Upgrading to SLI soon, need advice!

Save up a bit more , sell your 560ti and get yourself a 670.

The 560ti SLI is a good set up , dont get me wrong , but you will be stuck with it with no more room to move. (upgrade)

The 670 will give you similar performance to a 560ti SLI, with much less power usage, heat and noise.

I went to a 680 from 560ti SLI and I am really happy with my choice.

Wait, do you mean a 680? From what I can tell, the 560ti's in SLI are better than a 670.

Anyway, how would I go about selling my 560TI?

I agree with monsta. Sure, SLI 560ti's may beat a 670, but the 670 gives you a much better upgrade path, and it's an insanely good deal.

But as far as performance goes, it doesn't seem like a huge upgrade ya know?

What about a Radeon 7970? It's specs are just a tiny bit lower than the 680, and it's like $30-$40 cheaper.

I would argue that a 670 is not an upgrade at all (over SLI) and a 680 is not that big of an upgrade over another 560ti in SLI, for what that upgrade is going to cost! At about $230, adding another 560ti will bring you a big bang for the amount you are going to spend. Sure the 680 is better, but is it $300 more than another 560ti better? I think not. You may even be able to find a 560ti used for around $200 if you look hard and/or count rebates in. When you look at the money you are going to spend for a 680 ($500+ US) another 560ti starts looking pretty good. I vote get another 560ti, put it in SLI, run it for another year.

That's what I'm really leaning toward. Now will I need to upgrade my motherboard to get the full potential out of both cards?

No. Your board is just fine, actually quite good.

670 vs 560ti SLI:

Looking at gpureview.com it says that the pixel and texture fill rates are higher on the 560 SLI, but the FLOPS on the 670 are significantly higher. Unfortunately I have no clue what any of that means   I just see higher numbers and think better performance, lol.

My 560ti's are the EVGA super clocked versions of the original 560ti's, but I just ran the benchmark and got 8623. It's up to you GlassToTheArson, and your budget.

I agree its up to you at the end of the day , either route is a good choice.

Will GIGABYTE 560 TI's give me similar performance? I think that the second 560 TI is what I'll go with.

Yes the gigabyte ones will give you similar performance as they are clocked high , I had the Gigabyte 560ti's in SLI and they were fast.

Well then I think I've made my decision   Thank you guys so much for your advice! You saved me $250, lol.

My graphics clocks on my SC cards are running at 850mhz. If yours are running at stock, you can easily bring them up to these speeds. I am not trying to talk you out of a 680GTX if that fits your budget, just saying that the 560ti's in SLI can pump out some pretty darn good numbers for only $200 layout on top of what you have. And to me right now, in your situation, unless you have just have the extra money laying around burning a hole in your pocket, seems like the best value for money spent, and they will play anything out there on max/ultra, or very close to max/ultra settings at frame rates that are enjoyable to play.

Yea, currently my budget only supports the 560ti.

Oh and this is the thread I put up about OC'ing. Stock my card runs at 822 mhz.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/275661-29-issues-over...