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Couple of quick 760 questions.

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I'm looking at getting an MSI 760 Gaming Edition, question is, is the 4gb version worth the extra £40. Does anything even need 4gig of VRAM, is it more future proof? It's not a huge amount extra but I'm dubious if the extra ram actually translates into real world performance.

Other question is, will the 4gb version SLI with the 2gb version ok?
 
OK then, the question is, if the 660 and the 760 are effectively the same speed...am I going to notice a difference with replacing my current 560 ti?

I play a lot of PhysX heavy games (Arma 3, Borderlands, Planetside) so I was thinking of getting the 760 and using the 560 as a dedicated PhysX card (I currently have a 260 paired with the 560). Is it not worth the upgrade? What performance increase am I likely to see. I'm currently using a 3820 on an X79 board with 16gig of Corsair Vengeance, so I'm thinking the 560 is the bottleneck.

I'd like to be able to play Planetside and Arma 3 on max settings and still have framerates that aren't handicapping (my FPS on Planetside dips under 20 in large fights with PysX on).

The question still remains either way, is a 4gb card a waste of time? Does it have any real world benefit over the 2gb version. Also does the 760 have no upside, I see it has less pipes but it also has more shader processors...does that not balance it out at all?
 
Sell the 560ti to put towards a new card. The 670 is a large upgrade. The 760 has no upside at all over the 670 (it has fewer shader processors, not more!). The slightly higher stock clock on the 760 is irrelevant, as pretty much all 670s all come factory overclocked anyway and typically boost quite high.

You may want to wait for AMD's GPUs - not because you're likely to get one, but it could mean a 770 price drop into your range (though the 680s are already showing up around £240-£250).
 
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2nd cards for physx are worthless. Linustechtips basically proved it in a utube vid. Think the diff was just a 1-3 fps diff by having a 2nd card for physx only. So yeah not worth going that route.
 
I recently had 2 gtx 670s sli and it was very close to my 690 performance , only reason I sold them was the noise, don't get reference fans, get msi or something, great performance.
 
I just upgraded my 560 to a 670 and now i get double the fps, sold my 560 for £50 and got my 670 for £177 so £127 for a rather nice upgrade, mine boosts to 1100mhz out of the box. Just get a 670 and overclock it forget about 760 and 680.
 
To op forget about 4Gb memory on the 760 or 670 for that matter unless you are planning on multi screens, neither of those gpu's has the grunt to properly use much more than 2Gb of vram. Get this 680 as its the best you can get for that money. This card is a 680 Lightning in disguise. :D
 
rolypolyman said:
To op forget about 4Gb memory on the 760 or 670 for that matter unless you are planning on multi screens, neither of those gpu's has the grunt to properly use much more than 2Gb of vram. Get this 680 as its the best you can get for that money. This card is a 680 Lightning in disguise. :D
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I am planning on using dual screens.

Also the GTX 680 is on sale at the moment for £240, which is about what I was planning on spending. How does that compare to the 660 is there a significant difference between the two?
 
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