Changing the Graphic Card

[DocDoomII]

Changing the Graphic Card

Hullo fellow gamers!

I'm in need of advice regarding a possible upgrade of my Graphic Card.

This is my actual hardware:

Motherboard: ASRock 890GX Extreme3
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965
Graphic Card: 896MB GeForce GTX 260 (Golden Sample)
RAM: 4,00 GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 668MHz

I usually play The Witcher 2 with this configuration getting from 15 to 35 when I'm lucky fps:

I was browsing around looking at Graphic Cards and my eye slipped on the GTX 560 Ti 1GB GS. It has a price I can afford, it's alot more recent than my card and most of all seems to be a nice upgrade.

The question is, would that be a good choice?
I've seen that many of you posting in this section are very well informed on this kind of matter... I hope someone will be able to advice me!

 

[GuyNwah]

The GTX 560 Ti is a superb card. If you want it and it is within your budget, I'd see no reason to pass it up.

I'm surprised a 260 isn't doing that well for you: it's still a powerful card and should be capable of everything the game throws at it, less ubersampling.

 

[DocDoomII]

The GTX 560 Ti is a superb card. If you want it and it is within your budget, I'd see no reason to pass it up.

I'm surprised a 260 isn't doing that well for you: it's still a powerful card and should be capable of everything the game throws at it, less ubersampling.

Well, it is still a good card. But in combat or in heavy 'foliaged' places (chapter 1 and 2) you can see the frame rate lowering quite a bit!
Indoor I get 35 fps or more, unless I'm in dialogues then it drops again.
I can live with it a bit more, but can be a pain in some situations...
I won't probably buy the new card right now... but maybe in a month or two.

 

[CalinTM]

Yeah the 560Ti is good, you will see massive performance improvement when you will upgrade from the gtx260.

 

[daddy300]

try this.
2011 Gaming Graphics Charts

 

[DocDoomII]

Hm, very nice site.
Very nice results too, comparing my card to the one I'm interested with... thanks!