Pilbo_Baggins :
I am thinking of going with dual gtx 760's but wondering how noticeable the difference is when gaming. I have a 60'' 1080p 120hz display and wondering if I will notice a drastic change in the way the game "feels". Just curious if anyone out there has experience with SLI and noticed a significant difference. I guess simply put, Is it worth the extra 250 bucks or should I use that to beef up my build elsewhere (such as SSD or nicer cooling options)?
At 1080p you will be able to max out almost every game out there at 60 FPS with a single GTX 760. If you do buy 2 cards, it wont feel any different than 1, you will just get better frame rates that will be noticeable in games like Crysis 3. Usually people that run 2 cards in a SLI or Crossfire setup buy a single card first, and then when that card cannot keep up with the current games they add a second card. I personally would take the $500 and buy the best single card you can, then in a year or two when it's starting to show it's age maybe add a second one. Or, like you said, buy a single GTX 760 and then use the other $250 for better components elsewhere. The only thing I would recommend doing for sure is buying a 4GB card whether you go SLI or single. Battlefield 4 is already suggesting 3GB of VRAM and I myself just hit 1950mb of VRAM usage playing BioShock Infinite on max settings. It would suck to have dual 760's and end up being bottle necked by not enough memory. Like I said, if it were me, I'd buy take the $500 and buy a single card (either a 760 or 770 if you like Nvidia) and use the left over money somewhere else. If you do go with 2 cards now I don't think you will be disappointed, but it's almost unnecessary at 1080p for the time being. Also, a with a single card you don't have to worry about micro stuttering, games that don't support or scale well in SLI and the other small but sometimes annoying side effects that come along with a dual card setup. Hope this helps!
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