SLI GTX 660 2GB or Single GTX 970 4GB

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First of all, having more than 2GB of VRAM is getting to be more important due to the new-gen console ports.

If you have two cards in SLI you don't add the VRAM so it's still only 2GB for the 660 GB setup. Plus, you have other multi-GPU issues.

The GTX970 also has new features including MFAA (which will be added to more games). You can read about that at NVidia and the other features. Some of the cards can also turn off the fans when not needed.

So, yeah I'd strongly recommend one of the GTX970 cards and sell your old card. I would however recommend THIS exact model (EVGA GTX970 ACX2.0 1.17GHz):
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr
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First of all, having more than 2GB of VRAM is getting to be more important due to the new-gen console ports.

If you have two cards in SLI you don't add the VRAM so it's still only 2GB for the 660 GB setup. Plus, you have other multi-GPU issues.

The GTX970 also has new features including MFAA (which will be added to more games). You can read about that at NVidia and the other features. Some of the cards can also turn off the fans when not needed.

So, yeah I'd strongly recommend one of the GTX970 cards and sell your old card. I would however recommend THIS exact model (EVGA GTX970 ACX2.0 1.17GHz):
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-04gp42974kr
 
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You bring up good points, even if I went through the trouble to SLI a 760 to my 660 for increased power it could still only be 2GB of VRAM. Assassins Creed Unity for example requires 3GB. You've sold me, thanks for thoughts man
 
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