Gpu upgrade

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Hi all i am looking to up upgrade my gpu and have a few ideas

at the moment i have a gtx 680 zotac 2gb and with the release of the r9 290x it look like a impressive card

so should i get a 680 for sli, r9 290x,780, or a 7990 i cart decided and help would be appreciated

Thanks

Adam

PC spec
4770k
gtx 680
16gb ram 1333

 

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there are no games out at the moment that i cart run above 60fps.
Apart form games like crysis 3 but i am thinking about future proofing my pc.
Sli is a no brainier but i have herd about people not being able to get it working.
M brother has a 4gb 680 and i tried to sli that with mine but it didn't work.
my guss was the memory size

But yes i have a 1000w psu(overkill i know) and i do game at 1080p.
but when assassins creed 4 and all the next gen games come out i think it will struggle abit

 

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and yes i looked at the 7990 but don't really want to go amd but the performance for the price is good

 

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budget is i would say is a 7990 price range but would go up to a gtx 780 price if most think that's a viable option

 

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that makes sense lol.

You are right i will wait a bit to see if the price drops i no i need more than 2 vram now but will wait it out for a few weeks see what happens price wise

Thanks for your help.

Will post back what i decide to do been thinking for about 2 mouths now

 

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i know but sli is a wired one 1.

like i said i have read a about people have problems getting them to work

my mate has 2 gtx 660 in sli took us about 5 hours to get them to work .

i have had sli befor and x-fire.

but you have a point as well

 

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we pu it in and nothing it was picking up the card but no sli option.

then we realised he had to plug in a power cable for sli and still nothing the last thing we tried was swapping the cards around so the bottom card was in the top and top in the bottom slot and then it worked it was a nightmare to get working and i tried my brothers 680 in sli but his was a 4gb so it didn't work so not to sure if i buy one and i cart get it to work its a wast of time

can any one confirm that it was because his was a 4gb card?

 

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Ok i have decided between 2 cards the r9 290x or the 780 will look in to it more for in game fps benchmarks

Thanks you all who posted and made some good points

Adam

 

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just a quick post to say i ended up getting a gtx 780 ti so thanks all who helped me pick