I have a 260 below in my signature and wonder if the GTX560 for $139 is worth it?

 

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814130664

Overclock that 920 and try and spring for the 560ti.

Well, it's all ready OC'd by some, I can't seem to get it higher with the mobo, ram and fan combination that I have.

 

Of course I forgot to mention I use FSX primarily.

I would say no - it has only marginally better specs than your 260.

I realized, I should just try tomshardware.com, but couldn't find anything, so I did google instead and came up with this

 

http://www.hwcompare.com/8925/geforce-gtx-260-vs-geforce-gtx-560-ti/

This would be the more specific comparison

 

http://www.hwcompare.com/11040/geforce-gtx-260-vs-geforce-gtx-560/

 

But, you can got to nvidia.com and look up the specifications for either card.

The 560 is definitely faster than a 260, no question. $139 is a good price too. Everyone looking at a 560 series card wants a Ti or even Ti 448, but the plain old 560 is still good.

I think it really comes down to how often you want to upgrade your video card... I've got a GTX460

and it does the job nicely - but a 660Ti would no doubt be faster..

 

Here some of the key specs (for FSX) 260-460-560-660Ti

 

Bandwidth GB/sec 112 - 115 - 128 - 144

 

Texture Fill Rate 37 - 38 - 48 - 102

Yes, a 660Ti would be faster. And $160 more expensive, more than twice the cost. If the OP were looking for $300 video cards he probably would've asked about one.

Yes, a 660Ti would be faster. And $160 more expensive, more than twice the cost. If the OP were looking for $300 video cards he probably would've asked about one.

 

Always a voice of reason! The OP brings up such a subjective question, one can't answer it without covering all of the exhaustive financial, bang-for-buck questions.

 

At $139, YES. Grab it!

I went from a GTX 285 to a 560 Ti last year with my i7-920@4Ghz and didn't regret it at all. Saw a good improvement in FSX and other games like Empire Total War and so on.

Yes, a 660Ti would be faster. And $160 more expensive, more than twice the cost. If the OP were looking for $300 video cards he probably would've asked about one.

 

Subjectively, I would rather keep the $139, and upgrade to the 660Ti in a year's

time when the price has dropped a bit.. but not my decision, obviously.. :huh:

The 560 is definitely faster than a 260, no question. $139 is a good price too. Everyone looking at a 560 series card wants a Ti or even Ti 448, but the plain old 560 is still good.

 

I have the plain 560 and have been pretty happy with it overall.

560ti coming tomorrow, will let you know...

Plain 560 here with an OC.

 

Runs FSX great!