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promazda

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I have a 300 hundred dollar gpu budget. Would you sli two of these? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814133428

Or buy one of these?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130739

Thanks for you input, Jason

 

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Outright SLI is a bad idea. A single card is usually a much better option. What resolution do you play at?

Personally I would grab a cheaper GTX 560 Ti. Just a normal model; over the 448 cores model. Or grab a HD 6950 2GB if you're not biased.

But that's up to you. But I strongly recommend against outright SLI. Though, to be fair; 460 SLI Stands up to a GTX 580..

 

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1920/1080 will be strictly for playing Bf3, Batman, and a few other games. Also i already sli two 9800gtxs.

 

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What are the rest of your current system's specs?

If you already have a GTX 460 & enough power supply, SLI can be an inexpensive upgrade path.

If not, a single, more powerful card will be a better route.

 

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I have an MSI 790FX-GD70 motherboard, Amd 965 overclocked to 4000, 4 gigs of memory, antec 750watt powersupply and two 9800gtxs sli.

 

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IMO go for the single card now, then get another one down the road.

That's been my upgrade path since I crossfired a pair of X1900XTs.

 

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Single card... absolutely...

 

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Decision made card will be here Tuesday.

Thanks again, Jason

 

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Actually one more question lol. Should I run one 9800gtx for my physx?

 

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promazda said:

1920/1080 will be strictly for playing Bf3, Batman, and a few other games. Also i already sli two 9800gtxs.

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promazda said:

Actually one more question lol. Should I run one 9800gtx for my physx?

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Are any of those games coded to use Physx?

 

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Batman is... but the 560ti 448 will handle it just fine.

 

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You could... But probably not needed. For the extra power usage; I would probably say it's not worth it..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127608

Would be the model I would grab.. If you want to Max BF3 someday (with GTX 560 Ti SLI) you'll need 2GB VRAM . But if you are not in a rush; I would consider waiting for the new HD 7970 to finish it's release. It may drop prices all around..