nVidia or AMD ? i need a upgrade soon

[Scott Webber]

ok truly thanks for the input & mostly you Jim Cole, i really appreciate it & understand better now, im running 4.0Ghz & Disabled the Speed steps etc that was reccomended, i have not touched the volts or anything else, if i took a bunch of screenshots, could you help me improve abit more?

the Temperatures are fine (air cooling) is going pretty good, not hot at all & i really want to go to 4.5 Ghz at some point, if i have the right settings for Stability if you can help me with that?

once that's sorted i'll either get a Nvidia 700 Series in March or maybe get the 7970 ?

i will definitely upgrade to 18GB of Ram

Thanks Tom Endres

 

[Tom]

Scott Webber 16GB should be it, 18GB would mean you'll have to get 2x 8GB + 1x 2GB or something alike.

Sorry that I couldn't follow the thread lately, hope you'll have fun with your new GFX card either way. I'd always pick an nVidia oder an AMD (ATI) any day.

 

[Scott Webber]

Thanks Tom Endres i meant 16GB , yeah i think im going to wait for the 700 GTX Series from nVidia, i want to make my investment worth while for the new couple of years

it amazes me how iv'e upgraded everything 2x over on my pc the past 6 years but i have never upgraded my good old trusted Saitek Exclipse (light up) keyboard

 

[Tom]

it amazes me how iv'e upgraded everything 2x over on my pc the past 6 years but i have never upgraded my good old trusted Saitek Exclipse (light up) keyboard

15 or so years and still going strong.

 

[William Levesque]

Sorry to steal the thread, but what do you guys think of this ?

ASUS P8H61M
Intel Core i5 3470 4x3.6GHz
Turbo 2x8Go DDR3-1600 Kingston
WD 500Go SATA3
GeForce GTX 650Ti 2Go
Case Thermaltake V3 650W
http://www.sgxtech.com/ordinateur%20gamer%20computer%20gaming.jpg
It'll cost somewhere around 760$
Add a 24 or 27 inch monitor too.

Any ideas of framerates level on various games ? Mostly simracing

 

[Peter]

I miss a SSD and save some more money for a 660ti.
Fps wil be like this, Race07 +150, pCars 60, rfactor2 ± 80, R3E 90

 

[Jim Cole]

Scott Webber: I will do what I can to help out, yes. I can tell you this though, the CPU you have won't bottleneck your gaming running at 4Ghz. Download and install MSI Afterburner and set it up to show an overlay in game and you will be able to see the %used on the CPU. I seriously doubt you will hit higher than 80% CPU usage.

 

[William Levesque]

I miss a SSD and save some more money for a 660ti.
Fps wil be like this, Race07 +150, pCars 60, rfactor2 ± 80, R3E 90

The SSD is not required though is it ? I'm not really a hoarder so.... I can live with 500GB.

Is your FPS with the 650 or 660 ? I'd like to know what kind of difference in FPS there is between the two. Having the 660 instead would add 100+$ or thereabout so yeah.

EDIT: Also, does the FPS count A.I.'s or not ? Full graphics I'd imagine. I just would like to know what to expect online with 30 or so opponents (Which is equivalent to around 15 A.I. in rFactor)

Thanks by the way.

 

[Peter]

The fps i gave you are for the 650 at high settings.
For the MSI 660ti at max settings pcars 80, rfactor2 +100 and R3E +100

 

[William Levesque]

Well, I might aswell invest in the 660ti then, cheers

 

[Rupe Wilson]

You can get the 660ti with 3gb of memory for about the same price as the 2gb if you shop around.. i picked one up just before Christmas for less than i thought..

 

[William Levesque]

Thing is, I order the full PC.... I'll call soon, it's basically the full PC and I will ask if I can change the few things I want to change on it, with a reasonable supplement, obviously.

 

[Tom]

Thing is, I order the full PC.... I'll call soon, it's basically the full PC and I will ask if I can change the few things I want to change on it, with a reasonable supplement, obviously.

Don't do that, rather buy the parts and put it together yourself or ask a friend. Pre-made computers are rarely good and almost always have a weak part somewhere.

