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Which GC setup is the best?

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  • 25-09-2012 3:50am
    #1
    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭


    Which is better:

    2 x GTX560 Ti 1GB 900MHz - SLI

    or

    1 x GTX660-DC2-2GD5 2GB 980MHz

    :confused:


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    Overheal
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    are you comparing cost for cost? Performance for Performance?

    IMO a single card solution beats twin cards. Twin cards only boost performance when you really want to spend a bit more money.

    Comes down to really weighing the costs of options which will truly double, or at least give you the same increases in performance. eg., look at the GTX 680, vs 2x GTX 560 Ti's in SLI. These two options should be similar in cost, similar in performance, but the SLI will generate more heat and produce more, if infrequent, driver issues but that also includes having to rely on persistent updates from nvidia to keep your SLI profiles for new gaming titles current.


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    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    Overheal wrote: »
    are you comparing cost for cost? Performance for Performance?

    IMO a single card solution beats twin cards. Twin cards only boost performance when you really want to spend a bit more money.
    I was comparing performance. I have a GTX560 Ti already and was going to purchase another for SLI and seeing as there's not much of a difference in price between the 560 & 660 I was wanting to know which would be better.

    From what I read yesterday I'm better going for a GTX660 than the 560 in SLI, not really much to be gained in performance, as you rightly said there's the heat issue and also bottleneck issues.


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    spr1nt3r
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    hellboy99 wrote: »
    I was comparing performance. I have a GTX560 Ti already and was going to purchase another for SLI and seeing as there's not much of a difference in price between the 560 & 660 I was wanting to know which would be better.

    From what I read yesterday I'm better going for a GTX660 than the 560 in SLI, not really much to be gained in performance, as you rightly said there's the heat issue and also bottleneck issues.

    Just the issue I was having. Have a look at this:
    http://youtu.be/d0dceohh3Fk

    Took most of my doubts away. By the way - I am staying with GTX 560Ti.


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    hellboy99
    Registered Users Posts: 6,219 ✭✭✭hellboy99


    spr1nt3r wrote: »
    Just the issue I was having. Have a look at this:
    http://youtu.be/d0dceohh3Fk

    Took most of my doubts away. By the way - I am staying with GTX 560Ti.

    Very helpful video, thanks.

    GTX660 it is then :pac:


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    #6
    spr1nt3r
    Registered Users Posts: 390 ✭✭spr1nt3r


    hellboy99 wrote: »
    Very helpful video, thanks.

    GTX660 it is then :pac:

    You lucky ba$... :-)


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