CPU vs GPU (again)

[rebuilder]

I know this has been asked many different ways and I still can't seem to find an answer to my specific problem...

Is my AMD Phenom x4 9950 BE 2.6GHz oc'd to 3.2 got enough um-ff to push 2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2?

I would also like to know what is the newest card my CPU CAN push before the dreaded bottleneck.

 

[CrazymanWO]

I know this has been asked many different ways and I still can't seem to find an answer to my specific problem...

Is my AMD Phenom x4 9950 BE 2.6GHz oc'd to 3.2 got enough um-ff to push 2x NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GX2?

I would also like to know what is the newest card my CPU CAN push before the dreaded bottleneck.

This is a guess but i would think you would be able to handle a gtx 660 or 670. In 700 serise prob a 760. Dont SLI the 9800. not worth it.

 

[rebuilder]

So your saying that you think I can run up to a 690 GTX with my little phenom??

You also stated that running the 9800's in SLI is not worth it? what is your thinking on that and how do you come to that conclusion?
I was of the thinking that anything running in SLI basically doubled the performance or at least by 1.5 times

 

[CrazymanWO]

So your saying that you think I can run up to a 690 GTX with my little phenom??

You also stated that running the 9800's in SLI is not worth it? what is your thinking on that and how do you come to that conclusion?
I was of the thinking that anything running in SLI basically doubled the performance or at least by 1.5 times

I was talking about replacing it with a single gtx 670 or 760/770 not sli. The CPU you have can handle those single cards. Yes there might be a little bottleneck but you will get mor performace from one of those signelcards then 2 9800 in sli. And usaully in SLI you will rarely see a 50% Percent improvemnt. Its more like 30 to 40 percent. So forexample if you are currently getting 40 fps in a game and you add another 9800 you are not going to see the fps jump to 80. Its going to be at 55 to 70, maybee even a little less. And the 9800's are power hungry for the amount of performance they output so you better have a decent PSU.

BTW a gtx 690 is a duel card.

 

[rebuilder]

Yea I was just going over the stats....I think a 590GTX is actually a better card.