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	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS TUF x670e
Cooling	EK AIO 360. Phantek T30 fans.
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 4090
Storage	WD m.2
Display(s)	LG C2 Evo OLED 42"
Case	Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic Evo
Audio Device(s)	Topping E70 DAC, SMSL SP200 Headphone Amp.
Power Supply	FSP Hydro Ti PRO 1000W
Mouse	Razer Basilisk V3 Pro
Keyboard	Tester84
Software	Windows 11

System Name	THE CUBE 2.0
Processor	Intel i5 13600k
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z690 EDGE DDR4
Cooling	Phanteks PH-TC14PE BK 2x T30-120 Fan mod mount
Memory	G.Skill TridentZ 3200 MT/s C15 32GB 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Aorus 1080 Ti 11GB OC: Core 2GHz, Mem 5.7GHz
Storage	WD SN770 250GB / 3x WD SN850X 2TB / Toshiba X300 4TB / 2x RAID1 Toshiba P300 3TB
Display(s)	Samsung 49" Odyssey OLED G95SC 240Hz 5120 x 1440
Case	"THE CUBE" Custom built, pure Red Alder wood
Audio Device(s)	Beyerdynamic DT 880
Power Supply	Corsair RM1000X
Mouse	Logitech G700
Keyboard	Logitech G910
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Old Fart / Young Dude
Processor	2500K / 6600K
Motherboard	ASRock P67Extreme4 / Gigabyte GA-Z170-HD3 DDR3
Cooling	CM Hyper TX3 / CM Hyper 212 EVO
Memory	16 GB Kingston HyperX / 16 GB G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 1050 Ti / INNO3D RTX 2060
Storage	SSD, some WD and lots of Samsungs
Display(s)	BenQ GW2470 / LG UHD 43" TV
Case	Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced / Thermaltake Core v31
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D1/Denon PMA500AE/Wharfedale D 10.1/ FiiO D03K/ JBL LSR 305
Power Supply	Corsair TX650 / Corsair TX650M
Mouse	Steelseries Rival 100 / Rival 110
Keyboard	Sidewinder/ Steelseries Apex 150
Software	Windows 10 / Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Barb's Domain
Processor	i9 10850k 5.1GHz all cores
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool Assassin III
Memory	2*16gig Corsair LPX DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	RTX 4080 FE
Storage	500gb Samsung 980 Pro M2 SSD, 500GB WD Blue SATA SSD, 2TB Seagate Hybrid SSHD
Display(s)	Dell - S3222DGM 32" 2k Curved/ASUS VP28UQG 28" 4K (ran at 2k), Sanyo 75" 4k TV
Case	SilverStone Fortress FT04
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion II speakers, Corsair - HS70 PRO headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021)
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Logitech Orion Spectrum G910
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	https://www.3dmark.com/spy/34962882

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	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600mhz DDR4/8gb DDR3 1600/2gb LPDDR3/8gb LPDDR5x 4200/16gb LPDDR5
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/RDNA3 768 core
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/2tb SN770M
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Edifier STAX Spirit S3 & SamsungxAKG beans
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

Processor	i5 3570K @ 4.3 GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H
Memory	18 GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	GTX 1070 / (GTX 560Ti in sli - older GPUs on this rig)
Display(s)	BenQ XL2411T @120HZ (DVI)
Power Supply	XFX Pro Black Edition 750W
Software	Win10 64 bits

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