Gtx 460

[mattman83us]

I got a gtx 460, what I'm wondering is this. Should I buy another one, and put them in SLI mode, or would it be better to just get a better video card? I want to be able to max out current games, and up coming games on full settings.






System is

amd Phenom II 1100T
8 gig ddr3 1600 mhz
1tb HD
Gtx 460

 

[mattman83us]

I got a gtx 460, what I'm wondering is this. Should I buy another one, and put them in SLI mode, or would it be better to just get a better video card? I want to be able to max out current games, and up coming games on full settings.






System is

amd Phenom II 1100T
8 gig ddr3 1600 mhz
1tb HD
Gtx 460

OH I got a 700wt psu and willing to spend 150 to maybe 300

 

[Cygnus x-1]

I would just sli the 460, that would be as fast or faster than a gtx 580, and a hell of a lot cheaper.

 

[mattman83us]

ok, another thing that sucks is i got a EE version of it, and I can't seem to find the same version. only the ones with the fan in the middle of the card

 

[Cygnus x-1]

external exhaust?

 

[mattman83us]

yeah

 

[Djentleman]

If your MOBO and PSU support it. IMO, it's open season there.

 

[Cygnus x-1]

You can sli two cards with different cooling. You want to find another card that is clocked the same core frequency and memory.

 

[mattman83us]

yeah I know. I just wanted the cards to look alike.

 

[Cygnus x-1]

Try ebay

 

[mattman83us]

alright, thanks

 

[mattman83us]

Try ebay

I know i need to have two gtx 460 to do sli, but do they have to be the same speed? like say one core speed is 670, and the other is 720. and so on and so on.

please help

 

[Djentleman]

Yes they do, but most of the time they will automatically will clock themselves. The faster card will down clock. But you could just overclock the second one just a bit and it would be fine....

 

[Cygnus x-1]

Not sure, I heard of people using different speed cards, but I can't say for sure. The safest best is to go with the same clocked cards for sli. That said, I under the impression that you can use different clocked cards, as long as the memory size is the same. I think they will down clock to the lowest one when paired together however.

Take that with a grain of salt, I think it will work with the same memory size, but I don't guarantee anything,lol

 

[mattman83us]

alright. thx. i bought a refurbished one from newegg. it was suppost to be the regular one, but when i installed it, and installed evga precision. it gave my the clocks of the superclocked version

 

[mattman83us]

Ive also been reading that when you do sli/crossfire, you run into alot of problems with games.

 

[mattman83us]

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