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November 20, 2013 11:13:04 AM

I currently have one MSI 660 ti and I was wondering if it would be worth grabbing a second for around $200, or just purchasing a different card for around the same price range. I'm also wondering how much of a performance increase I would receive with SLI, or with a different card.

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November 20, 2013 11:16:17 AM

The performance increase is variable depending on the game, you'll receive more performance overall from a second card as opposed to a single 200 dollar card.
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November 20, 2013 11:29:07 AM

Thanks. How would the performance of two 660 Ti's compare to a single 760 or 770?
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November 20, 2013 11:33:57 AM

Ferinus said:
Thanks. How would the performance of two 660 Ti's compare to a single 760 or 770?


a single 660ti is only a tad behind a 760. A 660ti sli setup will be more powerfull than both a 760 and 770. The only caveat is that your limited by the vram in sli, so if the 660ti's are 1gb variants you may struggle at high res, with high ingame settings. Most 660ti's are 2gb though, so 2gb is enough for 1080p and all the bells an whistles, and with an sli setup with 2 660ti's it will be on ultra settings, and play smooth as butter.
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November 20, 2013 11:36:55 AM

I about doubled my FPS when I went to 2 AMD HD7850s. I have not found a game yet that did not show a drastic increase, but I only own about 5 games at the moment.
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November 20, 2013 11:37:40 AM

Thanks! If I ever decided to increase my res, how well would the sli setup run with 2gb cards?
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November 20, 2013 11:41:07 AM

It should run really well.
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November 20, 2013 11:43:07 AM

Ferinus said:
Thanks! If I ever decided to increase my res, how well would the sli setup run with 2gb cards?


Someone else who has used higher res monitors than I can probably answer that part very well, as I am running 1920x1080.

But keep in mind, from what I understand, the ram does not get doubled when you SLI or Xfire. So 2 2gb cards is not 4 gb, but 2 gb.
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November 20, 2013 11:46:32 AM

tshrimp said:
Ferinus said:
Thanks! If I ever decided to increase my res, how well would the sli setup run with 2gb cards?


Someone else who has used higher res monitors than I can probably answer that part very well, as I am running 1920x1080.

But keep in mind, from what I understand, the ram does not get doubled when you SLI or Xfire. So 2 2gb cards is not 4 gb, but 2 gb.


Well the RAM isn't doubled in the sense that one card can't use all of it, but both cards will still use the RAM.
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November 20, 2013 11:48:47 AM

Two cards in SLI will generally perform better then higher end cards in single set and ASUS just proved that with their Mars card which is based on the 760 GPU. Asus put two 760 GPUs on a single PCB and this card is the equivalent of two 760's in SLI and it for the most part out performs the GTX Titan.
So yes two 660Ti's will give you the performance boost to play any game maxed out on very high if not ultra settings. since you have one 660Ti then you least expensive way to increase your game performance would be to add another.
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November 20, 2013 11:50:06 AM

I had previously read that the RAM isn't doubled, that's why I was wondering about how it would contend. Thank you all for your help and I'd like to let you know that all of your answers helped me reach my decision. Thanks a lot!
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November 20, 2013 11:52:44 AM

If you went to a 2560x1440 monitor the 2gb cards will do ok but a 3gb card would do better. To go 2560x1600 you want a 3gb or 4gb card.
A monitor can only use the vram of the card that is connected to. There is work being done on the vram of the second card being used but that hasn't come out yet.
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November 20, 2013 12:03:30 PM

One final question. If I do purchase another 660 Ti, would it have to be the exact same kind? As in, would I have to by an MSI 660ti, or just any 660ti?
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November 20, 2013 12:15:52 PM

It's best if you can match everything but brand isn't as important as the other parts. Match RAM and speed if you can.
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November 20, 2013 12:23:42 PM

Thanks!
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November 20, 2013 12:56:59 PM

Anything else or can you choose a best answer?
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