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660ti tri sli vs 780ti

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February 25, 2014 2:30:35 PM

All,

Hi! I’m looking to move to a single card 780ti for the purposes of increasing the longevity of my rig, the larger mem bus and increasing the vram from 2gb to 3gb. I'm currently running a 660ti tri sli setup without a hitch; Zero heat and zero noise issues. This is in my living room HTPC connected to a 65" plasma. Would it be nearly the same performance? I need 60fps and I’m currently hitting this regularly, will this continue with a single 780ti? I also notice some vram issues when playing GTA IV will the wider bus and larger VRAM decrease this? Lastly the rig NEEDS to be dead silent. Currently the ASUS 660ti I have in there run quieter than a whisper. Everything else fanwise is noctua. I'm currently very happy with the rig but I’m itching for a GPU change and will most likely move to a dual 780ti setup in the near future.

Questions:

Will the 660ti tri sli severely outperform one 780ti?
Will the 780ti be as silent as the ASUS 660ti?
When I move to dual 780ti; will this setup outperform the 660ti substantially?
Will the 3gb vram and the wider bus increase texture loading in large map games like GTA IV (preparing for GTA V)?

Thanks ALL!!!


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February 27, 2014 7:28:58 AM

1) No, atleast not without very good SLI configuration in the game.
2) Depends on the manufacturer you choose, but it will definitely not be like a 290x, full load won't sound like a jet engine.
3) Yes. Not even a contest.
4) 3gb will allow a higher resolution, or more AA, an the larger bus size will increase memory speed substantially.
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February 27, 2014 7:53:43 AM

Even if you get the 3gb 660 Tis,it won't be as good as the 780 ti as
1)You still have to do with 192 bit bus vs the 384bit in 780 ti
2)Not all games are perfectly optimized for SLi
3)Will draw much more power
4)Won't get the smoothness and low latency of the 780 Ti
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