Advice, GTX 690 Or not GTX 690

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Monky670

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So i mentioned this in one of my earlier posts conjoined in the cpu section but this will hopefully be more worthwhile here.

Basically i just need to hear some more peoples opinion or weather or not i should dive in for the 690 or not.

Now i arn't paying full retail price (Im not that retarded) but my buddy is wanting to part ex his with my own.

WHATS ON THE LINE
My Palit GTX 670 (Second hand prices are around 150-200)
£250

To me it seems a worthy upgrade to safeproof for afew years, plus i dont have to mess around with SLI Wiring, if i wanted a second card.

So in your own opinion (Yes im allowing your own opinion on the internet) should i Deal or No deal?, thanks for reading

Oh and another thing will a 690 run on my tx650 psu just find if i try and OC It to 1,000Mhz or not?
 

Monky670

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already gone through that in my head, and tbh the 290x ain't even worth the money, i was going to get the 290, and oc it to the 290x as the 290x is 150 more and it has hardly any changes, but as i said im basically selling my 670, and buying a graphics card so it saves me hassle, and 690 just seems to be the option for future proofing for afew years
 

MapRef41N93W

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Looks like you're getting a 1080p monitor than. You could get that same Qnix for 299.99 if you don't get it matte I suppose as well.

P.S. the 690 is not going to future proof you. Games will be breaking 2gb vram as early as next year when we start to see Unreal 4, Frostbite 3, etc games start being released.
 

Monky670

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haha, yeah i know, but if it's a year i'll get it's a year i'll take eh xD, i mean the 690 has 4gb or usable ram correct, so it should be ok for another 1 1/12 years

 

MapRef41N93W

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Actually yeah you're right. I don't know why I was thinking the 690 has only 2gb of vram.
 

Monky670

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:O i likes that. but does it beat the link for the moniter i chucked up?

 

Monky670

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haha you must be thinking of the 670, you see my point now though yes haha
 

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