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Twin Gtx 660's in SLI vs GTX 970?

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October 5, 2014 5:14:00 AM

Would the upgrade be worth it?

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October 5, 2014 5:16:26 AM

Hell yes bro. Hell yes. Go get it if you can afford it!
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October 5, 2014 5:28:30 AM

660 SLI won't beat a 970

And then many games don't even use SLI

Run one strong card, save power, internal space, less heat generated.
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October 5, 2014 6:31:17 AM

Upgrade from what? If you have a 660 now, yes add another for SLI.
If you don't have a 660 and are asking to buy 2-660's over a 970, by all means, get the 970.
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October 5, 2014 6:34:14 AM

Either way, choosing the 970 will beat the 660 no matter what haha.
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October 5, 2014 7:12:48 AM

The biggest difference you'll see going to a gtx 970 is being able to run games at higher resolutions. If you have 660 sli and run 1080p, i would hold off until you can afford/buy a 1440p monitor or higher. Then go with "big maxwell" or possibly the r9 380/390 series next year.
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October 5, 2014 11:40:19 AM

jitpublisher said:
Upgrade from what? If you have a 660 now, yes add another for SLI.
If you don't have a 660 and are asking to buy 2-660's over a 970, by all means, get the 970.


I have two 660's in SLI at the moment
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October 5, 2014 11:41:50 AM

huilun02 said:
660 SLI won't beat a 970

And then many games don't even use SLI

Run one strong card, save power, internal space, less heat generated.


I"ve noticed that :/  I feel like I really didnt get much of a performance boost from having just the single 660
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October 5, 2014 7:26:41 PM

deadshots said:
huilun02 said:
660 SLI won't beat a 970

And then many games don't even use SLI

Run one strong card, save power, internal space, less heat generated.


I"ve noticed that :/  I feel like I really didnt get much of a performance boost from having just the single 660


You will really feel a big performance boost with the GTX 970 as it performs better than the GTX 780 but goes head to head with the GTX 780ti. But only for like $350! It's a great deal!
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October 18, 2014 2:33:10 AM

The people posting here obviously don't own 660 sli. My 660s beat my friends 980 in valley benchmark. And in game performance is comparable. So swapping for 970 will provide no performance upgrade. Only better efficiency
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October 18, 2014 10:28:39 AM

NathJK said:
The people posting here obviously don't own 660 sli. My 660s beat my friends 980 in valley benchmark. And in game performance is comparable. So swapping for 970 will provide no performance upgrade. Only better efficiency


Wow really? I've been thinking about it and looking around the web and have seen similar claims. It's looking like the only benefit to getting a 970 is the lack of SLI support for most games right now
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October 18, 2014 10:43:54 AM

NathJK said:
The people posting here obviously don't own 660 sli. My 660s beat my friends 980 in valley benchmark. And in game performance is comparable. So swapping for 970 will provide no performance upgrade. Only better efficiency


I've seen similar myself and as their numbers correspond with what I see from my 660's I can only conclude that some posters on this thread don't have a clue what they're talking about.
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October 18, 2014 11:12:12 AM

So to answer my original question spending $350 isn't going to give me that much of a performance boost
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October 18, 2014 11:14:18 AM

deadshots said:
So to answer my original question spending $350 isn't going to give me that much of a performance boost


Probably not but it's your money.
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October 19, 2014 7:06:40 AM

If you have 660's in SLI right now, it would be a complete waste of money to buy a 970, yes.
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