SLI this GTX 470 or upgrade?

[dagodeiros]

Hopefully this question merits a straight-forward and easy answer

I currently own an EVGA GTX 470. What would be a better performance upgrade?.. Buy a 2nd for about $180 and go the SLI route, or just buy a single EVGA GTX 560 for just under $200?


the 470 http://www.amazon.com/nVidia-GeForce-1280-PCI-Express-Video/dp/B003EM68MK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1317112051&sr=8-2

the 560 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130661

My current specs

GA-990FXA-UD7 mobo
AMD Phenom II 1100t cpu
G.Skill sniper 8gb DDR3
WD Caviar black 1tb 64mb cache 7200rpm
EVGA GTX 470 gpu
Antec nine hundred two v3 case
Corsair GS600 (yea, ill need to upgrade this for SLI, but I dont mind)

 

[srafig4]

buy GTX 560 Ti above 950Mhz and have two 10cm fans design card.

 

[dagodeiros]

Must it be above or @ 950mhz? For upcoming games of course like Diablo 3, Modern Warfare 3 and BF3

 

[dagodeiros]

Also, how noticeable would the downgrade from 320-bit to 256-bit be? Does that matter as much as the upgrade in core clock mhz?

 

[lozz08]

SLI = more performance, whereas a 560 really isn't an upgrade over the 470. The problem is that the Nvidia 400 series isn't as good for SLI and the cards also run a fair bit hotter. I wouldn't go with either option. I'd either go with a 580 or wait for the next generation of cards.

560=no real upgrade (whaste of $200) SLI=hot, hot cards and not ideal value. So again I'd wait for next gen. A 470 will still play everything out now very well.