[Rasemotte]

Should I save money for a new generation card or buy a new power supply and SLI my current 670?

Thank you

 

[iARDAs]

I see that you have a 1440p monitor.

I still believe a single 670 is good enough.

Are you happy with your gaming performance currently?

 

[AlaskaFox]

i think you would benifit from more vram with a high res monitor, i would save up for a next gen card with more than 2 gb of vram.

if you SLI your current 2gb 670, youll probly hit the ram cap, hence making your upgrade bottleneck

 

[Terreos]

What kind of games for you play? And at what settings? If you're not happy with the performance of your current card then upgrading is a good idea. But, I'd wait for the next generation cards. See what they have to offer and go from there.

 

[drBlahMan]

670 SLI will last for a while before you will have to upgrade. If you prefer a single gpu, then I recommend you wait for the 700 series. If you don't mind SLI, I recommend that you buy another 670. You'll have great performance at 1440p even when playing Crysis 3

 

[jlhawn]

get another 670 and sli.
I still have 2 GTX 580's 1.5gig vram and I can still play any game at max settings with no problems
and I do not run out of vram. I don't understand comments about you will cap your vram, not trying to start anything
I just honestly don't understand the vram cap talk.

 

[drBlahMan]

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Originally Posted by jlhawn

get another 670 and sli.

The man is speaking the truth...670 SLI (using reference models) is about 10% slower than a stock 690.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlhawn

I just honestly don't understand the vram cap talk.

It's just minor factor that comes into play when gaming @ 1600p or larger displays or triple 1080p

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[jlhawn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by drBlahMan

The man is speaking the truth...670 SLI (using reference models) is about 10% slower than a stock 690.

It's just minor factor that comes into play

thanks for the info.
Im going to look it up and see what i can learn about vram cap.

 

[drBlahMan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlhawn

thanks for the info.
Im going to look it up and see what i can learn about vram cap.

Read this... http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-geforce-gtx-650-benchmark,3297-18.html

 

[Skorpian]

I wouldn't SLI 670's on an OCZ 600W PSU, maybe I'm too paranoid but it's always better to be safe than sorry.
OP, it's up to you to decide if you need to upgrade. Are you getting the performance you want? If so, then don't waste your cash. If not, then yea upgrade if you want to.

 

[jlhawn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by drBlahMan

Read this... http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-geforce-gtx-650-benchmark,3297-18.html

thanks for that.
it was a long read but now I know things I would have never thought.

 

[AlaskaFox]

i apologize if my statement about vram was inappropriate, im just relaying what ive heared myself, which is even in some scenarios 2gb barely exceeds the ussage of vram at just 1080p meaning 3-4gb is preffereable for anything higher.

again, if this is wrong ill respectfuly withdraw my statement.

 

[Rasemotte]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skorpian

I wouldn't SLI 670's on an OCZ 600W PSU, maybe I'm too paranoid but it's always better to be safe than sorry.
OP, it's up to you to decide if you need to upgrade. Are you getting the performance you want? If so, then don't waste your cash. If not, then yea upgrade if you want to.

I will buy another power supply if I SLI my card. Thanks guys for your inputs, I think I'll wait what 700s have to offer.

 

[jlhawn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlaskaFox

i apologize if my statement about vram was inappropriate, im just relaying what ive heared myself, which is even in some scenarios 2gb barely exceeds the ussage of vram at just 1080p meaning 3-4gb is preffereable for anything higher.

again, if this is wrong ill respectfuly withdraw my statement.

it's all good. you did nothing wrong.
there is so much different information out
there I myself have made statements
about things because someone or
some review misinformed me.

I am not saying your statement was inappropriate though

 

[sidewu]

I would keep the 670 and wait until the next GPU generation.

 

[Sharchaster]

Always wait to upgrade on a graphics card industry I think, it's not a best choice, though. I mean...If you are not happy with the performance of your current 670, then grab a second 670 is not a bad choice I think...even compared to the 780, I think your SLI 670 (if you decide to purchase it) still can outperform a single 780, IMO.

Once you grab a 780, you will wait again for a "good" driver...(If you know what I mean).

But again, it's your money, your decide...just put my opinion.