GPU upgrade for a friend

[ajsski99]

Hello, my friend who currently has a 660TI wants to upgrade his GPU so he can play games like fallout 4 Star Wars battlefront and Just Cause 3. There is a second hand hardware shop called CEX which is selling a second hand fully tested GTX 690 for £220. Is this offer worth it?

Here is a link for the Card: https://uk.webuy.com/product.php?sku=SGRAATIGTX690A#.VppjBuzfWnM

If you are to link any other suggestions please drop English links as that is my country.

All answeres are much appreciated, Ajsski99

 

[sammy sung]

That depends on your point of view. For that cost I imagine you could grab a GTX 970 or R9-390. While the theoretical power of the 690 is indeed greater than either card, it comes at several great costs.

GTX 690:

- Much higher power draw.
- Will run much hotter.
- Micro Stuttering.
- Poor(sometimes non existent) scaling.
- Limiting 2GB video memory.

 

[ajsski99]

That depends on your point of view. For that cost I imagine you could grab a GTX 970 or R9-390. While the theoretical power of the 690 is indeed greater than either card, it comes at several great costs.

GTX 690:

- Much higher power draw.
- Will run much hotter.
- Micro Stuttering.
- Poor(sometimes non existent) scaling.
- Limiting 2GB video memory.

the card i saw was reference and had 4gb of memory but those other factors are good to know

 

[sammy sung]

The 690 is a dual card on a single PCB. It has dual 2GB = 4GB. Though only 2GB of it is usable in SLI

 

[Goat Fantasie]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

 

[ajsski99]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

 

[ajsski99]

The 690 is a dual card on a single PCB. It has dual 2GB = 4GB. Though only 2GB of it is usable in SLI

so what if he isnt using sli?

 

[sammy sung]

The card is SLI. It's essentially two GTX 680's on one card.

 

[Goat Fantasie]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

Something wrong with his pc then. Like i said, the 660 is quite capable.

 

[ajsski99]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

Something wrong with his pc then. Like i said, the 660 is quite capable.

is it because he only has an i5 4440?

 

[Goat Fantasie]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

Something wrong with his pc then. Like i said, the 660 is quite capable.

is it because he only has an i5 4440?

Should be fine. What speed does his cpu run at? Can he o/c it?
Also what resolution does he game at?

 

[jerdle]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

That card could run those games on high settings with more fps than that.


How much and what type of memory does he have?

Is his monitor plugged into his GPU? Sounds like it's plugged into his motherboard.

 

[ajsski99]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

That card could run those games on high settings with more fps than that.


How much and what type of memory does he have?

Is his monitor plugged into his GPU? Sounds like it's plugged into his motherboard.

he has 8gb of ram at 2133mhz and is plugged into his graphics cards hdmi slot

 

[ajsski99]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

Something wrong with his pc then. Like i said, the 660 is quite capable.

is it because he only has an i5 4440?

Should be fine. What speed does his cpu run at? Can he o/c it?
Also what resolution does he game at?

no its a non k chip at 3.1ghz he games at 1080p

 

[Goat Fantasie]

Whats wrong with his 660ti that card is quite capable of running those games. If he insists on upgrading then check ebay for a 770.

well he has to play them on low settings at 20-25 fps which is rubbish

Something wrong with his pc then. Like i said, the 660 is quite capable.

is it because he only has an i5 4440?

Should be fine. What speed does his cpu run at? Can he o/c it?
Also what resolution does he game at?

no its a non k chip at 3.1ghz he games at 1080p

Try gaming at less than 1080p. Also check there are no other programs running. If this doesnt work then he will have to get a K chip & clock it to 4ghz. any k will do.

 

[jerdle]

Just throwing this out there, seems like it's time for a hard drive reformat.

 

[COLGeek]

Be civil folks. This is your one, nice public warning.

Off topic posts removed.

Thank you.