Upgrade or Wait?

IndependenT · May 2, 2013

For the past 8 months i have been OCONUS (deployment) and im now on my way home. I've been catching up on alot of reviews and seeing what is best. What i can not decide on is whether or not to upgrade to a 600 series card or wait until the 700 series cards are released. I currently have a EVGA GTX 570 SC running SLI, i7 2600, evga p67 FTW and corsair vengeance 16 GB. My other option for the time being was to wait it out and just buy a 3rd party cooler, slap it on the 570's and OC them even more (hopefully the 570's can handle crysis 3 and all the new games that have been released since being away). Any suggestions are appropriated. Thanks!

erocker · May 2, 2013

Your current rig at 1080p resolution is just fine/excellent. I wouldn't bother upgrading anything until the end of the year at least. You shouldn't really need to overclock your cards too much with having SLi.

Delta6326 · May 2, 2013

I would wait. Your current rig is fine.

Crap Daddy · May 2, 2013

Word is out that the 700 series will be launched in the following months. Wait for that. On the other hand 2 GTX570 are still kicking so no reason to hurry.

DarkOCean · May 2, 2013

Nothing really changed in just 8 months so wait.

BarbaricSoul · May 2, 2013

Welcome home (I'm a Vet of Desert Storm)

Your computer is still up to the task of playing today's games on max settings. If you do get to feeling the upgrade bug, look at the GTX 780/Titan LE video card being released shortly.

m1ch · May 2, 2013

upgrading this kind of rig is not worth it right now IMHO, it'll easily run basically everything you throw at it

GreiverBlade · May 2, 2013

just wait the Kepler reboot (aka 7xx renaming of 6xx) naahhh im joking just as the other said your rig is just fine for everything actual and eventualy future

(my rigs handle games pretty well in 1200p so im not upgrading, if i had a SLI of 570 instead of my 7950 i wouldnt upgrade either)

also a SLI of 570 should handle Crysis 3 ... my second rig with HD6950 2gb 8gig ram PHII X4 810 just handle it fine (not all active like my main rig but fine anyway) so if my rigs can do it, your is more than fine ...

centaurius · May 2, 2013

I SLI with 560TI... And I am also wating for 700 series... My SLI setup is on pair with a 670. I believe your both 570 get a little above a 680. So not really worth it upgrading right now.

Processor	Intel i7 2600
Motherboard	EVGA P67 FTW
Cooling	Corsair H100
Memory	Vengeance 16 GB 1600
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 570 SC SLI
Storage	Corsair Series GT 60 GB / WD Caviar Black 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung 24" LCD/TV
Case	Corsair Obsidian 800D
Power Supply	Corsair AX 850

Processor	i7 8700K
Motherboard	Asus Maximus Hero X WiFi
Cooling	Water
Memory	16GB G.Skill 3200Mhz CL14
Video Card(s)	GTX 1080
Storage	SSD's
Display(s)	Nixeus EDG27
Case	Thermaltake Core X5
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster Zx
Power Supply	Corsair H1000i
Mouse	Zowie EC1-B

System Name	FUTURE CUBE!
Processor	intel Core i5 6600k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14PE BK
Memory	G.Skill TridentZ 3000 Mhz C15 32GB 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aorus 1080 Ti
Storage	2x M.2 Samsung Evo 250GB/500GB / WD Blue 500GB / 2x RAID1 Toshiba P300 3TB
Display(s)	Samsung C24FG70 1080p 144hz Quantum Dot/ASUS VH226H 1080p 21.5"
Case	"THE CUBE" Custom built, pure Red Alder wood
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Core3D/ Logitech Z-2300 200 watts/ Beyerdynamic DT 880
Power Supply	Seasonic X Gold 650W
Mouse	Logitech G700
Keyboard	Logitech G910
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	The Sheriff / The Deputy
Processor	2500K / G4560
Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / Intel stock
Memory	16 GB Kingston HyperX / 8 GB Kingston HyperX
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 960 SSC / Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti LP
Storage	SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s)	BenQ GW2470 / Samsung SyncMaster T220
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/Senn HD518
Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100/ Mionix Avior 7000
Keyboard	Sidewinder
Software	Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Barb's Domain/Barb's Cruncher#2
Processor	i7 3930k@3.8ghz/i7 860 @ 3.3ghz
Motherboard	ASUS Rampage IV Black Edition/Gigabyte P55-UD3R
Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin/Corsair A50
Memory	16gig DDR3 1600/4gig DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070 /MSI HD7770
Storage	500GB WD Blue SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD/ WD Caviar Blue 160gb
Display(s)	HP ZR30W 30" 25601600/SOYO Topaz S 24" 19201200
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04/NZXT Source 210 Black
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z533
Power Supply	XFX 750W XXX edition/PC Power Cooling Turbo Cool 860
Mouse	Logitect G5
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit /Windows 7 Ult 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/fs/14508101

System Name	Silenty
Processor	AMD FX-8350@stock (turbo off) undervolted
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3
Cooling	Noctua NH-D14
Memory	ADATA GS 2 x 4GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 660 DirectCU II TOP
Storage	WD Black 1TB + some others
Display(s)	iiyama ProLite E2473HDS LED
Case	Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic X-750 KM3
Software	8.1 Pro

System Name	Monster Panzer Max [MPM]/Nostalg33k/Shield/Odroid C2/Nokia 8
Processor	i5-6600K 4.4/E8500/Tegra K1/Amlogic S905 4X1.5ghz A53/Snapdragon 835 4x2.5ghz+4x1.8ghz Kryo 280
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7/XFX 650i Ultra/nvidia/Hardkernel Odroid C2/MSM8998
Cooling	Corsair H115i /Alphacool Eisberg /magnesium/Aluminum heatsink/copper heatpipe + graphite plate
Memory	4x4gb HyperX Predator 2800 CL14/2gb DDR2 800/2gb/2gb LPDDR3/4gb LPPDDR4X
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 1070 ARMOR 8gb OC/Asus 8800 Ultra/GK20A/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 540 710mhz
Storage	120gb OCZ VertexIII,60gb Patriot Blaze,1tb/8gb SSHD,2xToshiba 1tb/none/16gb+64gb/32gb/64gb UFS 2.1
Display(s)	Medion X58222 32"5ms OC 75hz 2880x1620/Philips 273E3LHSB 27"1ms 1920x1080/8"1920x1200/5.3"2560x1440
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/none/well... /None/mono-bloc aluminum 6000
Audio Device(s)	Creative Recon3Di+Logitec Z333/SB Audigy 2 Platinum/Odroid HiFi Shield+/Nokia OZO spatial 360°
Power Supply	Seasonic M12II Evo 750 /Enermax Coolergiant 480/5v 2A/9-12V 2A
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum/Minix Neo A2 Lite/touch
Keyboard	Logitech G410 Atlas Spectrum/Minix Neo A2 Lite/touch
Software	Win10 64/none/Android 5.1.1 Zombiepop/Lakka 2.1 or Volumio 2.344/Android 8.1.0
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

Processor	i5 3570K @ 4.0 GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
Memory	12 GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 780 @ 993 MHz
Software	Win7 64 bits

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