Should I go SLI? Would it be worth it?

[KirkR]

So, I just ordered an MSI GTX 560 today, and I was wondering if getting a second one would really be worth it, or if it would bottleneck at all.

CPU - AMD Phenom II X2 3.2 gHz (Was thinking about getting the X6 1055)
Mobo - Asus M4N98TD EVO
RAM - 8GB DDR3 1333 G. Skill
Graphics - Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 1GB (Soon to be GTX 560)
PSU - BFG Tech 550W (Would obviously have to upgrade)

I don't know much about SLI, I just know that 2 is better than 1 in most cases.

 

[Gothams Finest]

You may see a little bottlenecking but nothing too serious.

 

[4745454b]

A locked x2? I would say yes. More and more games are liking core, so unless you play a lot of older games newer ones will cause problems.

 

[KirkR]

It sure is.

 

[KirkR]

I tried unlocking, that's the first thing I did.
It turned everything fuzzy, for lack of a better term.
colors became distorted, audio went to ***, not a single program would work. I WISH I could unlock it, but it just doesn't want to work.

Unless I'm doing something wrong, in which case, could you help me with this?

 

[KirkR]

I'll give it a shot, and let you know of the outcome.
AWAY I GO.

 

[Novuake]

Depends on the games you play, its mostly a yes it would be worth it
(could get a 55% plus performance in modern games).
If you playing BF3 or planning to. Its A HELL YES!

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/battlefield-3-graphics-performance,3063-6.html

Your scaling should be better than the GTX570, which is about 67%.
I estimate a 70-72% performance boost with 2 x GTX560

You might see bottlenecking in games that like threads, for example The Witcher 2, but mostly games rely on the GPU.

 

[KirkR]

Unsuccessful attempts were unsuccessful.

And thanks, Crud, that's definitely helpful information

 

[KirkR]

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