Upgrading CPU or SLI i guess?

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So I have a AMD Phenom II X4 970 BE paired up with a 660 ti, I'm wondering if I should buy another 660 ti to sli, or should I upgrade the cpu? If you would recommend the cpu, then to what cpu?
Any other suggestions are also recommended.
 
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Your 660Ti is a really good card so it depends. If you play MMOs like Planetside 2 or if you render stuff then you should go for the new CPU. But If you you play games like Battlefield 3, Borderlands 2 or Metro you should upgrade your GPU. And if you're going to to SLI you need to have a gaming PSU with a minimum of 700W.

I would personally go for the GPU, only because I'm Frames Per Second hungry, good luck.
 
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If I was u.
I will depend on wat game u always to make decision.
If for most game available on PC they are optimize for intel processor.
If u dont mind, SLi will idea for u.
But i wont doubt that processor will bottlenecking your gpu performance.
 
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I play both type of games, but what if I overclock the cpu? Can that help?
 
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A 970BE will overclock well. 3.8-4.0GHz should be attainable with good cooling and solid power from a quality motherboard.

It will be enough to push dual 660ti's in SLI. Bottlenecking won't be an issue on a good motherboard.

Example: I have a 1090t x6 @ 4.0GHz on a 990FX motherborad (2 x PCIe x16 slots @ x16) and it maxes Crysis 3 on 2 HD 7950's in crossfire and will push both cards to 99% with the CPU at 80-90%.

The only unknown here is what motherboard you have. As long as it is an AM3 or AM3+ with good PCIe support you'll be fine going SLI.
 
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I have 990fx r2.0 or something like that, im not at home, its a asus sabertooth if that helps?
 
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Oh really? I'm running SLi'd 660Ti's and a 2600k on a 620w PSU and things are just fine and dandy.
 
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I'm not saying things won't work fine and dandy, I wouldn't run 2 of those cards with a 600-650W PSU mainly because I wouldn't want to game with a 100% load on my PSU. How long do you thing that thing will last? Better get something something with a little bit more capacity and not cause your psu to freak out every time you put those cards to work.
 
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My HX620's are both more than five years old (and then some!) and have both been running SLi'd 150w+ cards for most of their lives and are both still going strong.
 
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If u dont really mind some CPU bottleneck ,
U just have SLi your GPU ~
U should get performance improvement in not CPU demand game ~
If on CPU demand game , there should a bit improvement too ~
if u mind it , just get new CPU , but also nid to get a MOBO in return ~
 
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