4gb gtx 680? Or 690...

[drmcstroks]

Hello all, I am selling my 6970 xfire setup because I cannot stand the microstudder and poor amd driver support any longer. I've read extensively on the gtx 680- 690, so my question is this: what would be more future proof, 2-4gb gtx 680s in sli, or a 690? I do plan on triple monitor 1080p gaming in the near future..

Current setup:

2600k @ 4.8ghz
800w psu
16gb ripjaws 2133mhz
Ocz vertex 3
2- seagate 1tb hdd's raid0
Asus p8z68 pro/gen 3
Recon Fatality SB
Acer 24" 120hz
Corsair H100

Thx in advance for any advice

 

[Derza10]

Well your most "Future proof" option would be the GTX 680 4gb... Although you would need to overclock the memory on them to take advantage of that amount of vram. If you only have 2 video card slots and want to leave an upgrade path, you could get GTX 690... then SLI it later on down the road. It all depends on how you are viewing "future proof".

 

[drmcstroks]

By future I mean 1-2 years. I don't want to have to buy another card in 6 months.

 

[drmcstroks]

Is also like to take advantage of my 120hz monitor so 80-120fps CONSISTENTLY would be ideal

 

[Derza10]

Well you would be fine with a GTX 690, SLI GTX 680 2gb(will be plenty for 1080p) or 4gb... If you are going with 3 120Hz monitors your best solution is 2 GTX 680 4gb.. but don't expect to keep 80-120fps in all games without lowering some settings...

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I wouldn't look at a 690.

Ya can see 2-way, 3-way amd 4-way SLI's 680s here
http://uk.hardware.info/reviews/2661/nvidia-geforce-gtx-680-quad-sli-reviewed

 

[renz496]

are you in the rush to get a new card? if not maybe you can wait for this :

http://www.techpowerup.com/179090/NVIDIA-to-Name-GK110-based-Consumer-Graphics-Card-quot-GeForce-Titan-quot-.html

 

[drmcstroks]

I realize 80-120fps will not be possible with maxed out settings on triple monitor yes lol. Well I'm using a 6970oc for the time being (sold the other already) so maybe I can hold out for a little bit.

 

[drmcstroks]

Maybe this will help me... Does anyone who has a 680sli setup experience any kind of microstudder?? I realize some is unavoidable, but my 6970 xfire setup would feel so bad at times that 80fps in games "felt" like 30fps

 

[Derza10]

I can't remember what site, but I remember seeing a review where they stated that the GTX 690 (a dual GPU card) experienced roughly the same "micro-stuttering" as a single AMD 7970. This is due to the issue AMD is having with Frame latency (They are currently working on this and have "fixed" it in 3 games so far).

 

[drmcstroks]

Hmm, does anybody have any real world fps numbers for planetside 2 with the 690? I've looked everywhere, and all I see are "guesstimates"

 

[drmcstroks]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Titan-Nvidia-GK110-gpu-tesla,20614.html

$900 for 85% of the power of a 690? no thank you. i dont care if the 690 uses double the wattage, id rather pay the extra $90 lol

 

[amuffin]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Titan-Nvidia-GK110-gpu-tesla,20614.html

$900 for 85% of the power of a 690? no thank you. i dont care if the 690 uses double the wattage, id rather pay the extra $90 lol

That's 1 GPU, and it will be faster then the GTX690 for all workstation apps.

 

[srafig4]

if the 4K monitor becomes popular in next few years, the 680 with more memory is your best choice for gaming.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2012/6/18/the-4k-graphics-card-shootout.aspx

 

[drmcstroks]

No, if 4k becomes popular in the next few years, you will need to buy a new graphics card. A 4GB 680 is a silly purchase if the justification is to be "4k ready". That article also at several point shows that the 7970 would be the better option for 4k anyways.

Also... "ATI XFIRE" setups only "suck so bad" if you're beyond horrible at troubleshooting.

That article was comparing a 2gb version of the 680, which they said the VRAM was 100% maxed. Of course the 7970 ran better as it has the extra 1gb of VRAM. They should have tested the 4gb 680 also.

 

[iceclock]

for the money u can get 2 sli gtx 670s.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130785

850$ but worth everypenny if u want ultra and high speed gaming.

alternatively u can get 2x670s in 2gbs if u find this too expensive.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130782

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130782

total=760$

 

[iceclock]

its not bad future proofing games will use 3gigs of vram soon.

 

[drmcstroks]

Seriously guys, 4GB kepler cards are a waste of money...
http://hardocp.com/article/2013/01/14/asus_geforce_gtx_670_directcu_ii_4gb_sli_review/9


Stick to 2GB cards.

can you please explain to me why 4gb is a waste of money when people playing skyrim with hd texture mods are already using 3gb+...?

 

[iceclock]

4 gigs isnt fully utilized now thats what he means, but in the future will be handy drm

 

[drmcstroks]

4 gigs isnt fully utilized now thats what he means, but in the future will be handy drm

i understand 4gb isnt fully utilized atm, however they are already up to at least 3gb... i just fail to understand his reasoning for saying 4gb is worthless? especially if you can get one for the same price as a 2gb card..

 

[iceclock]

its not worthless, and its not the same price, its a bit more, u can always make a gpu work harder but hes saying standard game modes, not modded games with hd packs.

2gigs are quite good but i find for a bit more 4gigs is a better value and more future proof.

 

[iceclock]

yup

 

[drmcstroks]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4805062&CatId=7387

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3709406&CatId=28

k $15 difference. ill take the 4gb for $15 thank you

 

[iceclock]

depends of what brand and make, some have a higher premium than others.

 

[iceclock]

well there is a difference in long term but for games of today and a while no, if u can afford it whynot, but if not a regular 2gig will do the trick.