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May 2, 2014 2:59:45 PM

what do you guys think that i should buy 3 gtx 660 ti or 2 gtx 770 OC

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a b U Graphics card
May 2, 2014 3:07:07 PM

2 770s.
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a b U Graphics card
May 2, 2014 6:35:34 PM

what are your needs
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May 3, 2014 10:33:00 AM

schau314 said:
what are your needs


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May 3, 2014 10:34:58 AM

schau314 said:
what are your needs

of course gaming! why else would i buy 2 gtx 770 or 3 gtx 660ti id rather go with 1 gtx 650ti or just a gtx 660

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May 3, 2014 10:36:29 AM

enemy1g said:
2 770s.

Why
people say that dual graphics cards have micro stuttering
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a b U Graphics card
May 3, 2014 10:52:12 AM

What is the rest of your build.
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May 3, 2014 11:15:31 AM

gamingmaniac said:
schau314 said:
what are your needs




schau314 said:
What is the rest of your build.

a core i7 4960x
corsair vengeance 16 gb ram
seagate baracuda 1 tb of hdd
MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming LGA 1150 USB 3.0 ATX Extreme OC High Performance Triple CFX/ SLI Motherboard
and a 750 watt psu

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a b U Graphics card
May 3, 2014 11:19:53 AM

That explains it. Okay what are the lane speeds on the motherboard. Why not a single 780.
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May 3, 2014 11:33:00 AM

schau314 said:
That explains it. Okay what are the lane speeds on the motherboard. Why not a single 780.

I heard that 2 or 3 graphics card have better performance than one and 2 770's perform better than one 780.

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a b U Graphics card
May 5, 2014 7:59:31 AM

gamingmaniac said:
enemy1g said:
2 770s.

Why
people say that dual graphics cards have micro stuttering


Why are you even asking this if the other option is 3 660 Tis? Microstuttering is an AMD concern, and for the most part, not Nvidia's.

SLI becomes less worth it once you add a third GPU, and the gains from the third GPU is very minimal.

So two 770s would be the best choice, they do out perform a single 780.
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May 9, 2014 4:57:46 AM

enemy1g said:
gamingmaniac said:
enemy1g said:
2 770s.

Why
people say that dual graphics cards have micro stuttering


Why are you even asking this if the other option is 3 660 Tis? Microstuttering is an AMD concern, and for the most part, not Nvidia's.

SLI becomes less worth it once you add a third GPU, and the gains from the third GPU is very minimal.

So two 770s would be the best choice, they do out perform a single 780.

then what do you say if i add 2 r9 280x instead of 2 770's, would that be better and how are you saying that nvidia's gpu don't have micro stuttering?
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a b U Graphics card
May 9, 2014 7:49:41 AM

Do whatever you want. AMD suffers from more driver issues and crossfire issues than Nvidia does currently. AMD has gotten better, obviously, but the choice is yours. Two 770s would probably be better than two 280xs, but the two 280xs would likely be better running a a triple monitor setup.
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May 9, 2014 11:20:55 AM

enemy1g said:
Do whatever you want. AMD suffers from more driver issues and crossfire issues than Nvidia does currently. AMD has gotten better, obviously, but the choice is yours. Two 770s would probably be better than two 280xs, but the two 280xs would likely be better running a a triple monitor setup.


why? the two 280x's are 384-bit and have 3gb of Vram and a minor difference in clock speed, while 2 770's are 256-bit and have 2gb Vram. won't the 280x's b better
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a b U Graphics card
May 9, 2014 12:36:57 PM

Ok. Let me put this is more simple terms.

At 1080p, and likely 1440p, the GTX 770 is faster than a 280x in a majority of games.

When you start pushing three monitors or 4K res, is when the extra VRAM will push the performance past that of the 770.

AMD has more driver issues and crossfire issues than Nvidia.

Nvidia is the opposite, has pretty damn good driver and less SLI issues.

Buy whichever you want, both will give roughly the same performance.
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