I have my 560TI oc'd to the max and it gives pretty decent performance. BUT EVGA has this program called Step Up, where I can trade my 560TI for a 570 HD for JUST under $100 bucks, which looks to be a pretty sweet deal.

To upgrade or not? I am finding this a hard decision as the Kepler cards are coming out later this year, and will offer a 3x increase in performance over the 5 series cards.

The difference will be inconsequential and not worth the money. Maybe 10 - 15%. A good rule of thumb is to wait 2 generations between upgrades unless you have money to burn and have to have the absolute fastest possible card.

Wait for Keplar.

I have my 560TI oc'd to the max and it gives pretty decent performance. BUT EVGA has this program called Step Up, where I can trade my 560TI for a 570 HD for JUST under $100 bucks, which looks to be a pretty sweet deal.

To upgrade or not? I am finding this a hard decision as the Kepler cards are coming out later this year, and will offer a 3x increase in performance over the 5 series cards.

I guess it depends on what fps ur getting now. I have 2 rigs using all gtx 570's. The smaller one has a single zotac 570 on ek water oc'd to 870/1710/2040 at 1.1v and Im getting an average of 65-70 fps on ultra dx11 with water quality 1 tick below max and blur off. That rig uses a sb cpu so the gpu runs 99% during load. I dunno what you're getting now but personally I'd wait if you're at >55 on a ti.

The difference will be inconsequential and not worth the money. Maybe 10 - 15%. A good rule of thumb is to wait 2 generations between upgrades unless you have money to burn and have to have the absolute fastest possible card.

Wait for Keplar.


Agree with this and can back up the rule of thumb.

As a side note, Keplar is the new nVidia architecture?

^yes sir, keplar is the new code name for the new architecture, said to be coming out later this year, and said to kick Firmy in the balls, 4 kicks to the balls in fact, making it 4 times worse for Fermi, lol

http://www.slashgear.com/nvidia-kepler-graphics-processor-landing-second-half-of-2011-21103596/

Definitely not worth the money. Why fix/upgrade something that's already working just fine?