GTX 660 sli vs 970

[gib6717]

I'm running the 660 sli now powering a 1440p screen and there's no real issues but was wondering what kind of performance gains I would see if I upgraded. Thoughts?

 

[Mousemonkey]

I dont do the Folding@home so I couldn't give you personal numbers

No worries. The average PPD would have to be a lot higher than that of a pair of 660Ti's for these Maxwell cards to be of slight interest to me, I reckon I can hold out until 20nm which based on these cards could be quite funky.

 

[Laytonoid]

970 is closer to 780ti then 780

 

[carlosriosness]

you guys are all right and all wrong. lol.

1) yes, a single card is usually better to get then SLI.
a) IF, you currently have no card and the prices for each setup are equal. if you already have a card to SLI, then its not always the case

2) many people still think cards scale at like 70% (usually its people who havent SLI'd in a couple years or ever), with the latest drivers this year i have seen scaling in the high 90% area, if not 100%

i see is that it is usually drastically cheaper to go sli, so as long as you already have a good PSU then you could always save some money. i bought (2) 660's for under $300 over a year ago (they were actually even less when i sold the batman games they came with). at the time, and even right now, thats a great bang for the buck compared to a single card that could give me similar performance.

now to answer his question, is it worth upgrading from 660 SLI to 970. depends on how much you can get for your 660's. personally, i would put a "worth" of the ugrade at a max of $50 out of pocket (for maybe a 2-10% performance gain)

reason i came to this thread, Tigerdirect has the asus 970 STRIX on sale for $340 and i wanted to see what the difference is, now that i know, i can wait. i would need to make over $300 on my 660's to make it worth it, i doubt i could make that much, so for now i will wait.

 

[doesntevenMATer]

This was super helpful. I think I'm going to be kicking my 660 ti's in two-way SLI to the curb soon. The Asus Strix 970 looks like it will win me over and who knows, maybe a second one later down the road.