Warm ? Geforce 560Ti 1GB $99.99 refurb @ microcenter

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[ziddey]

nice. wasn't this going for $80 a few months back? kind of tempted..

 

[Mav451]

Yeah I posted in the older thread back in April haha.
http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1039759556&postcount=41

 

[schnell]

worthwile upgrade from a 5830?

 

[rhansen5_99]

I went from a 6850 to the 560ti in my media center and I will say it was a noticeable bump at 1080p for me. I would say that the 6850 = a little faster than the 5850 so you might see a little more improvement. I also picked this up in the 80$ deal back in April so a little more tempting. You power requirement may drop a little as well. I guess it would depend on if you can get anything for your 5830 or have another use for it at least for me.

 

[J Macker]

I would say that the 6850 = a little faster than the 5850 so you might see a little more improvement.

iirc, the 5850 is faster than a 6850.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/512?vs=539

From their results, the 5850 almost always beats it.
The 6850 is only faster in Batman at 1920x1200 with Extreme Quality & 4xAA

 

[rhansen5_99]

Sorry I meant to say the 6850 is faster than the 5830.

 

[schnell]

iirc, the 5850 is faster than a 6850.
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/512?vs=539

From their results, the 5850 almost always beats it.
The 6850 is only faster in Batman at 1920x1200 with Extreme Quality & 4xAA

so does that mean it would be worthwhile for me to upgrade to the 560ti or not?

 

[Teenk9]

is this faster than a 7750?

 

[Direfox]

so does that mean it would be worthwhile for me to upgrade to the 560ti or not?

IMO no. If I had to choose between the two I would go 560 Ti for sure, but for an upgrade I don't think its enough to warrant spending $100 bucks and changing out your system.

 

[PGHammer]

IMO no. If I had to choose between the two I would go 560 Ti for sure, but for an upgrade I don't think its enough to warrant spending $100 bucks and changing out your system.

Depends on what you have to change out - I went from AMD to GTX 550 Ti (MicroCenter) and drivers were the ONLY changes software-wise (and I was leaving HD5450 - same age, but a few steps down power-wise). The bigger issue in going from integrated to any GPU that requires additional power is that you (more often than not) have to change out PSUs - I was fortunate that I had already done so (because of future upgrade plans).

However, because my change-out was so small, the commensurate gains were far more stark (and obvious) than would likely have been the case had I also been forced to spend more - greater bang for buck, in other words.

 

[Direfox]

He was asking if it was a good upgrade from a 5830.

 

[rhansen5_99]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=547

This is a comparison between the 5850 and the 560ti... looks like some minor fps gains in games granted will be a little larger gap since the 5830 < 5850

I personally feel you would be better off saving that 100$ and putting it to a better monitor or a higher gpu later down the road. Unless you can maybe put that 5830 in a media center or something were you are not loosing that cards functionality.

 

[ccityinstaller]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/539?vs=547

This is a comparison between the 5850 and the 560ti... looks like some minor fps gains in games granted will be a little larger gap since the 5830 < 5850

I personally feel you would be better off saving that 100$ and putting it to a better monitor or a higher gpu later down the road. Unless you can maybe put that 5830 in a media center or something were you are not loosing that cards functionality.

Or he could easily eBay/CL/forum sell the 5830 since LiteCoin miners would pay$50 bucks for it at least?