Graphics Card?
November 16th, 2013
Anyways, my computer is a bit outdated. Bought it 3 years ago.
It lags a bit when I’m on ‘ultra’ settings on Battlefield 3, but it runs decently on high settings.
My graphics card at the moment is Nvidia gtx 295.
And I’m planning to buy a new one. Is the Nvidia gtx 560 ti good?
Will skyrim run on it perfectly?
560 Ti is a sold card.
If you can afford it, get a 570.
What processor do you have? You might be bottlenecked by that.
GTX 295 is STRONGER than 560 Ti. Perhaps you are playing with AA enabled? Try lowering AA or disable it and see if that solves the low FPS lag. BF3 on Ultra with AA enabled uses a lot of VRAM which causes lags. If that is not the case, then perhaps your processor is bottlenecking.
GTX 295 is only better when it works, v driver dependent.
A single fast card would be better. something like a GTX 580 or a GTX 570 would be the logical step from a GTX 295.
jock_juffalo replied: GTX 295 is only better when it works, v driver dependent.
Not only that, it performs terribly with games that don’t have good SLI support.
If you want a 560 Ti, wait for EVGA’s GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2Win.
Its 2x 560 Ti’s on one PCB and its quad SLI ready.
Claims 30% performance over the GTX 580.
Cost about the same, just over $500 bucks.
EVGA’s GeForce GTX 560 Ti looks promising and pretty fast. But it doesn’t do quad SLI.
There is also an SLI connector but since quad SLI isn’t supported for the GTX 560 Ti in NVIDIA’s driver stack, there is currently no way to run two of these cards in parallel for additional performance. When they originally designed the PCB, they were hoping to get 4way SLI working with two of the cards combined, but never did. So the SLI finger on the PCB is useless. And it has 1GB RAM per GPU but in SLI/CfX configuration the VRAM does not add, it mirrors. So its only 1GB of usable VRAM.
But it is still a pretty PRETTY fast card. Although it hasn’t been benchmarked yet, but GTX 560 Ti’s are known to scale beautifully in SLI. IF you can afford it, give it a thought.
And it has 1GB RAM per GPU but in SLI/CfX configuration the VRAM does not add, it mirrors. So its only 1GB of usable VRAM.
Exactly why GTX 560 and 570 SLI configurations fail (mine included). They do sell 2GB versions of the card but they are expensive compared to the AMD offerings.
Shah_Jahan replied: EVGA's GeForce GTX 560 Ti looks promising and pretty fast. But it doesn't do quad SLI.
There is also an SLI connector but since quad SLI isn’t supported for the GTX 560 Ti in NVIDIA’s driver stack, there is currently no way to run two of these cards in parallel for additional performance. When they originally designed the PCB, they were hoping to get 4way SLI working with two of the cards combined, but never did. So the SLI finger on the PCB is useless. And it has 1GB RAM per GPU but in SLI/CfX configuration the VRAM does not add, it mirrors. So its only 1GB of usable VRAM.
But it is still a pretty PRETTY fast card. Although it hasn't been benchmarked yet, but GTX 560 Ti's are known to scale beautifully in SLI. IF you can afford it, give it a thought.
Who cares about quad SLI? you can SLI 2x GTX 560Ti cards fine.
The vram will not add together no. you will still have the same amount of vram from one card.
jock_juffalo replied: He was referring to the EVGA 2Win card and SmAsHeDr’s post.Shah_Jahan replied: EVGA's GeForce GTX 560 Ti looks promising and pretty fast. But it doesn't do quad SLI.
There is also an SLI connector but since quad SLI isn’t supported for the GTX 560 Ti in NVIDIA’s driver stack, there is currently no way to run two of these cards in parallel for additional performance. When they originally designed the PCB, they were hoping to get 4way SLI working with two of the cards combined, but never did. So the SLI finger on the PCB is useless. And it has 1GB RAM per GPU but in SLI/CfX configuration the VRAM does not add, it mirrors. So its only 1GB of usable VRAM.
But it is still a pretty PRETTY fast card. Although it hasn't been benchmarked yet, but GTX 560 Ti's are known to scale beautifully in SLI. IF you can afford it, give it a thought.
Who cares about quad SLI? you can SLI 2x GTX 560Ti cards fine.
Ahh right, i see. I didn’t even know they were planning that card.
ah, thanks guys.
I’ll probably get a 570 then.
Should just wait for benchmarks before you lay down the dollar.
Which card runs well with which CPU if applicable.
Shah_Jahan replied: But it doesn't do quad SLI.
Yea my bad on all the confusion, last I heard they were doing SLI, apparently that didn’t happen.
PuffPuffPuffy replied: I'll probably get a 570 then.
Best single card you can get is the 580.
If your dropping that kind of cash on a card get the best =D
Also, did you ever determine if the video card was even what was bottlenecking you?
Your video card might not be the problem, what CPU do you have?
SmAsHeDr replied: Also, did you ever determine if the video card was even what was bottlenecking you?
Your video card might not be the problem, what CPU do you have?
This^
And also try disabling AA and see if that helps with the lag. Either your CPU or perhaps low VRAM for AA might be causing the lag.
EDIT: This is just in, NEW GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA Cores (previous 560 Ti had 384 CUDA cores) and 320-bit, 1280MB of VRAM (previous 560 Ti had 256-bit 1024MB VRAM)
