Upgrade for GTX560ti for Planetside 2

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Xa3phod

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Hey folks. Looking to play Planetside 2 on my spare rig when I am at the office (yes, I have free time there).

I just popped in the CPU, so the only thing I can think of is the GPU. I can run Planetside 2 on low settings decently well now, but I want to play on Ultra at playable framerates. Thanks for the advice. (Trying to do this at the lowest possible price obviously, have a 7970ghz/I5-2500K on my main rig at home and it plays Planetside 2 at 50-60fps at max settings.)

Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD FX-6350 13 °C
Vishera 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 669MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. GA-78LMT-S2P (Socket M2) 32 °C
Graphics
SHARP HDMI (1360x768@60Hz)
1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (NVIDIA) 38 °C
Storage
465GB Seagate ST500DM005 HD502HJ ATA Device (SATA) 33 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
NVIDIA High Definition Audio


Thanks again for any advice
 
Does that board OC? You could try bumping the frequency up on the 6350.

That said, your 7970 at home is a decent step up from the 560ti. You'd need to grab a 670 to come close to it, GPU-wise, and that would run you $200ish.
 
I'm guessing he's playing a higher resolution at home tho. 560ti should easily be on par with the 7970 at a lower resolution.
 
Good point. I'd definitely try the CPU OC, then. If it bumps FPS up linearly, you'll know that's your chokepoint.
 
Yeah, at home I am running at 1920x1200.

I just ordered a new monitor for the office which will run at 1920x1080, so I hope that as I increase the resolution the GPU will pick up some of the grunt work. So you think I should OC the CPU or just get a new GPU? I won't upgrade the cpu at this point because its new.

btw, is there a serious performance bump by ocing the gpu?

Thanks again!
 
Xa3phod said:
Yeah, at home I am running at 1920x1200.

I just ordered a new monitor for the office which will run at 1920x1080, so I hope that as I increase the resolution the GPU will pick up some of the grunt work. So you think I should OC the CPU or just get a new GPU? I won't upgrade the cpu at this point because its new.

btw, is there a serious performance bump by ocing the gpu?

Thanks again!
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I would be really surprised if the 6350 was the culprit here, you could try downclocking the cpu a bit in the bios and see if that lowers your fps or do a small overclock (a 10% bump in frequency won't hurt it on stock cooling)
 
I'll try that, thanks! But is the 560ti just old and crappy or is it still viable? I see GTX750ti's.
 
Xa3phod said:
I'll try that, thanks! But is the 560ti just old and crappy or is it still viable? I see GTX750ti's.
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nope.. they are in fact pretty similar, GTX 560TI its still a great performer specially talking at 1080P due to the bus, rops and texture units.. nvidia mid range cards always are lack of that, 560TI have 256bits, 32Rops and 64Texture units, while the 750TI have 128bits, 16 rops and 40 texture units. i think not worth really that change, you will be fine with that 560TI, if you want a real update for 1080P then i'd say gtx 760 its the man..
 
Xa3phod said:
I'll try that, thanks! But is the 560ti just old and crappy or is it still viable? I see GTX750ti's.
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while the 750ti might be a little more optimal it is only a slightly better gaming card and only a slight upgrade from a 560ti.
 
560ti is not the problem anyways. Should easily be capable at playing planetside 2 at near max settings even at 1080p. It's cpu. Overclock that sucked and it should at least make it playable.
 
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