Upgrading to 970 SLI?

MireMare · 13 Oct 2014 at 11:13

Seems that lots of people are saying 970 SLI is a good value option, would my rig be fine for this upgrade?

I'm fancying some Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen in the future, with Oculus Rift DK2, and I'm hoping this would be good enough to hit the 75fps that kit needs.

i5-4670K @3.40GHz, Gigabyte Z87X-OC - GTX 670 Windforce 3X 2Gb (SLI) - Samsung 128GB SSD 830 - OCZ 850W - Corsair Carbide 300R - Patriot Viper Xtreme 8GB - Samsung Syncmaster

mickyflinn · 13 Oct 2014 at 11:19

Yep your rig is good enough for sli, How are you 670's performing ?

Fallen god · 13 Oct 2014 at 12:25

Yup looks rally good, how old is your PSU, its the only thing I would worry about. I believe 2x 970 can actual run off 650w so its not really the power but the age that might be in question. Rest seems really good, maybe overlock your CPU to squeeze out more power.

MireMare · 13 Oct 2014 at 12:38

Thanks for the replies, the 670's are doing fine still

The PSU is about 18 months old. Yep, I should overclock the CPU, been on my to-do list for too long!

I guess I'm getting a two year itch after seeing the 970/980 launch, although with a DK2 Rift the new Nvidia VR SLI stuff is an additional draw for me.

Fallen god · 13 Oct 2014 at 20:24

Give the DK2 a try first and see how it is. PSU is fine so if the 2x 670 don't cut it then just try flog them and get some 970s.