Help with upgrade (trade old card for new one).

I would do the offer since he's offering so much for an old 560ti ($135 is good money for the card). $35 isn't bad for the 650ti boost SC since it has twice the Vram, lower power consumption, and it will be a little bit faster (im guessing 20-25% faster since its a tad faster than a stock 7850 and the superclocked edition of the 650ti is almost 1100mhz).

As for SLI i'm not really sure on it since ive never done it. From what ive heard most people get a 60-70% increase depending on the game and drivers. SLI 650's should give you pretty good performance for the price (especially since you will be able to get both for less than $200).

Even if you don't SLI and sell the 650 later down the road, you only technically paid $35 for it (it will work out better than keeping the 560 and trying to sell that)

keep the 560ti the 650ti is a downgrade if you want though you could sell it chip in the extra money and get a 660ti

Yes, go for it.

I'm not sure why some people here say it's not considered as an upgrade.

Yes, go for it.

I'm not sure why some people here say it's not considered as an upgrade.

Cyberdot

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Yes, go for it.

I'm not sure why some people here say it's not considered as an upgrade.

MonsieurX

Hmm, strange considering the 650 Ti has more CUDA cores... :?

The TC wants the Boost version of the 650 Ti though.

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"]

[QUOTE="Cyberdot"]

Yes, go for it.

I'm not sure why some people here say it's not considered as an upgrade.

Cyberdot

Hmm, strange considering the 650 Ti has more CUDA cores... :?

The TC wants the Boost version of the 650 Ti though.

[QUOTE="Cyberdot"]

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"] Not an upgrade,more sidegrade.

MonsieurX

Hmm, strange considering the 650 Ti has more CUDA cores... :?

The TC wants the Boost version of the 650 Ti though.

Ah, I see that I'm wrong.

Check this out.

But still, the TC wants the Boost version. Unfortunately, the option isn't in the benchmark.

I'm having a hard time trying to see how the 560 Ti is faster than 650 Ti, so I looked at the specifications at Nvidia website. I certainly thought more CUDA cores = the better, but it apparently turns out that it isn't... Better memory interface and width on the 560 Ti must be making that big of a difference then. Interesting... so yeah I've learnt something here.

:P

[QUOTE="MonsieurX"][QUOTE="Cyberdot"]

Hmm, strange considering the 650 Ti has more CUDA cores... :?

The TC wants the Boost version of the 650 Ti though.

Cyberdot

Ah, I see that I'm wrong.

Check this out.

But still, the TC wants the Boost version. Unfortunately, the option isn't in the benchmark.

I'm having a hard time trying to see how the 560 Ti is faster than 650 Ti, so I looked at the specifications at Nvidia website. I certainly thought more CUDA cores = the better, but it apparently turns out that it isn't... Better memory interface and width on the 560 Ti must be making that big of a difference then. Interesting... so yeah I've learnt something here.

:P

What ? Reviews are saying that this card is overall a little faster than a 7850

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GTX_650_Ti_Boost_Direct_Cu_II/26.html

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/evga_geforce_gtx_650_ti_boost_sc_review,13.html (it beats the 7850 in crysis 3, metro 2033, bioshock infinite, BF3....ect)

On all the graphs with a 560ti, the boost SC is getting usually a FPS increase of 20%+

Spend something more worthwhile like 7870xt.

Spend something more worthwhile like 7870xt.

Bikouchu35

Also, the HD 7790 2GB looks to be universally faster than the GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB for the same price, superclocked

Back on topic I would recommend the TC to either get the 650 ti boost SC or GTX 660 (non ti) if you want to do your so called plan (buy the best 6 pin card you can get now and if the future cards suck you end up sli'ing for a little over $200 due to the $135 your getting for the card you have now)

[QUOTE="superclocked"] Also, the HD 7790 2GB looks to be universally faster than the GTX 650 Ti Boost 2GB for the same price, mastershake575

Back on topic I would recommend the TC to either get the 650 ti boost SC or GTX 660 (non ti) if you want to do your so called plan (buy the best 6 pin card you can get now and if the future cards suck you end up sli'ing for a little over $200 due to the $135 your getting for the card you have now)

I was going by these benchmarks comparing the 1GB 7790 and 2GB 650 Ti Boost.. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Radeon-HD-7790-vs-GeForce-GTX-650-Ti-BOOST-Video-Card-Review/1754/11superclocked