Will GTX 560 Help my OLD Dell XPS 720?

[SdS49r]

Hi all! I've got an old Dell XPS720 and can't afford a new rig for a few years, or untill the economy gets better. Also can't change Motherboard due to the BTX form factor and proprietary power supply. Any way the Specs are as follows:

Dell XPS 720
Core 2 Extreme CPU Q6800 @ 2.93GHz
8 GB DDR2-SDRAM Ram
GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB
750 Watt PSU
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit

COD runs but all settings are midrange. Would love to bump these up alot higher. Iv'e been looking at several cards and would like your opinions about the performance COD improvment I might see with these. Also any opinion about other video cards given my system. Here's what Ive Been looking at:

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 2048MB Superclocked
Core Clock: 850Mhz
Memory Clock: 4008MHz
Shader Clock: 1700MHz
RAM: 2-GIG
RAM Type GDDR5


EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Superclocked
Core Clock: 900Mhz
Memory Clock: 4212MHz
Shader Clock: 1800MHz
RAM: 1-GIG
RAM Type GDDR5

Thanks for your comments.

[TheEnlightenedFlorist]

What resolution are you running at? Normally, 2GB of ram only helps when running multiple monitors. However, looking on newegg, both cards are the same price so you might as well get the 2GB card and hope you can overclock it.

You can also get a Radeon 6950 for less (again, on newegg). The 6950 generally outperforms the gtx 560.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/330?vs=293

[Troll2k]

With any new card make sure it will fit in your case and your power supply can handle it and have the proper connectors.

[SdS49r]

I have to use 1024 x 768 pseudo resolution, kind of a letter box smaller size than my screen. Using higher resolutions like 1600 x 900 on my desktop causes stuttering.

[MadBlaster]

have u tried overclocking the 8800gt? you can do so easily with riva tuner and air cooling. Since the game and the economy are both broken, well you probably get a gtx 580 (better than 560) for real cheap by the time both are fixed. :)

[Timberwolf]

don't know why you you need a high end card for a lower end system .. but for $100 - $150 you could get a 5770 like mine and run cod at high without problems .. seems most of the problems on here are guys with high end computers i-7's and 12 gigs lol

[adonys]

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 560 Ti Super OC 1GB DDR5 256-bit
Core Clock: 1000Mhz
Memory Clock: 4580MHz
Shader Clock: 2000MHz
RAM: 1-GIG
RAM Type GDDR5

I have this and I am running IL2 CoD at 1650x1080 (x120Hz) with everything at max and no stutterings.

[jayrc]

Adonys, could you post a screenshot of your video settings? I've got almost the same card as you(gtx 560 ti SC)thanks:grin:

[335th_GRAthos]

Irrespective of the resolution, between a 1Gb and a 2Gb VRAM card, ALWAYS go for the 2Gb VRAM (especialy when we talk about CoD...)!

I presume there is no significant difference between the 1Gb and the 2Gb...


The min VRAM you should have for CoD should be 1,5Gb. Any less and you tend to see the limits (and start thinking of shortcuts).

~S~

PS. Sombody mentioned correctly, check the limits of your power supply! As you wrote, it is a proprietary PSU thus you may not be able to change it and you may be very quickly limited by the Wattage your PSU can deliver...

[SdS49r]

Thanks all for your input. The size and psu connections will work (the GTX 8800 is much larger than these new cards) I'm leaning towards the 2-gig card. The only difference I can see between them is the clock speed. How much difference does that make?

2 gig card
Core Clock: 850Mhz
Memory Clock: 4008MHz
Shader Clock: 1700MHz

1 gig card
Core Clock: 900Mhz
Memory Clock: 4212MHz
Shader Clock: 1800MHz

[335th_GRAthos]

I would dare to say: None!
(and surely be flammed for it :) )

Honestly none, compared to what will happen as soon as your 1Gb VRAM is full (happens almost immediately with CoD) and your system starts swapping objects in the memory ;)

~S~

[Seanmick]

I wonder if it would be possible to get an update on the practical results of this proposed hardware upgrade.

To what extent is it worthwhile upgrading the GPU with the same CPU as described here?

Many thanks for any help.

Best regards,

Seanmick.

[BMCha]

In addition to the differing clock speeds, one of the cards you posted is the regular 560 and the other is the 560 Ti. The Ti has another SM enabled, bringing another 48 cores and the associated texture units and other hardware. It is going to be generally more powerful than the 560.

Just another thing to look into when comparing the two cards.



EDIT: Also, as far as I know upgrading your GPU would be worth it with that CPU. I was able to use much of the power of my previous PC's GTX 460, and that was with a Core 2 Duo.

[Seanmick]

Many thanks for the prompt and useful reply.

The GTX560 Ti card seems like it may be a viable upgrade path to extend the useful life of the system.

Best regards.

[Troll2k]

There is also a 560-448.It has more shaders than the TI.