Do I upgrade or add another? (msi twin frozr gaming Geforce GTX 760 4GB)

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Hi all,

So, my pc, isn't bad at all, it can hold a lot of games all maxed out. But I must ask, what should I do to my GPU cuz I know I could need a upgrade, or do I buy another the same so I get 8GB out of it??

Really don't want to scrap any parts cuz I've only got it since last summer.

GPU: msi twin frozr gaming Geforce GTX 760 4GB


So, to be exact, I want to know if I buy another msi twin frozr gaming Geforce GTX 760 4GB and have them in SLI (Should be good enough) or do I just buy another GPU (not exactly what I want to do)?


Other specs:
Motherboard: msi Z87-G45 Gaming
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670 3.4 Ghz
Ram: 16GB DDr3 Kingston

(This is mainly cuz a mate of mine bought GTA V for me and I want to play it maxed out or at least as much as my GPU can handle)

Regards to all
Josh
 
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Just so you understand, VRAM doesn't double with 2 cards. Each card still only has its own VRAM to work with. You will still game with 4 GB VRAM. More than you'll ever use for 1080p.

But that aside, the GTX 760 is fast enough to scale well in SLI. Especially at x8 lanes @ 3.0. So it will be a tossup. Do you want faster frame rates or smoother game play? If you are the sensitive type, you may be bothered by occasional stutter that sometimes happens with SLI (and CF too). A single card will always provide smoother game play. But most games will see an 80% max frame rate improvement over a single GTX 760.
To get even close to the frame rate of dual 760s in SL, you'd have to get the fastest GTX 980 OC card available. Even then...
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Just so you understand, VRAM doesn't double with 2 cards. Each card still only has its own VRAM to work with. You will still game with 4 GB VRAM. More than you'll ever use for 1080p.

But that aside, the GTX 760 is fast enough to scale well in SLI. Especially at x8 lanes @ 3.0. So it will be a tossup. Do you want faster frame rates or smoother game play? If you are the sensitive type, you may be bothered by occasional stutter that sometimes happens with SLI (and CF too). A single card will always provide smoother game play. But most games will see an 80% max frame rate improvement over a single GTX 760.
To get even close to the frame rate of dual 760s in SL, you'd have to get the fastest GTX 980 OC card available. Even then, the dual cards would probably out class it in sheer frame rate.
 
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I would say add another 760 in SLI As clutchc said, SLI doesn't double VRAM in actuality.

However what it does do is let one GPU render one half of the screen while the other GPU renders the other half, each using their own VMRAM to do so this has an effect similar to doubling VRAM but not exactly

I've run Dual GPUs for a while mine are old GTX 460 Superclocked but i still get as much as 150FPS in BF4 but as clutchc said you will get little hiccups with frame drops to 40-60fps for a second or two in most cases it isn't that noticeable.

One important thing to note however, is lower end games or older games that don't support SLI wont see much if any of an increase over the single card with SLI
 
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Technically, nixgod is correct, however... doubling the VRAM might seem logical using SFR (split frame rendering). Games that use AFR (alternate frame rendering), the doubling effect of the VRAM wouldn't come into play.

From Nvidia's FAQ: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/sli/faq#c26
"When I configure two graphics cards in SLI mode, do the graphics cards work together to create double the memory size?

No. In SLI mode, each graphics card uses its own frame buffer memory to render a 3D application. The operating system will report a graphics card frame buffer memory size that is found on a single graphics board."
 
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I think this statement may be true if your talking about taking two mid-range cards in SLI compared to a single top of the line $700-$1000 card

But if your talking about mid-range vs mid-range, then i would say SLI will give about the same if not better gains. for less money

We have to remember not all cards are created equally, for example back in the day i had two old high end 8800 GTX which outperformed the 9500 9700 9800 and even some of the GTX 2xx stuff.

It really depends on the quality of the product, saying dual mid-range cards will perform less than a higher model lower end card isn't always accurate

But that's just my opinion i suppose .from experience
 
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