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Old September 1, 2011, 11:18 AM
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Probably a good move, but I'm curious. What was the price?
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Old September 3, 2011, 12:59 PM
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Intel Quad Core Q6600 @2.40ghz
8gb of DDR ram
and well my new Geforce GTX 560ti

I paid $250 for the card I think. Good price, at least I think, especially when I was used to paying $500+ for cards.

They didn't have an EVGA, so I had top go with PNY. I hope they are a decent corp.
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Old September 3, 2011, 01:28 PM
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it should be fine

you should be happy with the card for awhile
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Old September 3, 2011, 04:40 PM
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My system specs are:

Intel Quad Core Q6600 @2.40ghz
8gb of DDR ram
and well my new Geforce GTX 560ti

I paid $250 for the card I think. Good price, at least I think, especially when I was used to paying $500+ for cards.

They didn't have an EVGA, so I had top go with PNY. I hope they are a decent corp.
You should be quite happy with the new card. You will very likely be CPU limited in many games now. You'll have to spring for an i5 2500k/MOB/RAM now to give the new card some breathing room.
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Old September 4, 2011, 04:22 PM
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You will very likely be CPU limited in many games now.
OC that Q66 and you will be fine. Heck an Oc'd Q66 (to 3.6 though) can handle two 460s at 900mhz.
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Old September 4, 2011, 09:16 PM
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Good move getting the 560ti over the 460. I did a comparison of my friend's gtx 460 with my gtx 275. Granted that the 460 outperformed my 275, it is not worth the money as an upgrade path (in my opinion).
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Old September 4, 2011, 10:14 PM
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I think going with the GTX 560ti was a good choice. Performs better then the GTX 460 and your old card.
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Old September 5, 2011, 09:09 AM
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To be totally honest I wouldn't bother upgrading unless you need the dx11 and are an avid gamer, I was using a 260 for a while then it blew up and was replaced with a 1 gb 285, but the 285 created allot of heat so I was looking for a water block to cool it down and ended up buys a 2gb 285gtx with the water block on it and I have to tell you I can't see myself upgrading this card for a long time and I do a fair amount of gaming and I am totally satisfied gaming at this resolution.
but I have to admitt though I do feel like upgrading but it has nothing to do with needing to but it is just that dam addictive upgrading bug that is very contagious lo
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Old September 6, 2011, 11:36 AM
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The 560 ti's are nice I can attest to that got to finally do some gaming on mine this weekend!

You should be very happy with that choice :)
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