Hi, I currently have one gtx 660 SC. I'm currently a highschool kid saving for school so I'm not loaded but i want better performance in bf4. I was wondering if any of you ran sli 660's and could tell me how the game scales and what fps your getting. thanks
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ImperialistMillitant
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The problem would be Vram, since Vram doesn't stack and you are running with a 200bit memory bus. Battlefield 4 is know for using lots of Vram. So if your current GPU hits a Vram ceiling then a 2nd card would be pointless. What your Budget?
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The rest of your system is excellent, if you can deal with 30 frames a second, then it should be fine and I would just save up.
The general rule of thumb is to buy the best GPU you could at the time and SLI later.
That rule can only apply for a year or 2 after you have purchased the card, the issue is that yours was never that high end to begin with.
In my view a SLI config will have a Vram and bus bottleneck in future titles. Therefore why not wait for another year and make do with 30 frames or lower settings for the time being. Also what is your PSU?
this was my first pc so I didn't know all that much about components and what not. Thats why i was thinking i could sli my 660's just to get better frames now then sell them next year when the 800 series cards come out and buy a flagship. I'm planning on putting away money from my job (woop best buy hired me
). so the 660 would really just carry me over until the flagship 800 series comes out and id buy an 870 or 880. and my psu is an ocz zt series 750 watt 80+ bronze
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i do dew :
this was my first pc so I didn't know all that much about components and what not. Thats why i was thinking i could sli my 660's just to get better frames now then sell them next year when the 800 series cards come out and buy a flagship. I'm planning on putting away money from my job (woop best buy hired me
). so the 660 would really just carry me over until the flagship 800 series comes out and id buy an 870 or 880. and my psu is an ocz zt series 750 watt 80+ bronze
Congratulations on your job
This SLI issue becomes tricky, it often comes down to view points. SLI 660 WILL enhance performance, but they will not be able to scale past a certain point because of Vram bottlenecks. So you wont get 90% scaling on newer games. Most games (especially older ones) wont hit this Vram threshold, but newer ones will.
To overcome this, you can just decrease some settings that will effect Vram.
In my personal view, with the slow innovation of CPU's, your system will last quite a long time. With that said I would just use the GTX 660 and after a year or so(up to you), jump to a flagship card. After another year SLI/crossfire that card.
Its totally up to you. People can only give you advise.
Yeah that is good idea to save up for something better. I did not wait and I bought another 660 for BF4, at the current state of the game I am having some stuttering issues that make me think about the memory bandwidth issue of 192 bit on these cards.
For more info on that.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1872666/battlefield-vram-wall-performance-drop.html#11887674
For more info on that.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1872666/battlefield-vram-wall-performance-drop.html#11887674
ImperialistMillitant :
i do dew :
this was my first pc so I didn't know all that much about components and what not. Thats why i was thinking i could sli my 660's just to get better frames now then sell them next year when the 800 series cards come out and buy a flagship. I'm planning on putting away money from my job (woop best buy hired me
). so the 660 would really just carry me over until the flagship 800 series comes out and id buy an 870 or 880. and my psu is an ocz zt series 750 watt 80+ bronze
Congratulations on your job
This SLI issue becomes tricky, it often comes down to view points. SLI 660 WILL enhance performance, but they will not be able to scale past a certain point because of Vram bottlenecks. So you wont get 90% scaling on newer games. Most games (especially older ones) wont hit this Vram threshold, but newer ones will.
To overcome this, you can just decrease some settings that will effect Vram.
In my personal view, with the slow innovation of CPU's, your system will last quite a long time. With that said I would just use the GTX 660 and after a year or so(up to you), jump to a flagship card. After another year SLI/crossfire that card.
Its totally up to you. People can only give you advise.
yeah, i know when the 800 series cards hit i am going flagship. but for now i'm still undecided. i might watch ebay/black friday/cyber monday deals and see if i can snag another 660 for like 120 ish. if i can do that i will get it. if not i probably wont. thanks for the advice
ImperialistMillitant
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i do dew :
ImperialistMillitant :
i do dew :
this was my first pc so I didn't know all that much about components and what not. Thats why i was thinking i could sli my 660's just to get better frames now then sell them next year when the 800 series cards come out and buy a flagship. I'm planning on putting away money from my job (woop best buy hired me
). so the 660 would really just carry me over until the flagship 800 series comes out and id buy an 870 or 880. and my psu is an ocz zt series 750 watt 80+ bronze
Congratulations on your job
This SLI issue becomes tricky, it often comes down to view points. SLI 660 WILL enhance performance, but they will not be able to scale past a certain point because of Vram bottlenecks. So you wont get 90% scaling on newer games. Most games (especially older ones) wont hit this Vram threshold, but newer ones will.
To overcome this, you can just decrease some settings that will effect Vram.
In my personal view, with the slow innovation of CPU's, your system will last quite a long time. With that said I would just use the GTX 660 and after a year or so(up to you), jump to a flagship card. After another year SLI/crossfire that card.
Its totally up to you. People can only give you advise.
yeah, i know when the 800 series cards hit i am going flagship. but for now i'm still undecided. i might watch ebay/black friday/cyber monday deals and see if i can snag another 660 for like 120 ish. if i can do that i will get it. if not i probably wont. thanks for the advice
Depending on how long you wait, the R9 290 is already out. Its worth having a look into, but if you have the money the time the 800 series is released the R9 will be outperformed.
Also please choose a solution if you are satisfied, it puts the thread to bed.
ImperialistMillitant :
i do dew :
ImperialistMillitant :
i do dew :
this was my first pc so I didn't know all that much about components and what not. Thats why i was thinking i could sli my 660's just to get better frames now then sell them next year when the 800 series cards come out and buy a flagship. I'm planning on putting away money from my job (woop best buy hired me
). so the 660 would really just carry me over until the flagship 800 series comes out and id buy an 870 or 880. and my psu is an ocz zt series 750 watt 80+ bronze
Congratulations on your job
This SLI issue becomes tricky, it often comes down to view points. SLI 660 WILL enhance performance, but they will not be able to scale past a certain point because of Vram bottlenecks. So you wont get 90% scaling on newer games. Most games (especially older ones) wont hit this Vram threshold, but newer ones will.
To overcome this, you can just decrease some settings that will effect Vram.
In my personal view, with the slow innovation of CPU's, your system will last quite a long time. With that said I would just use the GTX 660 and after a year or so(up to you), jump to a flagship card. After another year SLI/crossfire that card.
Its totally up to you. People can only give you advise.
yeah, i know when the 800 series cards hit i am going flagship. but for now i'm still undecided. i might watch ebay/black friday/cyber monday deals and see if i can snag another 660 for like 120 ish. if i can do that i will get it. if not i probably wont. thanks for the advice
Depending on how long you wait, the R9 290 is already out. Its worth having a look into, but if you have the money the time the 800 series is released the R9 will be outperformed.
Also please choose a solution if you are satisfied, it puts the thread to bed.
i will tomorrow. i want to wait and see if anyone else weighs in.
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