HELP! with choosing new graphics cards...

[TimInIreland]

Hi Guys... My current system is as follows

GIGABYTE G1 Sniper Mobo
Intel i7 980 @ 4.0Ghz CPU
24GB ram
MSI Radeon HD R6870 Graphics
OCZ ZX Series 850 Watt PSU

What i want to do is go back to an Nvidia graphics card, preferably two of them in SLI.

As you can see i currently have a 6870. For around a budget of £300 - £400 which two Nvidia cards would be best to buy ?

Or maybe would I be better in pumping the money into one Nvidia card? I'm thinking maybe two slightly older and cheaper cards would perform just as well as the current top end card?

Any info and advice would be appreciated

Cheers.

 

[Gregster]

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
Total : £310.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).



It isn't worth getting anything less IMO and look to go SLI at a later date if you feel the need. The current price of the last gen is still high, so I don't feel that is a viable option. Maybe second hand but that isn't something I would want to gamble on.

The EVGA is on a weekend only deal and 300 notes for the best CS is well worth it. Great warranty with EVGA and reps who are on this forum to help with any issues. No brainer FTW also uses a full 680 PCB, so should allow for higher clocks.

 

[TimInIreland]

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £299.99
Total : £310.79 (includes shipping : £9.00).



It isn't worth getting anything less IMO and look to go SLI at a later date if you feel the need. The current price of the last gen is still high, so I don't feel that is a viable option. Maybe second hand but that isn't something I would want to gamble on.

The EVGA is on a weekend only deal and 300 notes for the best CS is well worth it. Great warranty with EVGA and reps who are on this forum to help with any issues. No brainer FTW also uses a full 680 PCB, so should allow for higher clocks.

Thanks for the info. I've just ordered the GTX 680 Superclocked

Cheers

 

[ALXAndy]

Get a pair of 660s mate.

They're around the same price as a 670 and will kick its bum. If I could run SLI (I deliberately bought the cheapest MATX board to stop me hahaha) I would have two of those right now.

 

[Gregster]

Thanks for the info. I've just ordered the GTX 680 Superclocked

Cheers

Good choice and you won't regret it