Hello people!
At the end of the summer, like mid-august, I'll build a gaming rig which will contain a set of two (2) graphic cards. At first, I was thinking of getting a set of GTX 670 4GB because I want to run every existing game, to be more precise, ALL and EVERY next-gen game ( like unreal engine 4, Grand theft auto V, etc... ) on max settings with a high value of FPS and as I see with past experiment, games with open-world like or high texture pack requires ALOT of graphics memory ( for 16k texture, a minimum of 3gb is recommended for exemple ). As said, I wanted to know if, in SLI, GTX 670 4GB x2 ( which is 8gb of memory for graphical usage ) is too much overpower or if simply 4gb by combining 2 670 2gb is enough. AND, I saw that AMD 7970 3GB is almost on the same price of 670 4GB so would it be more profitable to go AMD way? I saw on benchmarks that they both offer similar perfomance depending the game and on SLI or Crossfire they do offer similar perfomance too!
I WON'T OC
I don't want fanboy comments.
For the 670, I'll take an EVGA Geforce 670gtx SC 4GB (489.99) or EVGA Geforce 670gtx SC 2gb (signature edition) (409.99 or 419.99)
and for the 7970, I would go with http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1796134&CatId=7387 (459.99$)
NO ASUS (except if it's 2 slots ... ), EVGA or MSI are my favorite, and for AMD GPU, I don't have any idea which company is better.
BTW, why is there 600$ 7970 3GB and 460$ version of the same card?!
By buying a SLI of 670, should I go directly with a 690?
Should I wait to see if there will be a GTX685, GTX670ti OR 7990?
As for my screen resolution, I'm using, right now, only a screen of 23" 1920x1080. In the future, I might have triple screen, and if I'm crazy, 3D triple screen. And anyway, yes having a SLI or CROSSFIRE of those cards is overkill, BUT I WANT TO OVERKILL MUHAHAHAHA.
I WON'T DO A SLI OF 680 AS THE PERFOMMANCE BETWEEN THE 670 VS DIFFERENCE OF PRICE ISN'T INTELLIGENT.
Thank you for all your comments and I'm open to new ideas.
For the rest of the config I'm gonna buy, here's the specs.
CPU:Intel i5 3570K
MOTHERBOARD:Asus Sabertooth z77
RAM:Corsair vengeance LP 1600mhz 4x4gb
CPU COOLER:Corsair H100 liquid cooling (for cpu, PushPull config (in the same time, which fans are F**KING silent and F**KING power)
GPUs:SLI of whatever
SSD:Corsair 120gb FORCE GT ssd
HDD:WD - Velociraptor 600gb
POWER SUPPLY : Corsair 1200AX
CASE : Corsair Obsidian 800d (which is already acquired)
My present config :
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Motherboard : Asus P5N-D
RAM : 6 gb DDR2-800
GPU : Asus GTX580
HDD : Seagates 500GB 7,200rpm
PowerSupply : Corsair 750TX
Case : Thermaltake Element S
Sorry if my english is not perfect. I tried my best...
At the end of the summer, like mid-august, I'll build a gaming rig which will contain a set of two (2) graphic cards. At first, I was thinking of getting a set of GTX 670 4GB because I want to run every existing game, to be more precise, ALL and EVERY next-gen game ( like unreal engine 4, Grand theft auto V, etc... ) on max settings with a high value of FPS and as I see with past experiment, games with open-world like or high texture pack requires ALOT of graphics memory ( for 16k texture, a minimum of 3gb is recommended for exemple ). As said, I wanted to know if, in SLI, GTX 670 4GB x2 ( which is 8gb of memory for graphical usage ) is too much overpower or if simply 4gb by combining 2 670 2gb is enough. AND, I saw that AMD 7970 3GB is almost on the same price of 670 4GB so would it be more profitable to go AMD way? I saw on benchmarks that they both offer similar perfomance depending the game and on SLI or Crossfire they do offer similar perfomance too!
I WON'T OC
I don't want fanboy comments.
For the 670, I'll take an EVGA Geforce 670gtx SC 4GB (489.99) or EVGA Geforce 670gtx SC 2gb (signature edition) (409.99 or 419.99)
and for the 7970, I would go with http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1796134&CatId=7387 (459.99$)
NO ASUS (except if it's 2 slots ... ), EVGA or MSI are my favorite, and for AMD GPU, I don't have any idea which company is better.
BTW, why is there 600$ 7970 3GB and 460$ version of the same card?!
By buying a SLI of 670, should I go directly with a 690?
Should I wait to see if there will be a GTX685, GTX670ti OR 7990?
As for my screen resolution, I'm using, right now, only a screen of 23" 1920x1080. In the future, I might have triple screen, and if I'm crazy, 3D triple screen. And anyway, yes having a SLI or CROSSFIRE of those cards is overkill, BUT I WANT TO OVERKILL MUHAHAHAHA.
I WON'T DO A SLI OF 680 AS THE PERFOMMANCE BETWEEN THE 670 VS DIFFERENCE OF PRICE ISN'T INTELLIGENT.
Thank you for all your comments and I'm open to new ideas.
For the rest of the config I'm gonna buy, here's the specs.
CPU:Intel i5 3570K
MOTHERBOARD:Asus Sabertooth z77
RAM:Corsair vengeance LP 1600mhz 4x4gb
CPU COOLER:Corsair H100 liquid cooling (for cpu, PushPull config (in the same time, which fans are F**KING silent and F**KING power)
GPUs:SLI of whatever
SSD:Corsair 120gb FORCE GT ssd
HDD:WD - Velociraptor 600gb
POWER SUPPLY : Corsair 1200AX
CASE : Corsair Obsidian 800d (which is already acquired)
My present config :
CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
Motherboard : Asus P5N-D
RAM : 6 gb DDR2-800
GPU : Asus GTX580
HDD : Seagates 500GB 7,200rpm
PowerSupply : Corsair 750TX
Case : Thermaltake Element S
Sorry if my english is not perfect. I tried my best...