Good upgrade for dual gtx 660s

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My friend is looking for an upgrade from his dual gtx 660s in his alienware pc he bought (yes I know I told him he shouldn't have bought one) I don't know all of his specs but I kept on trying to think of a good upgrade for him but I couldn't think of one. Do you guys know any good upgrades for him? He's not looking to go over 275$
 
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On that budget, you could get a 7970/280X or 960. The 280X isn't any faster than the pair of 660's and the 960 is slower.

For $300, you could get a 970, which would be a bit faster than his current setup.

What I've done for quite some time is buy 1 generation old used cards from Asus/Gigabyte/EVGA. Those companies have three year fullly transferable warranties by manufacture date.

You could get a used 780 Ti within that budget, which would be a significant upgrade.

Another option is simply to tough it out. If DirectX 12 lives up to even half it's hype, it's going to make multi-GPU configurations awesome.

cheers!
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On that budget, you could get a 7970/280X or 960. The 280X isn't any faster than the pair of 660's and the 960 is slower.

For $300, you could get a 970, which would be a bit faster than his current setup.

What I've done for quite some time is buy 1 generation old used cards from Asus/Gigabyte/EVGA. Those companies have three year fullly transferable warranties by manufacture date.

You could get a used 780 Ti within that budget, which would be a significant upgrade.

Another option is simply to tough it out. If DirectX 12 lives up to even half it's hype, it's going to make multi-GPU configurations awesome.

cheers!
 
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not even a GTX 980 is worth it, 2x GTX 660 are almost as fast as a GTX 690, and a GTX 690 is on par (slightly faster in some titles) than a GTX 980:

2x GTX 660 close to a GTX 690:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-geforce-gtx-660-twinfrozr-iii-review,24.html

GTX 690 vs GTX 980:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1184?vs=1351


If he wants a noticeable boost he'd have to aim for a Titan Z or a r9 295x2, best would be to keep his current gpus, maybe upgrade his CPU depending which one he has.
 
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That initial sentence is just ludicrous. Were you looking at the 3-card 660 TI SLI and thinking it was 2 regular 660's?

The 670 2-way SLI was close to the 690 (which is essentially a pair of slightly underclocked 680's)
 
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660 sli doesnt look close to 690 to me...
 
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Getting back on topic, you have 3 options for a significant performance increase as I see it.

1. bump your budget up to $300 and buy a 970 (and overclock it as jjb did).

2. Buy a used 780 TI from Asus/Gigabyte/EVGA (the 780 TI GPU is ~10% faster than the 970). There will be 1-2 years left on the warranty.

3. Wait for DirectX 12, which will give a significant performance boost to your current setup.

Cheers!
 
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My personal upgrade plan is to wait til DX12 and the 390X come out.

I'll see how my performance is under DX12 and if it's not as much as I would like, the 390X debut will have driven down card prices across the board. I'll probably pick up a pair of 780's or 780 TI's at that point (currently running SLI 670).
 
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