Upgrade GTX260 to GTX470 ?

[dbee]

Alright here's the deal, i could sell my current 260 for about $150 . Put another $200 on top and i've gotta 470. Whats everyone think? Is this upgrade worth it?

 

[shadows5631]

Definitely.

Of course waiting a few months for the price to drop is always an option, but we've waited long enough for them to even come out.

 

[Guile]

oh yes it is

 

[SingularPoint]

Probably. Depends on your resolution/ what games you play.
You won't notice the difference in most Source games.

 

[Jaggededge]

i have a gtx260 too.. and im drooling about the gtx 470 ..the prob is my card isnt even a year old yet ..damn cpu parts!!!!

 

[Quagmire]

i have 2x 260 GTX man to blow another $375+ for new vid card ouch i do want the new 400 series

 

[shadows5631]

Yeah, with a single 260 you should be fine for now. My 275 gobbles anything and everything thrown at it.

 

[FaTtY-mIc-FaTFaT]

i got a 5850, im good XD

 

[dbee]

Yea im mostly TF2 ... like all the time. However i did purchase BFBC2 which would be a good title to use it on though the 260 handles it pretty damn good, much better than i had expected. Plus i do folding and the 470 would do some pretty crazy things at that. Plus GTX 470 in my sig would look awesome along with the 260 for Physix. I am already seeing prices go up on Newegg. The EVGA 470 WAS 349, now its upto 369. I already know prices are gonna take a while to drop so thats not even a concern. Concern now is availability. Thanks for the advice all.

 

[GBear]

I think they're going to have another rev for the 400 cards in the summer that will drop in price. So wait for that.

 

[Ph?bus]

Well since all you play is TF2, and your 260 handles BC2 just fine, I'd say hold off until you need a new GPU.



AND FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU I don't want 470's to go up in price.

 

[SingularPoint]

I doubt they will, I expect ATI to start lowering prices on everything soon too. No reason why they wouldn't.

 

[dbee]

However, i would love to reap the DX11 benefits of the 470 while playing BFBC2.

Gbear, where did you hear of the new revision coming summer?

 

[GBear]

I'll have to look again. I check tech news (Tomshardware, Gizmodo, Engadget) basically every 20 minutes at work LOL.

 

[Kevimaster]

:blink: you people with your super high priced cards. I picked up a 9500 GT for $50 last year and it runs any of the newest games on Medium-High at about 40-50 FPS. Awesome!

 

[Ph?bus]

:blink: you people with your super high priced cards. I picked up a 9500 GT for $50 last year and it runs any of the newest games on Medium-High at about 40-50 FPS. Awesome!

People that buy "super high priced cards" (usually) have a need for them.
I need one for awesome 1080p performance on any game.

 

[dbee]

I dont really think $349 is "super high priced" , now dudes selling 5970's on ebay for $1000 is. look up the 470's on ebay and see what people selling em for right now. I've mentioned before , i recently picked up an 8800 GTS 512 for $60 . This is the one with 128 cuda cores on a 65nm process, same as the early 200 series. Whenever the new revision comes out , the 40nm 470 will drop in price, then im gonna HAVE to have the new revision . Could always buy the 40nm now, sell it when the new rev comes out and pay a few bucks on top just as i did with my 920 to 930 rig. Worked out awesome. And i mean AWESOME.

 

[Ph?bus]

I dont really think $349 is "super high priced" , now dudes selling 5970's on ebay for $1000 is. look up the 470's on ebay and see what people selling em for right now. I've mentioned before , i recently picked up an 8800 GTS 512 for $60 . This is the one with 128 cuda cores on a 65nm process, same as the early 200 series. Whenever the new revision comes out , the 40nm 470 will drop in price, then im gonna HAVE to have the new revision . Could always buy the 40nm now, sell it when the new rev comes out and pay a few bucks on top just as i did with my 920 to 930 rig. Worked out awesome. And i mean AWESOME.

Well it seems like you already have your mind set.
I say, do it, then do the bolded.

 

[Hero93]

I just bought my 5670 yesterday. Runs perfectly with BC2.

 

[dbee]

5670 runs BC2 perfectly ? at what settings and what resolution ?