2x GTX 660 vs 1x GTX 680

[Luca$]

im looking to upgrade my computer and i want to know if getting another 660 will be better than getting a 680

[JuM]

Look here:
http://hardzone.es/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/GTX-660-SLI-VS-GTX-680.jpg

[Luca$]

thanks mate

[The Grapist]

Two 660's will clearly desroy a 680. But remember, You have to weigh that with the problems and things of SLi. Microstutter, Power consumption, and make sure each card has atleast 2Gb of GDDR.

[banzaigtv]

You could avoid microstuttering and high power consumption caused by SLi by compromising a bit of performance for lower costs and getting a GTX 670. But why would you upgrade from an already-great GPU for something that's just a couple of grades higher? You could overclock your GTX 660 for better performance and wait for a GTX 780 (Kepler refresh) or better yet, wait for a GTX 880 (2014 Maxwell) which will become a massive upgrade in its own merit.

[Luca$]

thanks and yeah i might wait then if its only a year off

[John Doe]

Two 660's most certainly WON'T "destroy" a 680. They're almost head to head even.

I'd suggest going with a good 670 solution and overlocking it to the max.

[Astori Heichalot]

SLI (or Xfire) requires little bit more complication within your rig.
I would suggest either getting 680 if you do have the budget for it or get something lesser with overclock

[404]

i have a evga 660ti sc im thinking of getting another, how do you guys think two 660ti would stack up. im more of a single card guy but im just not shure and my one 660ti runs great for now. thanks for any input

[John Doe]

IMHO, single GPU is really the way to go.

I'd save up and get something like this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2618333&CatId=7387

[_I_]

id take a overclocked 7970 $400
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125413

or for the price difference, an overclocked 7950 is better $320
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127667

[John Doe]

The fact of those cards being pre-overclocked doesn't mean jack.

The one I posted exhausts it's heat load to the outside of the case and is made out of higher quality then those non-ref.

The reason pre overclocks don't mean jack is, because overclocking the card takes absolutely NOTHING more than pulling an extremely simple slider from the left to the right using your mouse... I'm getting bored.

[_I_]

an oc'd 7950 is about as fast as a stock clocked 7970

and if you want to xfire them, a 2nd 7950 would be cheaper, or it can xfire with a 7970

[John Doe]

Like wise, once you OC that 7970, it's going to blow the living crap out of that 7950 Dual-X.

I'm not saying the 7950 Dual-X is a bad card or something. That one is also a well decent card, however the PCB quality on the 7970 is far superior.

It uses the old reference PCB that isn't used anymore. It overlocks easier, and has outside thermal exhaust. More so, 7950 CrossFire, even thought a well capable setup, it filled galore of driver issues recently, such as slow and skipping frame times.

When he can get to the kind of level of performance he wants with a single 7970, in no way I'd go ahead an buy a pair of 7950's instead.

That'd just be pointless and wouldn't be giving him the headroom to add an another card later on.

[The Grapist]

Oprindeligt skrevet af John Doe:

TExt wall here.

Depending on the Manufacturer, The 7950 and the 7970 PCB are almost identicle.
You have to understand the 7950 Die is the same as the 7970 with just less SPU's.

Besides, the New AMD Milta Is AMD's fastest GPU that will be released this year.
With 3072 Stream Proccessors, This thing is going to be the Equivalent to the GTX Titan.
Not to mention, it's only 999$

[John Doe]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Asaggynoodle:

Oprindeligt skrevet af John Doe:

TExt wall here.

Depending on the Manufacturer, The 7950 and the 7970 PCB are almost identicle.
You have to understand the 7950 Die is the same as the 7970 with just less SPU's.

And where did I say I didn't understand it?

Both those cards use a cheaped out non-ref design. That design is NOT up there with the reference 7970 design. With AMD GPU's, reference is almost always the best quality since AMD use Volterra VRM's and such.

More so, that Milta or whatever the hell that doesn't exist is completely out of anyone's consideration at this rate. It is JUST A RUMOR.

Wall of text? ONLY $999? Just drop off whatever you're smoking pal.