New GPU required to replace Sli setup.

[Fordie00]

I currently have 2 GTX460 2GB in Sli but I'm having issues with Sli enabled.
Looking to replace with 1 card. Need to stick with Nvidia as I used 3D vision.
Looking to spend around £150. Any suggestions that would match or run faster than my current set up (when it was working!)

I am running an AMD 955 @ 3.4Ghz, 8GB DDR2, Asus M4N82 Deluxe, 700W OCZ ModXtream.

Ta.

 

[arc@css]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-038-KF&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-174-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-109-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2379

The KFA2 will exhaust all the hot air out the back of your case, where as the other two will allow some directly into it. All three are safe bets with regard to warranty, with Gigabyte generally having the quickest turn around (UK based returns). All three will cool very well, especially the Gigabyte and MSI / (particularly quiet as well). A gtx660 will be slower than your 460 sli, though I doubt you'd notice the difference by all that much at all (5 - 20% depending); you will experience lower temps, noise, power consumption and smoother performance. To go substantially faster than your two card set-up, you would have to increase your budget by about double (something like £290+ for a gtx670), or pick a couple of second hand cards, eg. 570 sli. I'd choose a single card almost everytime.

Overclock your cpu to try and squeeze more performance out of games, otherwise your new card will be bottlenecked a bit.

 

[Fordie00]

Brilliant, thanks for the advice.

 

[Marine-RX179]

I honestly think you should go for at least a GTX670. The 192-bit memory bus of the GTX660/Ti will cripple performance in some games once you are using above 2xAA.

 

[subbytna]

I honestly think you should go for at least a GTX670. The 192-bit memory bus of the GTX660/Ti will cripple performance in some games once you are using above 2xAA.

Yeah +1 to this info

Worth saving up a little bit more unless you get a good deal n the MM for example

 

[Addicted]

670 easily.

 

[Griff7520]

I replaced my 460 sli with the msi 660 oc and it blows them out of the water...I am playing every game I own with out any problems and also running 3d most of the time and it looks great. For the price it cant be beat in my opinion....670 would be better of course but that is more money...I am pleased I went for this card, it is excellent.

in answer to arc@css This card outperforms 460 sli easily. It is not slower and for a single card solution it is a great choice

I found this from another forum...interesting reading.

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2x Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB OC SLi
FPS: 32.4
Scores: 817

vs

MSI GTX 660 TwinForzr III OC 2GB
FPS: 33.4
Scores: 841


2x GTX 460 1GB 3Dmark11 Performance - 5954 vs 1x GTX 660 3GB 3Dmark11 Performance - 6241

2x GTX 460 1GB 3Dmark03 Performance - 85327 vs 1x GTX 660 2GB 3Dmark03 Performance - 71443


The 2x GTX 460 outclass the single GTX 660 in 3Dmark03, but in all the other benchmark the GTX 660 just wins by a margin.

This is really what I hoped for. Still the same performance overall, but the noise has been heavily reduced. The GTX 660 idles at 30*c and max out at 60*c.

Found one of my benchmarks for this card even better...must be new drivers

Heaven Benchmark v3.0 Basic

FPS:
40.7
Scores:
1026
Min FPS:
11.0
Max FPS:
123.5


Hardware

Binary:
Windows 32bit Visual C++ 1600 Release Mar 7 2012
Operating system:
Windows 7 (build 7601, Service Pack 1) 64bit
CPU model:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
CPU flags:
3317MHz MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE41 SSE42 HTT

GPU model:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 9.18.13.697 2048Mb

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Shaders:
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Occlusion:
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Refraction:
enabled
Volumetric:
enabled
Tessellation:
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[Fordie00]

Yeah +1 to this info

Worth saving up a little bit more unless you get a good deal n the MM for example

MM?

 

[Griff7520]

MM = MEMBERS MARKET..you can not access it yet....not enough post's and new member.