I was considering buying two GeForce GTX 680's. Right now I have two GeForce GTX 560's in my computer. Would it be wiser to just buy one and SLI it to one of my 560's?
First you can't SLI different models. Both cards need to be GTX 680, but could be different brands.
Second, I'd wait another couple of months and get GTX 780. Its going to have a better performance per watt & $ and it may be a better solution than 2x680.
I'm terrible with video cards, but I am debating on replacing mine. Money isn't an issue, but I don't want to waste any.
I was considering buying two GeForce GTX 680's. Right now I have two GeForce GTX 560's in my computer. Would it be wiser to just buy one and SLI it to one of my 560's? Or would the 560 drop it down in performance. Also, I have room for three video cards. Would it be even wiser to buy two 680's and then sli one of the 560's with that? I really am not one to talk about video cards...
Unless you're running at some ridiculous resolutions or 3d or something, one 560 should be enough for most of today's games at absolute max. 2 is definitely enough - you won't see much (if any) of a performance difference in upgrading to two 680's. If you are having problems with performance in games, it's very likely that your GPUs are NOT your bottleneck.
My video cards are the only thing I haven't upgraded, so I'm assuming they're the problem. Have an 8 core with 16 gigs of ram that I just bought 2 or 3 months ago.
EDIT: Also, I have three monitors. Wouldn't I require two cards with Nvidia?
Ah, fair enough. Triple monitors changes things - do you play games across all three as well? I imagine that is pretty fucking sweet!
What games do you have trouble running, out of pure curiosity? And I agree- wait for the 780s.
I'm terrible with video cards, but I am debating on replacing mine. Money isn't an issue, but I don't want to waste any.
I was considering buying two GeForce GTX 680's. Right now I have two GeForce GTX 560's in my computer. Would it be wiser to just buy one and SLI it to one of my 560's? Or would the 560 drop it down in performance. Also, I have room for three video cards. Would it be even wiser to buy two 680's and then sli one of the 560's with that? I really am not one to talk about video cards...
Unless you're running at some ridiculous resolutions or 3d or something, one 560 should be enough for most of today's games at absolute max. 2 is definitely enough - you won't see much (if any) of a performance difference in upgrading to two 680's. If you are having problems with performance in games, it's very likely that your GPUs are NOT your bottleneck.
My video cards are the only thing I haven't upgraded, so I'm assuming they're the problem. Have an 8 core with 16 gigs of ram that I just bought 2 or 3 months ago.
EDIT: Also, I have three monitors. Wouldn't I require two cards with Nvidia?
Ah, fair enough. Triple monitors changes things - do you play games across all three as well? I imagine that is pretty fucking sweet!
What games do you have trouble running, out of pure curiosity? And I agree- wait for the 780s.
The only thing that doesn't run well is Skyrim. But then again, it wasn't designed to run on three screens.
iirc the geforce 6xx series can drive 3 monitors on a single card. I might be wrong though. I recall that they actually mentioned it as a feature when the series came out.
Radeons though, they can definitely drive fuck tons of monitors on one card, ever since the 6xxx series. 5xxx could only run max 3 of them except for that special eyefinity card. 6xxx and above can run 6 of them. However, you'll likely need Displayport adapters (which are pretty expensive, but still not as expensive as an entire new card), or if your monitors all can do displayport 1.2, you can daisy chain them.
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an absolute disaster running anything except catalyst 11.5).
Personally, I'm very happy with my Radeon HD 7770. Its power consumption is very low, I can still run Sonic Generations in 1080p at 60fps, and I only paid $135 for it back in August. I wouldn't recommend spending more than $200, though given the rate at which GPU technology grows. It's better to be 2 years behind the cutting edge of technology than to break the back to be the baddest motherfucker in the neighborhood for 2 years. SG's not a demanding game anyway. Maybe investigate the GTX 660Ti if you're clamoring for badass at less than $250
I run my 3 monitors on my Nvidia GTX590. The reason Skyrim runs badly is because, well, the engine is shit. I can play Crysis 2, Max Payne 3, and many more triple A titles in Surround mode (a couple with 3D to boot!) at a very steady framerate but Skyrim has always played badly on one monitor when modded, and barely works on three when unmodded. Skyrim is not, and never will be a good benchmark. I recorded this video of me playing Generations, you can see how well it plays - the one Skyrim doesn't like.
However, Dead End Thrills (who takes them bitching screenshots, his Skyrim ones are stunning) said once the 690 made a massive improvement on his Skyrim performance.
Midway the Echidna, on 04 March 2013 - 04:29 PM, said:
Personally, I'm very happy with my Radeon HD 7770. Its power consumption is very low, I can still run Sonic Generations in 1080p at 60fps, and I only paid $135 for it back in August. I wouldn't recommend spending more than $200, though given the rate at which GPU technology grows. It's better to be 2 years behind the cutting edge of technology than to break the back to be the baddest motherfucker in the neighborhood for 2 years. SG's not a demanding game anyway. Maybe investigate the GTX 660Ti if you're clamoring for badass at less than $250
Hez, on 16 January 2013 - 07:11 PM, said:
