What should I upgrade to?

[Solaris]

I currently have a GTX660, which was fine when I was running one monitor in 1920x1080.

I then bought 2 more monitors, and started playing with NVIDIA surround, but have had to turn down my graphics settings on some games to keep up with the three screens.

So.. I have a 550W PSU...

Do I

1) Get a GTX680 and sell the GTX660?

2) Get a second GTX660, set up SLi, and upgrade to a bigger PSU (850W or so)

Both will cost a similar amount, just can't decide...

Or, what AMD options do you recommend?

 

[Something Else]

sell the 660 get 7950 or 670

id go with the 7950 for the 3gb of vram

 

[Solaris]

Why not a 680?

 

[Cleeecooo]

Why not a 680?

Not at all value for money. A 7950 isn't too far off a 680, yet it costs £100+ less

What's the make and model of your PSU Btw?

To run many more modern games on high settings using 3 monitors, you would realistically need 7950 xfire

 

[Solaris]

Antec VP550P - http://www.antec.com/pdf/flyers/VP550P_EN.pdf

But I'm also running the AMD FX-8350 which is a fairly power hungry CPU.

 

[imginy]

I would definetely spend the extra and get the 680 or 7970 if running 3 monitors.

That or 7950 crossfire if you can stretch your budget

The 660 are not very good in sli

 

[opethdisciple]

A cheaper alternative to a 680 is a pre oc'd 670 such as these:

Gigabyte WF

KFA2

MSI

 

[Cleeecooo]

I would definetely spend the extra and get the 680 or 7970 if running 3 monitors.

That or 7950 crossfire if you can stretch your budget

The 660 are not very good in sli

What on earth do you mean by that?

@opethedisciple, whilst a 670 is better value than the 680, I think that if the OP will be selling his 660, a 7950 would still offer considerably better value than the 670, along with better performance.

 

[Bromhead]

If I were running 3 monitors, I would probably go for the 7970, I wouldn't buy a 680, don't feel they are good value.

 

[Rusty0611]

7950 is faster than anything nVidia has got across 3 screens. (even the 680).

7970 isn't worth the extra IMO.

My own benchmarking:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18455827

Bear in mind that's CF and SLI as opposed to one card.

 

[arc@css]

Gigabyte 7950 + overclock.

 

[Geo-Gamer]

7950 is faster than anything nVidia has got across 3 screens. (even the 680).

7970 isn't worth the extra IMO.

My own benchmarking:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18455827

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+1

Pretty much sums it up

 

[Nuclear Fusion]

7950 is faster than anything nVidia has got across 3 screens. (even the 680).

7970 isn't worth the extra IMO.

My own benchmarking:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18455827

Bear in mind that's CF and SLI as opposed to one card.

+2 This.

 

[MeMeMeMe]

Why not a 680?

The 680 is a good card, especially for single monitor, but the 7950 and 7970 are much better cards for surround/eyefinity purposes.