Upgrade GPU or 2nd GPU?

[rmccall23]

Currently using Gigabyte gtx 460, was not sure if it was worth getting a second, or a completely new GPU. What has more benefit? Spending roughly 150£.

i5
corsair cx600
gigabyte ga-p55 motherboard
8gb ram

 

[AlamoX]

time to upgrade, like 270X
£150 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-326-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982
£156 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-226-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1982

you cant sli 1Go of ram at 2014, idealy would be to get R9 280 3Go instead of 270X, if you can manage to sell your card for £40 or so then add the money and get one of these :
for £190 not fan of VTX3D, but http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-019-VX&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842
or £200 MSI worth the extra £10 http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-251-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

 

[flame696]

Definitely an upgrade and as pointed out above 270x would be perfect

 

[rmccall23]

thanks for the suggestions, will look into it.

 

[Quartz]

You might want to keep the 460 for PhysX.

 

[lude1962]

You might want to keep the 460 for PhysX.

nividia wont let you have an amd card and a nvid to run physx in same rig, it disables the nvid card...

 

[altrewin]

nividia wont let you have an amd card and a nvid to run physx in same rig, it disables the nvid card...

There used to be a hack for running an AMD card with an Nvidia card for physx, but I'm not sure if it's still being updated.

 

[AlamoX]

it's so not worth it, there isnt that many games using nvidia physx anyway.
i have a nvidia card but i dont use it im not really keen to risk unstable system by installing an non official software that affect drivers.
if you wanna try it the software is called hybrid physx