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Lifer
- Jun 8, 2003
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AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition (non-OC'ed -- should I OC this?)
Thats your problem,and overclock the gtx560 past 6870 speeds.
AMD Phenom II 965 Black Edition (non-OC'ed -- should I OC this?)
Hey guys, thanks for your responses. After some more testing, BF3 does run OK on Medium, but I tend to want the smoothest FPS possible for competitive FPS games such as BF3. I have another 4 GB of RAM sitting around (perfect match w/ my other 4 GB; haven't bothered to install yet since still using Win7 32-bit), which I will install ASAP.
Another question though! While I'm still within my return period, I did find a Geforce GTX 560 Ti for $189.99. So basically, a $40 upgrade to get the Ti-version of the GTX 560.
What do you guys think, worth it or not?
I have a heavily overclocked gtx560ti, and after running the game myself (it ran well, but had to run with no AA and turn off ambient occlusion to get consistently really smooth frame rates) and then looking over benchmarks, at your resolution the gtx570 is going to give you the best performance per dollar for this game. Get one, overclock it a little, and enjoy.
So you're saying I should stick with the GTX 560 non-Ti? Yeah, the more I think about it, the more it seems like the extra $40 for the Ti version of this isn't worth it.
- $150, GTX 560 Non-Ti (already own+have installed)
- $190, GTX 560 Ti ($40 difference + hassle of returning card and ordering online and waiting for the card to come in mail)
Seems like the law of diminishing returns rears into focus here. I'm looking at whatever benchmarks and stuff I can find, and I can only really see a 7-10% maybe, increase in performance. So I could be getting 55 FPS over 50 FPS or something. The only unknown factor for me would be the OC-potential. I'm not much into OC'ing, but would a decent OC on the 560 Ti be that much of an improvement over a decent OC with the 560 non-Ti?
Price-to-performance ratio seems maximized w/ my current GTX 560 non-Ti given my specs/system.
What do you all think?
Hey guys, thanks for your responses. After some more testing, BF3 does run OK on Medium, but I tend to want the smoothest FPS possible for competitive FPS games such as BF3. I have another 4 GB of RAM sitting around (perfect match w/ my other 4 GB; haven't bothered to install yet since still using Win7 32-bit), which I will install ASAP with Win7 64-bit.
No, sorry. I thought I read you were also considering the faster gtx570. My gtx560ti is clocked to be essentially as fast as a gtx570 and I still had to drop down 1 graphical setting to get what I would consider consistent, super smooth frame rates. By the best card that you can afford. That is my advice.
Thanks for the advice everyone. You're right, where I am now is perfect, and I really shouldn't spend the money for a minimal gain. My budget doesn't allow for much, so what I have now, I should be satisfied with.
Thanks again everyone, this really is an awesome community.
I will be upgrading my aging GTX 260 soon. How is that vanilla 560 handling the BF3 beta?