 

[William Levesque]

ASUS P8H61M
Intel Core i5 3470 4x3.6GHz
Turbo 2x4Go DDR3-1600 Kingston
WD 1000Go SATA3
GeForce GTX 660Ti 2Go
CoolerMaster Elite 650W

899$, I went for that, called "Madclaw".

 

[Scott Webber]

$900 for the new nVidia 700 series, i am so dissapointed i have £600 saved, & im not willing to spend more then that on a graphics card.
http://videocardz.com/39618/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-pictured

ATI 7970 is sold out all the time

GTX 680 is my next best bet & it does almost perform as good as the new 7970 if not better in some reviews.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/37253-three-screen-geforce-gtx-680-vs-radeon-hd-7970/?page=8

i was thinking of getting this one - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-...5-gpu-1084mhz-boost-1150mhz-cores-1536-2x-dl-

Tom Endres Jim Cole

here's the libary of GTX 680's - http://www.scan.co.uk/search.aspx?q=Geforce gtx 680

but then the then 660ti is almsot as good and alot cheaper, am i correct?
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-...ce=google+shopping&utm_medium=google+shopping

im really confused in what to get

 

[Ole Marius Myrvold]

Don't do that, rather buy the parts and put it together yourself or ask a friend. Pre-made computers are rarely good and almost always have a weak part somewhere.

Unless you pick all the parts yourself, and get the company to put it together Costs a bit more, but I like the warranty that comes with it

 

[Nathan Robinson]

I got a 660ti 3 gb for christmas and ive been extremely impressed. I think my phenom 2 x6 is causing a bottleneck tho. Im running project cars on 3 screens at 40 fps and everything else on three screens at around 100. The gtx 680 is a great card too tho. If you have the money already saved, go with that one

 

[Calum McLure]

Just got a HD7950 on Friday, getting 60fps in Far Cry 3 and Skyrim and about 90-100 in Spec Ops The Line. Having trouble getting it to stay in 3D mode though, the core clock keeps dropping off every 30 seconds mid game which causes the FPS to drop to about 15-20 for a few seconds.

 

[Jim Cole]

Just got a HD7950 on Friday, getting 60fps in Far Cry 3 and Skyrim and about 90-100 in Spec Ops The Line. Having trouble getting it to stay in 3D mode though, the core clock keeps dropping off every 30 seconds mid game which causes the FPS to drop to about 15-20 for a few seconds.

Have you tried the beta drivers? There have been some very good improvements to issues with single frame lag which is the issue you seem to be having. I would suggest the latest one. Also the CAP files are important as well due to them addressing specific games and the issues that arise from them.

 

[Jim Cole]

$900 for the new nVidia 700 series, i am so dissapointed i have £600 saved, & im not willing to spend more then that on a graphics card.
http://videocardz.com/39618/nvidia-geforce-gtx-titan-pictured

ATI 7970 is sold out all the time

GTX 680 is my next best bet & it does almost perform as good as the new 7970 if not better in some reviews.
http://hexus.net/tech/reviews/graphics/37253-three-screen-geforce-gtx-680-vs-radeon-hd-7970/?page=8

i was thinking of getting this one - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-...5-gpu-1084mhz-boost-1150mhz-cores-1536-2x-dl-

Tom Endres Jim Cole

here's the libary of GTX 680's - http://www.scan.co.uk/search.aspx?q=Geforce gtx 680

but then the then 660ti is almsot as good and alot cheaper, am i correct?
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-evga-gtx-660-ti-superclocked-28nm-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-980mhz-boost-1059mhz-cores-1344-2x-dl-dvi-dp?utm_source=google shopping&utm_medium=google shopping

im really confused in what to get

You are correct in the GTX 660 being almost as good and being a lot cheaper, but consider the system you wish to have. Are you wanting a system that is going to be a great performer with a single card or one that is running SLI or crossfire? If the single card option is what you are looking for, then besides spending near $1000 US on the GTX 690, the HD 7970 is your best bet. If you are looking for multi card SLI or Crossfire, then I would probably go with a pair of GTX 670's.
As far as brand, I have had great luck with Powercolor and with XFX cards, though I have heard great things about Asus and their support as well. I would also highly recommend you get the most vRAM that you can afford to prevent textures not being able to load at certain screen resolutions.