12,200 gpu score 3dmark vantage. The only difference is I paid like 450 dollars between 260 216 and upgrade.

 

[Jabbernyx]

Read the first post. OP is at 1680x1050. I'd agree at 1920x1080 (which is why I'm swapping out my old 4850 for a 4890).

 

[happy medium]

Originally posted by: OILFIELDTRASH
Got to disagree. I too had a evga 260 216 and was not happy with card on my 1920x1080 tv. I stepped up to a gtx 280 and was very happy with decision. In my opinion there was no comparison between the two. The 280 just had that extra kick in the nuts. I have my 280 oc'ed and Im getting like a 12,200 gpu score 3dmark vantage. The only difference is I paid like 450 dollars between 260 216 and upgrade.

He's not running 1920x1080. He's running 1680x1050. With the 5 games he listed even 1920x1080 he can do with very high settings.
In fact there's only mabe a handfull of games out there now he couldn't run at 1920x1080 with very high settings.

 

[MagickMan]

Thanks for the replies. Seems that most people are confirming my suspicions (the difference would be tiny and not worth the money and hassle).

I don't plan on changing monitors any time in the near future (<2 years), and by the time I do I'm sure the GTX 385 (or whatever they'll call it) will be around for $250.

 

[imported_Shaq]

You have a great card if it goes that fast. I can't get my shaders over 1362 before artifacting. Keep it.

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: bryanW1995

Originally posted by: Azn
Probably another 10-15% increase. If that's worth $70 you should or not.

At those clocks you are already at stock GTX 275 GTX 280 performance levels.

what??? at those clocks and at that resolution he is MUCH better than even a gtx 285 performance right now. It would be a complete and utter waste of money for him to upgrade right now. the only way he would see ANY performance increase at all would be if he could OC the new card even higher, and even then it would most likely be a miniscule increase.

Um no. GTX 285 would still be faster. Have a look below. GTX 260 216 at those clocks doesn't win anything over GTX 285. It would be very close to stock GTX 280 level or GTX 275 performance however. It's entirely up to him to step up and there are people around here who pay thousands for 10% performance increase. He would get another 10-15% if he overclocked the GTX 275.

GTX285
Memory Bandwidth: 158.976 GB/sec
FLOPS: 1062.72 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate: 20736 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 51840 MTexels/sec

GTX260 216 @ 716/1560/1235
Memory Bandwidth: 138.3 GB/sec
FLOPS: 1010.88 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate: 20048 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 51552 MTexels/sec

 

[Jabbernyx]

Originally posted by: MagickMan
I don't plan on changing monitors any time in the near future (<2 years), and by the time I do I'm sure the GTX 385 (or whatever they'll call it) will be around for $250.

I thought the same - until Murphy intervened and my Westinghouse 22" died

 

[cusideabelincoln]

Originally posted by: Azn

Originally posted by: bryanW1995

Originally posted by: Azn
Probably another 10-15% increase. If that's worth $70 you should or not.

At those clocks you are already at stock GTX 275 GTX 280 performance levels.

what??? at those clocks and at that resolution he is MUCH better than even a gtx 285 performance right now. It would be a complete and utter waste of money for him to upgrade right now. the only way he would see ANY performance increase at all would be if he could OC the new card even higher, and even then it would most likely be a miniscule increase.

Um no. GTX 285 would still be faster. Have a look below. GTX 260 216 at those clocks doesn't win anything over GTX 285. It would be very close to stock GTX 280 level or GTX 275 performance however. It's entirely up to him to step up and there are people around here who pay thousands for 10% performance increase. He would get another 10-15% if he overclocked the GTX 275.

GTX285
Memory Bandwidth: 158.976 GB/sec
FLOPS: 1062.72 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate: 20736 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 51840 MTexels/sec

GTX260 216 @ 716/1560/1235
Memory Bandwidth: 138.3 GB/sec
FLOPS: 1010.88 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate: 20048 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate: 51552 MTexels/sec

What he probably meant to say is that stepping up (at that resolution) is not going to make one bit of difference in how the games play. Hence, if he's currently getting 50 fps in CoD he doesn't need to spend $70 to get 55 fps (10% increase).

And you already posted some numbers, but his overclocked GTX260 should be pretty darn close to the GTX280 and 275.

 

[AzN]

Originally posted by: cusideabelincoln
What he probably meant to say is that stepping up (at that resolution) is not going to make one bit of difference in how the games play. Hence, if he's currently getting 50 fps in CoD he doesn't need to spend $70 to get 55 fps (10% increase).

And you already posted some numbers, but his overclocked GTX260 should be pretty darn close to the GTX280 and 275.

Those numbers are overclocked numbers of OP's card compared to GTX285. Bryan specifically said OP's overclocked is faster than GTX 285 at that resolution which is false.

There are people here who spend hundreds of $$$ just to get 10% better frame rates. $70 isn't much to begin with. It's really up to the original poster to decide if it's worth it.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Azn

Originally posted by: cusideabelincoln
What he probably meant to say is that stepping up (at that resolution) is not going to make one bit of difference in how the games play. Hence, if he's currently getting 50 fps in CoD he doesn't need to spend $70 to get 55 fps (10% increase).

And you already posted some numbers, but his overclocked GTX260 should be pretty darn close to the GTX280 and 275.

Those numbers are overclocked numbers of OP's card compared to GTX285. Bryan specifically said OP's overclocked is faster than GTX 285 at that resolution which is false.

There are people here who spend hundreds of $$$ just to get 10% better frame rates. $70 isn't much to begin with. It's really up to the original poster to decide if it's worth it.

And he asked us, and we're here to help him decide, no?

Keep your card dude. Nice o/c, I wouldn't give it up.

 

[AzN]

Yeah I wouldn't upgrade either but there are people here who does.