NEw GPU help

[david15]

im geting a new gpu and want to know what to get my specs are.
motherboard: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3
CPU:i7 2600k sandy bridge 3.4mhz not over clocked atm
Ram:12gb ddr3 1666
PSU:750w corsair
screen:Asus 23" 1920x1080
after market cooler on cpu
ok so i am looking at geting 2 EVGA GTX 460 and runing them sli not looking to spend over 300$ so ya let me know if im going to run into any problems with this system and my gpu choice or even a better card to get thanks.
David

 

[FtsArTek]

That should run nicely. Maybe (I'm not sure how much cards cost in the US) you could look at 560s, or maybe a couple 6870s, but if you can't that's not gonna be a big problem at all.

 

[esrever]

sli still has issues so I think its better just to get 1 card.

The variance on the fps on sli is much higher than single card as well as having problems like microstuddering.

I think a single 560 ti or 6950 would be the better choice.

 

[refillable]

Your budget is $300, you can get 6950 or 560 Ti

They will satisfy you, go with one of those two. Better to get than GTX 460 SLI, and you could crossfire later...

 

[FtsArTek]

Maybe, but he'll get GTX580ish performance with ttwo 460s, and Crossfire is more buggy than SLI, but I haven't had many problems.

 

[JackNaylorPE]

I don't know what experience esrever is speaking from but having built dozens of SLI rigs, 10 in the last six months, I have not seen microstuttering, fps variances or any other negative effects.

Have a single 580 box in one room and twin 560's in the next and the twin 560's kick tail on the single 580....over 40% faster than the 580 and cost less money.

I'd grab one of these now and add the 2nd when I had another $100

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Description=900Mhz%20560%20Ti&bop=And&SecondSearch=1&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

 

[esrever]

I don't know what experience esrever is speaking from but having built dozens of SLI rigs, 10 in the last six months, I have not seen microstuttering, fps variances or any other negative effects.

Have a single 580 box in one room and twin 560's in the next and the twin 560's kick tail on the single 580....over 40% faster than the 580 and cost less money.

I'd grab one of these now and add the 2nd when I had another $100

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1062/pg2/nvidia-gtx-580-oc-vs-radeon-6870-oc-crossfire-vs-radeon-5970-overclocking.html]http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&Description=900Mhz%20560%20Ti&bop=And&SecondSearch=1&Order=PRICE&PageSize=20

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1062/pg2/nvidia-gtx-580-oc-vs-radeon-6870-oc-crossfire-vs-radeon-5970-overclocking.html

even tho the crossfire results are better the 580 still get better overall performance. Im pretty sure its not just isolated to crossfire but I could be wrong.

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/34207-evga-gtx-460-768mb-superclocked-single-sli-review-7.html

you can see that the min fps for sli is often much lower than compatible single card setups.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-geforce-stutter-crossfire,2995.html

some info on microstuddering.