Two 670's with 2 gb of ram or Two or three 660ti's 3 gb of Ram/ SLI

[hardyboys209]

APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE:Anytime until Christmas
BUDGET RANGE:Up to $600

USAGElaying Arma 2 or 3 and Skyrim; high or max settings/minecraft and league of legends; Really any game.

CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY:GT 640 1 gb of Ram and Kingwin ABT-750MM Maximum series

OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: 4 gb of Ram, ECS P67H2-A2 Black Deluxe Motherboard, Intel LGA 1155 Pentium 2.7 gh/z

PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: Tigerdirect.com or amazon.com
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA

SLI OR CROSSFIRE: Definently SLI

MONITOR RESOLUTION:1850x950

 

[the great randini]

why not get for or five 660's and lower the budget to 400$

 

[ubercake]

Three cards would be hotter and offer no more expansion. I'd go with the 2x670 to keep the heat down for similar performance:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2580889&CatId=7387
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Dual-Link-DisplayPort-Graphics-02G-P4-2678-KR/dp/B0083Y6MV6/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1361808098&sr=1-1&keywords=gtx+670
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130782

I couldn't find any I'd get that would keep you under $600, but I'd go with the 670s. Then you could always get a third 670 at a future date, but your resolution doesn't require two 670s? Are you going to get a couple additional monitors for 2D surround?

Also, there is no real reason to go beyond 2GB of RAM on the video card at this point in time; even in surround.

 

[ittimjones]

2x GTX 660Ti's is more than enough to max out any current games at that resolution. And if you think u need to get another, a recent Tom's Hardware article stated how 3 660Ti's is better than 2 GTX 680's.

 

[ubercake]

2x GTX 660Ti's is more than enough to max out any current games at that resolution. And if you think u need to get another, a recent Tom's Hardware article stated how 3 660Ti's is better than 2 GTX 680's.

Where's the link to that article?

Update --- Found it:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-geforce-gtx-660-ti-sli,3429-5.html

Id still go with 2x670s, because 3 670s in the future is still better than 3 660s. If I were going to halt all upgrades on the system, I'd go for the three 660 ti now.

But still, a single 670 would max out everything at that resolution.

 

[jonpaul37]

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-geforce-gtx-660-ti-sli,3429.html

 

[ubercake]

Just curious... Who makes a monitor at that resolution?

 

[ubercake]

The Tom's article referenced above show a real downside to using the three 660s... Big dips (min fps) in the framerates with surround configurations whereas the two 680s don't have this issue.

 

[hardyboys209]

Just curious... Who makes a monitor at that resolution?

i use my hdtv and might get 2 more.

 

[hardyboys209]

I might go with 670's because of the fact in a year or two they will preform better with later games.

 

[swifty_morgan]

titan. but the rest of your system will hold it back, as it would sli-x2, x3.

 

[DarkSable]

This has got to be a troll. A Pentium with two 670s?

OP, if you aren't just trolling, buy yourself a single 4GB 670. Even with three monitors, at that resolution, you won't need more.

If you do get 2 670s or 3 660tis, you'd just be wasting your money, because your CPU would be bottlenecking your graphics setup big time.

 

[ubercake]

i use my hdtv and might get 2 more.

Unless there's a different standard for HD in another part of the world, your HDTV is probably 1920x1080?

 

[Fokissed]

Unless there's a different standard for HD in another part of the world, your HDTV is probably 1920x1080?

Perhaps he's using overscan correction (and making everything look like *** too)

 

[J_E_D_70]

This is a double post, I think - can't find it now. Said the same thing. That is really bad balance of components. The mobo is PCI2.0 x8/x8 in SLI. Anemic CPU.

 

[Gennaios]

no sli and more ram!heheeh