2x 560 gtx ti 1 gig

Garfo · 31 Oct 2011 at 20:32

do u think it worth another £150+ for another card?
any thoughts :confused:

never had sli before

harmony · 31 Oct 2011 at 20:42

Yes, and no.

Surveyor · 31 Oct 2011 at 20:45

harmony said:
Yes, and no.

That's cleared it up for the OP :rolleyes:

harmony · 31 Oct 2011 at 20:48

Surveyor said:
That's cleared it up for the OP

Yes for the extra GPU power and the value.

No for the small vram.

Surveyor · 31 Oct 2011 at 20:53

harmony said:
Yes for the extra GPU power and the value.

No for the small vram.

I'd never have guessed you'd bring VRAM into it

Garfo · 31 Oct 2011 at 23:11

So is it worth the extra £150 ?

Surveyor · 31 Oct 2011 at 23:37

Judge for yourself:

GeForce GTX 560 Ti SLI review

So there you have it, two GTX 560 Ti cards setup in SLI will still cost you say 480 EUR, and that's a truckload of money. In that same price segment you can also pickup a more convenient GTX 580. With SLI you might run into some sort of small driver issue at one point in time, also compared to the GTX 580 you will consume more power. The flipside of the coin however is that the performance beats any 'single GPU' graphics card tested to date.

Whatever you preference might be, either way we doubt you'll regret the choice you will make as this certainly has been a pleasant experience from A to Z. Definitely recommended.

Don't get dragged into the VRAM debate with hamony, he'll drive you nuts.

Those with SLI'd GTX 560Ti's seem very happy with them.

2 questions though:

1) Do you have an SLI compatible motherboard?

2) Do you have a good quality 650W+ PSU with four 6 pin PCI-E power connectors?

Edit

Ignore all the crap below.

Another GTX 560Ti will cost you ~£160-£170.

If you sold your current card and added £160-£170 you'd get a GTX 570.

If you sold your current card and added £260-£270 you'd get a GTX 580.

If you're looking for better performance then the best bang for your buck would be to go SLI.

Scougar · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:18

Personally.. I'd go with the fastest single card you can afford, as long as the SLI isn't significantlly better than the single card.

harmony · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:26

Surveyor said:
Don't get dragged into the VRAM debate with hamony, he'll drive you nuts.

At least you should let the OP know that with 1GB vram per GPU he wouldn't be able to max out games like Shogun 2, GTA4 etc without hacking the games, if not going to mention the tale of "lag spikes". Otherwise the OP might eventually get disappointed if not prepared for that.

Surveyor · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:28

Scougar said:
Personally.. I'd go with the fastest single card you can afford, as long as the SLI isn't significantlly better than the single card.

Based on the average frame rates SLI'd GTX 560Ti's are a fair bit better than a GTX 580 and for the OP they would be a lot cheaper than a GTX 580 as well.

Surveyor · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:32

harmony said:
At least you should let the OP know that with 1GB vram per GPU he wouldn't be able to max out games like Shogun 2, GTA4 etc without hacking the games, if not going to mention the tale of "lag spikes". Otherwise the OP might eventually get disappointed if not prepared for that.

That's your job and you had the opportunity to explain that at the start of this thread rather than giving a vague response.

It's not a debate I'm getting into with you.

There's been enough of that going on and you don't seem to have much luck convincing the majority.

Either you're wrong or just very bad at putting forward your arguement.

Scougar · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:32

harmony said:
..... if not going to mention the tale of "lag spikes". .....

Which can be just as much a symptom of SLI/Crossfire.

harmony · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:39

Surveyor said:
Either you're wrong or just very bad at putting forward your arguement.

Or the majority didn't receive higher education, especially with a degree in Computer Science in a top UK university.

You are right, writing an article that is easy for the majority to understand and accept is a lot more difficult than writing an academic paper. I'm not doing well in either

Scougar · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:42

Surveyor said:
Based on the average frame rates SLI'd GTX 560Ti's are a fair bit better than a GTX 580 and for the OP they would be a lot cheaper than a GTX 580 as well.

Fair enough. I have already considered 560Ti SLI btw, but would personally go for the single card, even though I know it will be slower overall.

Scougar · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:45

harmony said:
Or the majority didn't receive higher education, especially with a degree in Computer Science in a top UK university.

You are right, writing an article that is easy for the majority to understand and accept is a lot more difficult than writing an academic paper. I'm not doing well in either

Incredible just incredible. What has a degree got to do with anything regarding knowing about PC's? I know highly skilled I.T. guys that don't really have the foggiest about PC's in particular, and then regular guys that can take PC's apart in their sleep so to speak.

Once again, just throwing that brush anywhere and everywhere.. why do you do it?

Sincerley, perhaps if you approached it as a 'discussion' rather than trying to prove a point, it would help :-)

<-- but I digress.. save it for the other thread.

Surveyor · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:47

harmony said:
Or the majority didn't receive higher education, especially with a degree in Computer Science in a top UK university.

Which part of the degree course covered VRAM with CrossFired or SLI'd graphics cards?

harmony said:
You are right, writing an article that is easy for the majority to understand and accept is a lot more difficult than writing an academic paper. I'm not doing well in either

Bit of a wasted education then

Scougar · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:51

Perhaps he could write a paper on it, or study it unbiased for a masters :-D

I've got some left over credits from UCE if he wants them lol.

harmony · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:53

Surveyor said:
Which part of the degree course covered VRAM with CrossFired or SLI'd graphics cards?

Many courses could teach you the basic theory, such like Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, etc. They all cover the basic concept of "thrashing", "pin page", "swapping" etc. Also, some basic knowledge about Statistics would be helpful. Though I have no idea about the average level of the majority. :cool:

If you really wish to study more in vram then taking a course of "Computer Graphics" or even "CUDA programming" would be helpful.

Surveyor said:
Bit of a wasted education then

Yeah the education in the UK is just so so

They obviously need to improve quality control, right?

harmony · 1 Nov 2011 at 00:55

Scougar said:
Perhaps he could write a paper on it, or study it unbiased for a masters I've got some left over credits from UCE if he wants them lol.

More master's degrees? No thanks

Scougar · 1 Nov 2011 at 01:08

harmony said:
Many courses could teach you the basic theory, such like Computer Architecture, Operating Systems, Database Management Systems, etc. They all cover the basic concept of "thrashing", "pin page", "swapping" etc. Also, some basic knowledge about Statistics would be helpful. Though I have no idea about the average level of the majority. If you really wish to study more in vram then taking a course of "Computer Graphics" or even "CUDA programming" would be helpful.

At this point in time after reading that, I'm not sure you've actually been to uni *, given that a lot of computer courses don't actually deal with hardware at all, some not even binary (good grief!). Not that it matters, if your argument actually stood up and you presented it a way that wasn't so "I'm right", you'd be ok.

* This means, basically these are not really basic concepts covered by a lot of degrees, it's not a slur on you, more that you would probably know that if you'd done a degree.

Anyway...."F0kk3r...... Out."