GTX 670 SLI - Have I made the right choice?

[Toothy1911]

My 560ti is starting to struggle with things now, so thought I'd future proof myself. Did have a 590 briefly, but had all sorts of issues getting it to work with my system.

So I just picked myself up a pair of EVGA 670's for £420.
Got a new pair of water blocks for around £130. Plus a bridge for £15.

So in total I've spent £565 for something with similar performance as a 690 GTX (which would have cost £900+ watercooled)

Do you guys think that was a good deal? Or have I bought at the wrong time with the 7xx coming?

 

[Random Guy]

Not sure about the water cooling, but the price of the 670s alone is a damn good deal. I doubt you will be able to match it at the same price level for the 700 series.

 

[andybird123]

what you have will give very good performance, and still beat any 1 card of the upcoming 7** series

indications are that the 7** series are not going to be particularly any cheaper for the same level of performance and in fact you got a VERY good deal on those 670 and the waterblocks, so I wouldn't worry about it

 

[cainer]

Do you guys think that was a good deal? Or have I bought at the wrong time with the 7xx coming?

why care? you've got them now so enjoy

 

[Schizo]

Not bad price on the 670's as i got a 670 from here for £210 and love it,i went from a 580 classified and everything is so much better.

Having 2x670's underwater will last you many years to come.

Now get them underwater and get them installed

 

[bru]

indications are that the 7** series are not going to be particularly any cheaper for the same level of performance

That is just one opinion of the rumours, others will tell you that they expect the new cards to be priced similarly to the currant generation 770/670 780/680 760ti/660ti.

In truth we just don't know, but not long to wait now.

 

[andybird123]

That is just one opinion of the rumours, others will tell you that they expect the new cards to be priced similarly to the currant generation 770/670 780/680 760ti/660ti.

In truth we just don't know, but not long to wait now.

put it another way - you aren't going to get 670 SLI beating performance for less than £420

a 670 will move to being a 760ti, which is still around £220-240 new, so £440-480 for SLI

 

[bru]

Totally agree that the OP'er got a great deal.

 

[old gamer]

I would have done the same, i cant see anything coming soon that will give the same performance for £420

 

[illuz]

Great price mate. I paid 587 in total for 2 wind force 670, one at release and another in Feb second hand. Well worth the performance!

 

[Gregster]

Worst "I got SLI 670's for the same price as one 680 so ner ner ner ner!!!" thread ever

 

[setter]

Great price mate. I paid 587 in total for 2 wind force 670, one at release and another in Feb second hand. Well worth the performance!

Gonna be trying to source a second wf this weekend all being well. When you had the 3570k with yours mate, was the bottleneck much of an issue? Ill add a 3770k at some point, if i decide to skip on haswell. But hopefully the current cpu should tide me over.

 

[illuz]

Gonna be trying to source a second wf this weekend all being well. When you had the 3570k with yours mate, was the bottleneck much of an issue? Ill add a 3770k at some point, if i decide to skip on haswell. But hopefully the current cpu should tide me over.

Ooooooooooh

It wasn't mate, it just wasn't as smooth as I was looking for/expecting (I run a 120hz screen however, do you?) and moving to the 3770k gave me the smoothness I craved.

 

[setter]

No 120Hz screen at present, though that will be a future upgrade.

 

[alex_123_fra]

Good choice. Performance-wise, I have found that only a handful of 680s and 690 systems deliver more performance (at least in benches). You'd really need to look at titans to get noticeably higher performance. For the majority of people, titans are just excessive.

Watercooling I wouldn't bother with unless the stock cooler is terrible. My windforce OCs never go above 60 C and their max overclocks are not temp limited.