How do I upgrade this System without bottlenecking?

OMG_its_RAMBO · Sep 14, 2016

Hi all, this is my first post here.
About 3 yrs ago I bought a system with these specs:

I7 4770k
2x Nvidia & 760s in SLI
650W PSU
Windows 7 OS

The system has served me very well so far at 1080p but I'm feeling the itch to move onto 1440p gaming. Been researching a bit and so far the cheapest and most dramatic upgrade I figured is to buy one or maybe two more 760s. Would the benefit of these be bottlenecked by my other components? Thanks!

CTurbo · Sep 14, 2016

I would get a single powerful video card like the GTX1060 or GTX1070. You i7 is still very very strong.

Zerk2012 · Sep 14, 2016

OMG_its_RAMBO :

You cant add more video card's.
For 4K gaming I would rethink that if your running demanding games your going to need to buy a new PSU and 2X GTX 1080's unless you wish to cut the settings down and that sort of defets the purpose of a 4K monitor.
I would look at some 1440p monitors (2K) and a single GTX 1070 or 1080 if you wish for some overkill.

OMG_its_RAMBO · Sep 14, 2016

CTurbo :

Right now 760 costs $127.99 (https://www.amazon.com/PNY-GeForce-DisplayPort-PCI-Express-VCGGTX7602XPB/dp/B00DKX0NBU)
My two 760s are giving me the same performance as a 980, two 980s perform like the 1080 therefore my 4 x 760s = 2 x 980s = 1 x 1080 performance for $255.98 or am I wrong?

OMG_its_RAMBO · Sep 14, 2016

Zerk2012 :

OMG_its_RAMBO :

You cant add more video card's.
For 4K gaming I would rethink that if your running demanding games your going to need to buy a new PSU and 2X GTX 1080's unless you wish to cut the settings down and that sort of defets the purpose of a 4K monitor.
I would look at some 1440p monitors (2K) and a single GTX 1070 or 1080 if you wish for some overkill.

You're right, I meant 1440p (got carried away with the 4k lol) I'll edit the first post if I can.

CTurbo · Sep 14, 2016

yes you are wrong. SLI performance does not scale like that. Four 760s in SLI would be terrible not to mention you would need a new motherboard for all that.

A single 1060 would be a huge upgrade for you. A 1070 would be like a whole new world.

Zerk2012 · Sep 14, 2016

You need to look at your board and processor you can't add anouther card.
And as above they don't scale like that and some games scale very bad with even 2 way SLI.

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