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Add a 3rd card or upgrade?

snakegb

snakegb

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Hi all,

currently wondering if to add a 3rd GTX 670 FTW 4GB or upgrade

I have i5 with 16Gb ram
3 x 26" monitors
2 x EVGA GTX 670 4GB FTW

but games are just starting to get slowdown

I play

Tomb raider (new one)
Elite Dangerous
darksouls 3

have to have them on Medium setting or one screen
 
The 670's should get you about £130 for the pair. Whats your budget for a new card? The issue is, that to beat the performance of two 670's you're going to want to aim for a 1070 (which is quite an expensive card)
 
southernorth said:
The 670's should get you about £130 for the pair. Whats your budget for a new card? The issue is, that to beat the performance of two 670's you're going to want to aim for a 1070 (which is quite an expensive card)
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Not really.

I went from 670 SLI to a single 970 and that was an upgrade.

A 1070 is almost twice the power yet of a 970 so anything 1060 class and up is a upgrade.
 
opethdisciple said:
Not really.

I went from 670 SLI to a single 970 and that was an upgrade.

A 1070 is almost twice the power yet of a 970 so anything 1060 class and up is a upgrade.
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True, but whats the point upgrading to gain only 10-20% performance. I would want at least double. And anyway, I've read in a few places that 670 sli can beat a 980?
 
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new card. As the above comment a 970 is twice as fast as your 670.

I would if I were you go for a GTX 1060 6GB. Should be a nice upgrade from two 670s.
 
Wow, thanks for all the comments, ok I'll look at 1060/70 see if my bank ballance can handle it lol

I was worried that my i5 may bottleneck plus the power supply.

Wonder what they are worth with liquid coolers on..
 
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As some one who has upgraded from 2x ATI 6970's, too a 1070, I seen a considerable improvement in performance with similar specs, see signature.
CPU can be a bottleneck in CPU limited games (KSP + RTS games.)
But on the whole my system is still GPU limited, but almost any game (GTA5, Hitman, TR 2013.) plays at 50-60 FPS at 2560x1600 with the important game settings set to max.

Please note that a 1060 cant be placed in SLI configuration.
1070 + 1080 cards can be paired with same cards in 2 way SLI configuration for games.
While 3-4 way SLI is possible with bench-marking exclusively..

This is my first Nvidia card ever. I have to say I am impressed so far.
Now lets see how the long term driver support lasts, could never fault AMD in that regards. :)
 
I would go for at least a 1070, the 1060 would give you the extra vram but in some games you might find you lose a few FPS looking at user benchmarks.

Its not all about FPS though, a single card would give you a smoother experience and you will also gain the benefits of the new features on the card.
 
KarolW92 said:
Couldn't agree more. I also just swapped out a Gigabyte 670 for a 1070 zotac AMP and the difference is grand.
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In benchmarks its 2.5x the speed not sure how much of that translates to games but i would think its gonna be still more than twice as fast. Hes already using SLI though so its not gonna be quite the jump you made, with SLI scaling its still probably gonna be a nice boost though.
 
Thanks all Duly noted, brand new 1070 it is

time to splash the cash :)

one other thing

my Mothernoard has

PCIE 2.0 x16 slot and i notice these are pcie 3 is that going to be a problem?

I assume it's just a speed difference
 
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