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Post by rondot on Feb 27, 2014 13:45:02 GMT -5
Ok, at the moment i have a GeForce GTX 650 Low Profile 1 Gb. Im thinking of upgrading to something a little more beefy but not something that will break the bank. Im looking at something like a GTX 650 Ti 2 Gb. Better upgrade or look for something else?
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Post by Amplibyte on Feb 27, 2014 15:15:15 GMT -5
computer specs?
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Post by Amplibyte on Feb 27, 2014 20:10:50 GMT -5
Well, without specifications of your computer I'm just going to speculate on the subject for you.
If you want a short answer of "Should I get gtx650 or gtx650ti?" the answer is gtx650ti is better.
The "1gb vs 2gb" doesn't really matter much because of the way that video cards work. But that isn't why the card is better.
If you want to know what you should upgrade to that is under 200$, I would suggest getting the gtx650 ti Boost. MAKE SURE IT IS THE BOOST, as the boost version provides significant performance increase over the other two versions with only a 30$ pricetag more above the gtx650ti.
All of this is in speculation that you have the powersupply to handle this card, a CPU that won't bottleneck this card, and that your computer case is large enough to handle this card.
Just for a little reference about "low-profile" cards. Low-profile GPU cards use less power, which in turn, theoretically decreases performance.
You can find benchmarks on the cards if you would like, but they are pretty confusing if you don't know what you're looking at. At least with the gtx650ti boost, you can SLI with another gtx650ti boost later on if your setup allows it. Some games don't support the SLI cards, but some do. So it really depends on the game you're going after (assuming you want the card for gaming). I'm not going to thread hijack here, but I will state that SLI cards vs single GPU is a whole different subject.
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Post by rondot on Feb 28, 2014 13:18:53 GMT -5
New Computer Specs are as follows:
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1
Processor: AMD Phenom II x6 1045T @3.30 GHz
RAM: 8.00 GB
System Type: 64-Bit
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 660 2GB
Power Supply: ThermalTake 430W
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P
Hard Drive: Toshiba 1TB 7200 RPM
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Post by Amplibyte on Feb 28, 2014 14:00:30 GMT -5
Briefly, not that it matters in this situation but you should (for personal knowledge) find out what frequency and latency your RAM is running at.
As for the CPU and GPU... with a 650ti Boost, you will be close to, if not at, the "equilibrium" point for the combo. So you MIGHT experience a small amount of bottleneck from your CPU. An easy way to correct this would be to overclock your processor to around 3.4ghz or 3.8ghz. You shouldn't experience any bottleneck at that point.
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Post by rondot on Mar 2, 2014 17:07:18 GMT -5
So went ahead and got myself a GTX 660 which has alltogether blown my mind with performance. I am now reaching around 80 FPS steady on BF3 on Ultra settings and around 250 FPS steady on Gmod. Still major frame drops in DayZ however when running into Cherno or Elektro, my average is around 40-50 out in the open but its all the way down to about 15-25 in cities. ive narrowed this down to the most likely cause of the game still standing in Alpha and has yet to be optimized seeing that im reaching all high settings in other games with 80+ FPS consistency.
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Post by Amplibyte on Mar 3, 2014 10:21:56 GMT -5
If you were going to spend that much you should have just gone with the 760. To each their own I guess.
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