Should i go for 660 SLI or just wait on Maxwell

[Guilherme Patzer]

I got some extra cash for birthday and i'm considering if i should add another Asus GTX 660 OC to my build, since i found one good deal and it comes with watch dogs...

My specs are:
CPU: i5-3570k @ stock
GPU: Asus GTX 660 OC
PSU: Corsair TX750 V2
RAM: RipjawZ 2x8gb 1600MHz

When i got my first card, about a year ago, it costed me R$817 + shipping and this week i found one for R$639 with free shipping and i can get the watch dogs with it (R$130)

I play mainly wow, league of legends, SC2 and Diablo3, but i have alot of games on the wait list (all crysis, all bioshock, both metro, Borderlands 2 DLCs... full list on my http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198028155853/games?tab=all ] Steam List [/url]) all at 1080P and i do not plan on going higher anytime soon...

My main question is: will it be worth it to go to SLI (which was my intention when i first started building this computer) or should i just save the money for now and grab a 860/870 whenever it comes out? (they prolly gonna cost around R$1100-1200 and R$1500-1600) If i upgrade now, i wont upgrade again in 2-3 years... will a 660 sli handle most games during this time?

PS: Sorry for grammar mistakes and such...

 

[ori_balas]

I think go for The SLI

 

[ChrisR83]

From the reading I have done it looks like you could be waiting until Q1 or Q2 of 2015, and that is not even firm, I am sure they will not be cheap either. It is hard to say if the 660 will be good for future games. If you are unhappy with your performance I would say SLI the 660 now, if you are happy with your performance and can wait until 2015.

Also if you upgrade now it will give them time to work out any bugs with the new technology, I am sure there will be optimization issues with the first gen 8xx cards.

What kind of budget are you working with? You can get a GTX 780 starting around $480.

 

[Guilherme Patzer]

well... a 780 is about R$1700-1800 right now... and i cant spend much more than R$600-700ish... Prices in Brazil sux =[

some games are pretty fine, but some others (Metro 2033 for exemple) are pretty taxing...

PS: prices in brazil -> USD price(including shipping) * 60% * 17% * dolar conversion (1USD = ~R$2,25) ...
ends up on almost 100% increase

 

[ChrisR83]

well... a 780 is about R$1700-1800 right now... and i cant spend much more than R$600-700ish... Prices in Brazil sux =[

some games are pretty fine, but some others (Metro 2033 for exemple) are pretty taxing...

PS: prices in brazil -> USD price(including shipping) * 60% * 17% * dolar conversion (1USD = ~R$2,25) ...
ends up on almost 100% increase

=( that sucks

Something to consider is, there will always be a new great GPU just around the corner. unless you are made of money it is going to be hard keeping everything up to date. I would say go for the second 660 and enjoy gamming here and now.

 

[Guilherme Patzer]

thank you for the opinions... and prolly grab another one on the next few days =]