Gtx 770 Founders editions sli

[MCCX]

Gtx 770 founders editions are inexpensive right now I have one right now should I Sli it for 1080p gaming this is my first PC build

[Omega]

SLI isn't worth it.

Also those GPUs don't have enough Vram.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

If it's $50 I say why not.

IMO no most games don't make real use of SLI these days anymore you have to mess with the drivers, as well the game to try and make use of the SLI, depending on the game, as some devs are to lazy to do the job, so keep in mind about those issues you can encounter with SLI.

[Monk]

That depends on a few things, one, does your motherboard support sli, two, how cheap can you get a second identical card for and third.
Do the games you plan to play actually benefit from sli as quote a few of late do not.

Other issues are sli won't fix the cards biggest weakness being only 2GB of Vram.
Honestly, I'd say you are better off saving up for a 1050ti / 1060 6GB.

[Carlsberg]

Dr.Shadowds 🐉 eredeti hozzászólása:

If it's $50 I say why not.

IMO no most games don't make real use of SLI these days anymore you have to mess with the drivers, as well the game to try and make use of the SLI, depending on the game, as some devs are to lazy to do the job, so keep in mind about those issues you can encounter with SLI.

I disagree completely. Have been running sli for the last eight years with various cards and never had an issue and ive ran some taxing stuff. If the price is good then go for it.

Matching cards is important, ie; an evga gtx 750 is not the same as a zotac gtx 750. Manufacturers often have their own tweaks which can make a difference in performance that may cause a glitch.

[MCCX]

Will my EVGA 650watt Gold psu be enough for 2 770’s and my Mobo supports 3way sli

[⛧EyMi Mayhem⛧]

Home of Simulation eredeti hozzászólása:

Will my EVGA 650watt Gold psu be enough for 2 770’s and my Mobo supports 3way sli

Oh please scratch the sli idea..

[FluffyPinkDecoyBunny]

Home of Simulation eredeti hozzászólása:

Will my EVGA 650watt Gold psu be enough for 2 770’s and my Mobo supports 3way sli

It also depends on the rest of your build. For example when I ran my overclocked Phenom II x4 940 (oc'ed to 3.6) and two GTX 570s in SLI, along with the two HDDs, 4 case fans, a Corsair H50 cooler and a DVD/CD burner I could draw close to 700+ watts on the build (that's also with the GPUs being overclocked heavy).

When I moved to my i5-4670k, kept the GTX 570s and everything else stayed the same my power draw dropped to around 550W.

[Revelene]

How cheap exactly?

I bet it isn't that cheap. What, $150?

I'd recommend selling your current GPU, then take the money you were going to use to buy a second card, and buy a 1060.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Home of Simulation eredeti hozzászólása:

Will my EVGA 650watt Gold psu be enough for 2 770’s and my Mobo supports 3way sli

No, last time I check they pull 220+ watts each, but I can be wrong.

[InfinityJosh]

Revelene eredeti hozzászólása:

How cheap exactly?

I bet it isn't that cheap. What, $150?

I'd recommend selling your current GPU, then take the money you were going to use to buy a second card, and buy a 1060.

Buy a RX580 4GB for example

[PATENT]

Sli sucks, 3/4 games don't even support it. Also these are very old and power hungry cards. They're not even supported by nvidia anymore. Grab 1060 6gb or RX 580 it's much better, less power hungry and these cards will be still supported in the future for atleast next 2-3 years.

[Dr.Shadowds 🐉]

Patent eredeti hozzászólása:

Sli sucks, 3/4 games don't even support it. Also these are very old and power hungry cards. They're not even supported by nvidia anymore. Grab 1060 6gb or RX 580 it's much better, less power hungry and these cards will be still supported in the future for atleast next 2-3 years.

They're still supported as I remember. The cards they stop supporting recently is the 3xx series, and older, because they're 32bit architecture.

If you need a new card, just get a modem card, you will have a better time with a single card, than doing SLI, because you can encounter issues such as lose performance, because the game isn't supporting SLI properly.

[Revelene]

Infinity Josh eredeti hozzászólása:

Revelene eredeti hozzászólása:

How cheap exactly?

I bet it isn't that cheap. What, $150?

I'd recommend selling your current GPU, then take the money you were going to use to buy a second card, and buy a 1060.

Buy a RX580 4GB for example

Yes, RX580 is an option as well.

[tacoshy]

Dr.Shadowds 🐉 eredeti hozzászólása:

Patent eredeti hozzászólása:

Sli sucks, 3/4 games don't even support it. Also these are very old and power hungry cards. They're not even supported by nvidia anymore. Grab 1060 6gb or RX 580 it's much better, less power hungry and these cards will be still supported in the future for atleast next 2-3 years.

They're still supported as I remember. The cards they stop supporting recently is the 3xx series, and older, because they're 32bit architecture.

If you need a new card, just get a modem card, you will have a better time with a single card, than doing SLI, because you can encounter issues such as lose performance, because the game isn't supporting SLI properly.

yep true Shadows. The simple problem about SLI if it is supported at all that it not adds twice the performance for 2-Way SLI. It sometimes even perform worse as latest test reviewed. But in the end you are sometimes happy when you get 40%+ Performance and trade those 40% for stuttering, twice the power consumption, twice the heat production with often serios heating problems, twice the buying cost. VRAM doesnt stack at all... So Often the next level GPU is simply way cheaper while perforing absolutly the same. SLI is just the only way if you already got the best GPU and that is not enough (in this case 1080 Ti or Titan Xp)

[Monk]

yep, as tacoshy says, sli is not wise unless you already have the best available and i am a fan of sli.
mind you, ive barely had the issues alot of people say sli has in 4 years of using it and the scaling when it works, can be near as damn 100% if its implemented well.