Best VFM used cards for sli

Telecaster · 11 Jan 2015 at 23:51

Not being in the club able to pony up the cash for a pair of the latest spec cards, what offers the best VFM on the used market currently and what would it be worth keeping an eye on 4-6 months down the line?

If I were buying new I'd like a pair of those OC 970s with the reference coolers, but that's highly unlikely.

Disco_P · 12 Jan 2015 at 00:05

79XX and 280(x) cards are going damn cheap second hand. Second to that is R9 290.

setter · 12 Jan 2015 at 00:09

290 or nv 780, bought both of mine secondhand. Albeit that was before the 970 was released and prices were a bit higher. £290.00 for the first one, £250.00 for the second one.

Geeman1979 · 12 Jan 2015 at 00:09

A pair of 780's would be a good shout. Seen them as low as £150 a piece.

Bonjour · 12 Jan 2015 at 00:17

I've bought 2 290s (crossfire rather than SLi), one for £160 and the other for £130.

Hard to get much more performance for that kind of money.

nails666 · 12 Jan 2015 at 10:48

Bonjour said:
I've bought 2 290s (crossfire rather than SLi), one for £160 and the other for £130.

Hard to get much more performance for that kind of money.

Hmm, is that from a well known auction site Bonjour, I've not been looking that hard I admit but I've not been able to see any actually go for that kind of price? For £130 I could be very tempted to grab one for tri-fire.

Bonjour · 12 Jan 2015 at 11:04

Both were from the MM here.

Both in great condition, too, and both flashed to 290x.

nails666 · 12 Jan 2015 at 11:05

Ah the wonders of the MM, at my current my posting rate I should get access sometime in 2022, wonder how much a 290 will be worth then

233 · 12 Jan 2015 at 11:10

Pair of 280x put he mm for £180

Bargain sli setups to be had

P4Clock · 12 Jan 2015 at 11:18

Disco_P said:
79XX and 280(x) cards are going damn cheap second hand. Second to that is R9 290.

i second this post, i had a 290, and went to 2 x 7950's for the grand total of £160 and they crushed my single card set up

on the forums the curent number one score on skydiver is on a single card is a GTX 980 @1441/2003, GFX Score 52048
my 7950's are sitting at number 31 of the dual GPU list, GPU 7950 @1175/1450, GFX Score 53389

i am not saying my setup is better but what i am saying is that 980 is a £550 card, mine from OcUK only a week ago was £160 for both with 2 game codes to sell so.... £120 all in

RanxZy · 12 Jan 2015 at 13:14

Serious VFM to be had with 7950s.

pastymuncher · 12 Jan 2015 at 13:21

nails666 said:
Ah the wonders of the MM, at my current my posting rate I should get access sometime in 2022, wonder how much a 290 will be worth then

Don't you have access from before the rules changed to 1000 post's?

nails666 · 12 Jan 2015 at 13:38

pastymuncher said:
Don't you have access from before the rules changed to 1000 post's?

Ah you got me excited there but I just tried to access it and still get a denied error message

I didn't realise the rules on access weren't always the same.

Disco_P · 12 Jan 2015 at 13:44

I would aim for MM access, I recently got it and the prices are stupid low compared the bay.

Also you can sell stuff without having to pay fees which is a bonus.

nails666 · 12 Jan 2015 at 14:28

hehe, I'm aiming for it, just a long way away at the moment and I don't want to get in trouble for spamming to boost my post count. I don't normally get much time to post but work is very quiet at the moment for a few days so I'm getting to respond to more threads than usual but I doubt that'll last long enough to hit the magic 1000 mark.

Telecaster · 12 Jan 2015 at 17:25

Thanks for the replies.

I forgot to mention, due to my love for SFF cases I think AMD cards are probably off the menu, the blower style reference coolers on a lot of the Nvidias seems to make the most sense.

£150 for a 780? wow, I need to get myself up to 1k posts ASAP lol.

jimhaumman · 12 Jan 2015 at 19:24

The prices for cards you're writting about are hard to belive.
My target is to reach 1000 post in time when amd realese their new gpu's.

nails666 · 12 Jan 2015 at 19:31

Hehe, to us sub 1000 post plebs it does sound like the promised land of bargain components. I'm not getting my hopes up though

Geeman1979 · 12 Jan 2015 at 20:01

Telecaster said:
Thanks for the replies.

I forgot to mention, due to my love for SFF cases I think AMD cards are probably off the menu, the blower style reference coolers on a lot of the Nvidias seems to make the most sense.

£150 for a 780? wow, I need to get myself up to 1k posts ASAP lol.

Don't get too excited. They don't come up that often.