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660TI PE SLI vs 780?

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July 24, 2013 7:19:37 AM

I currently own 1 msi 660ti pe card in my pc and I was wondering in terms of gaming benchmarks at 1080p resolution what would be a smarter choice? To put another 660ti with it, or to sell it and go for a 780? I want to save as much money as possible as I am about to start college, but I also want to max out most all newer titles. Are there any benchmarks to compare the SLI configuration to the 780? I am interested in games such as Far Cry 3, Tomb Raider, Crysis 3, Battlefield 4 when it comes out, etc. How much performance will I lose from 2 660ti in sli as opposed to a 780?

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July 24, 2013 7:23:05 AM

A 780 is a faster, doesn't suffer VRAM or memory bus limitations, SLI induced stutter, makes less noise and draws a little less power. The 780 is certainly better, but its an awful lot more expensive.
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July 24, 2013 7:36:55 AM

At your resolution the 660ti sli would be acceptable and you shouldn't have much in the way of micro stutter or other issues with the intrinsic limitations the 660 setup has. They should be close to a 780 in raw fps.

However it wouldn't be what I would call a long term solution. The new consoles have more ram now so the pc ports of games will more easily take advantage of the resources computers can give. So id say in a year and a half you'll start running into the buss and vram limitations of a 660ti sli setup at your current resolution.

If youre looking to do this stuff on the cheap then I would suggest just going ahead with the second 660ti since you can take advantage of cheaper prices due to people upgrading to gtx7xx cards and casting off old ones. Just be aware the gtx780 while a more expensive choice for the now is going to be the better choice long term.

Also all of this assumes you are planning to stick with a 1920x1080 setup. Go beyond that and the 660tis are an awful choice.
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