I actually have the 2GB FTW edition and it is a great card. Maxes everything on the market and remains at less than 45 degrees doing so.
Would recommend it to anyone thinking of upgrading. Just make sure your rig is wide enough - I had a full tower but it may be too tight to get this into a mid-tower case - someone here may be able to confirm that though.
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From the videos I have seen I think it is about 10 inches long, so I will definitely measure when I have the chance. The only thing I don't want to do is buy a card that could possibly not run a game like battlefield 4 at max. I think this will do this for though. What fps do you get on your more GPU intense games?
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Well, I leave V-Synch on for all games, so definately 60 fps at max. I run Path of Exile at 167fps without v-synch, Guld Wars 2 at about 100fps with variations of shadows on/off, Battlefield 3 at like 90fps with Ultra textures and variations of shadows... I'll get back to you about these. I was told having v-synch on runs everything smoother so had iot on for every game but recently tried experimenting. But seriously anything above 60fps is literally wasted anyways. Besides Battlefield 4 will be the Frostbite 2.0 engine again so you'll be fine.
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I know that over 60 it for the most part wasted, but when I look at my games I can use it to compare how it will do with the next games to come. Say I get 100fps on BF3. I can only assume BF4 will take up a little more and pull it down 5-20 fps, so then I know how I may compare. I just really want to be able to play these next games at a very smooth fps.
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In all honesty your system is fine - games like Crysis are there as benchmarking tools for tech guys to fap to. I wouldn't upgrade anything on your system for a few years yet, and when I do I would just SLI your card with another 560ti. You don't need to constantly upgrade your rig: a bit of foresite is needed and you buy the max you can and then marginally decrease the settings over 5 years. Don't keep upgrading your card everytime a new game comes out. How long have you had the 560? You can maintain a good smooth framerate on that for the foreseeabl future. You may have to play the game on high as opposed to Ultra, but is that really that big a deal for you?