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khenderson42

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Not sure whether to sell my EVGA GTX 660 SC and upgrade to something like the GTX 760 or any ATi cards you could recommend? Don't really want to spend any more than £235 as that is what the GTX 760 is worth. My worries with SLI are about micro stutter as I pick up on even small indescrepencies. Any opinions on whether it's worth upgrading or personal experiences with SLI would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
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to be honest for the performance gains will get over the 660, the 760 isnt worth the outlay. a second 660 will give a decent bump in most games but by the time you introduce vsync to minimize the micro stutter the gains will pretty much evaporate.
so either way its a waste of cash for the performance gains you may get.

currently its a bad time to buy gfx cards as the 1s you really do want are selling at a premium, but if you were to consider the red team you would see slightly more value for your money. today pretty much every gfx card upto the titan can be out performed by the equivalent amd card. so if you want value you may want to consider switching completely..
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it is always better to use a single more powerful card for single monitor up to 1080-1200p.
some games doesnt even use the 2nd gpu, and if the drivers are not updated it can be even worse.
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single card is always more efficient.
to be honest upgrade to a gtx770 you'll enjoy it more.
 
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to be honest for the performance gains will get over the 660, the 760 isnt worth the outlay. a second 660 will give a decent bump in most games but by the time you introduce vsync to minimize the micro stutter the gains will pretty much evaporate.
so either way its a waste of cash for the performance gains you may get.

currently its a bad time to buy gfx cards as the 1s you really do want are selling at a premium, but if you were to consider the red team you would see slightly more value for your money. today pretty much every gfx card upto the titan can be out performed by the equivalent amd card. so if you want value you may want to consider switching completely..
 
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I have never had an issue with SLI and use it ... either from the getgo or as plan for future upgrade .... in 90% of my builds. Important not to confuse AMD's CF issues with SLI.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6857/amd-stuttering-issues-driver-roadmap-fraps/6
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/graphics-card-benchmarking-frame-rate,3466.html

I don't use SLI however w/ low end cards (till recently, I'd call that $200 but the 650 Ti Boost does just fine in SLI). Read the article below:

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_650_Ti_Boost_SLI/23.html

After running the GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI through our test suite, I have to admit that I'm impressed. The duo delivered performance easily matching and often exceeding much more expensive single-card options such as the GeForce GTX 680 and Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition, and they don't cost as much. SLI multi-GPU scaling works well with all of our titles except for F1 2012. Scaling by going from one to two GTX 650 Ti Boost cards is around 70%, even with F1 2012 taken into account. Unlike AMD, NVIDIA does a good job of maintaining its SLI profiles, so you should be able to play new games without a long wait for multi-GPU support. However, the risk that a game will not be supported still exists, and you might, at worst, end up with single-card performance. This is in my opinion, given the massive performance-per-dollar advantage, an acceptable tradeoff. I would definitely recommend a GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI setup to a friend looking to spend as little money as possible on a high-end gaming rig.

With a combined price of $340, the graphics cards cost much less than the HD 7970 GHz Edition ($430) and the GTX 680 ($440) while still delivering comparable performance. Power draw and noise levels are slightly higher, but that's the price you'll have to pay to save over 100 bucks. This setup also makes upgrading your aging rig to play the latest and most demanding titles without breaking the bank an option. ...
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If it "makes sense" for the 650 Go Boost, it will certainly make sense for the 660

We have two boxes upstairs .... Son No. 2 has GTX 580 .... Son No. 3 has twin 560 Tis and the twin 560s toast the 580 by 40% in game benchies and the only issue he has had was waiting three weeks for an SLI profile when BF3 beta came out.

As for the single card replacement option, 660 -> 760 is a minimal difference in performance.
 
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Interesting, could you suggest a card to look at? Don't want to spend any more than £250 ($383 exactly, however the conversion rate is usually hugely biased so a $350 card will probably cost me £300) Not too bothered about next-gen for now, I will wait until we are a few years into it and prices drop a bit to worry about next gen.
 
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Hi - normally I would suggest a single GPU, but in your situation, as others have said,
for £235 you are not going to get much of a perf increase. You need to either bite the bullet &
spend the £312 - 350(or 280 - 300 for a 7970) for a gtx 770 or go 660SLI. If you go the SLI route,
just be sure you have a PSU capable enough to handle 2 - 660's.
 
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khenderson42

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Thanks all for your input, I will just have to hope I get the job I've just had an interview for and do some saving up. Only got the GTX 660 last November but even with the EVGA Superclocked version and overclocked further (I have been lucky in the gpu lottery) it still only runs things like GTA Episode from Liberty City at 55fps, sometimes dropping to 40fps and I feel I need to upgrade soon. Not bothered about next-gen yet as I've said.
 
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