Upgrade choice

[Knytestorme]

Thanks for the replies all, some good points made that echoed my own feelings as I thought more about the question.

I think that the upgrade is just a case of wanting to spend money and having the newest toys but it is effectively a side-grade at the moment from what I have...hell, even a single 580 is the same benches as the 460sli according to Anand, though I think the 3Gb framebuffer will give a bigger impact then they test for in the case of boxing.

Going to a Z68 chipset was enticing as Ivy Bridge will slot in to the mobo when released but do I really want to spend the time and money now for a 6-9 month stop-gap?

I think unless a really overpowering argument comes out I will likely just replace the 460's with a 580 and maybe switch the 60Gb SSD for a 120Gb SATA 3 SSD and call it a day until after Ivy comes out.....unless I wilt and go with 580 SLI for BF3, Rage, Skyrim, etc

[MiRai]

I am not generally one to recommend waiting for new technology before upgrading but in the OPs case he has what is a pretty amazing system to start with. The upgrades he is considering are probably only slightly more than side grades and I think in this particular case it would be better to wait another 6 months for a new generation of hardware before investing in it.

Exactly. If you wait for Ivy Bridge... then Haswell will be right around the corner. I normally recommend going
with an upgrade every other generation of CPU.

Going to a Z68 chipset was enticing as Ivy Bridge will slot in to the mobo when released but do I really want to spend the time and money now for a 6-9 month stop-gap?

Unless the Ivy Bridge CPUs for the 1155 chipset prove to be beasts, I'm sticking with this 2600K until a dual
CPU LGA2011 motherboard is released.

I think unless a really overpowering argument comes out I will likely just replace the 460's with a 580 and maybe switch the 60Gb SSD for a 120Gb SATA 3 SSD and call it a day until after Ivy comes out.....unless I wilt and go with 580 SLI for BF3, Rage, Skyrim, etc

That sounds like a good plan and then start an Ivy Bridge fund now in time for an extra sexy upgrade next
year. I have been toying with the idea of picking up another one of these 3GB cards for SLI testing. We'll see
what the next few weeks bring.