GTX 660ti or GTX 680 Single

ViperSix

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What will give me the best performance in games GTX 660ti SLI. or Single GTX 680.

i Would like to play at HIGH FPS 70 - 85 FPS. games like BF3 Multiplayer ?

also Have a 120Hz Monitor would like to put it to use.

This card in SLI ?
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/2gb-msi-gtx-660-ti-power-edition-oc-28nm-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1019mhz-boost-1097mhz-cores-1344-2x-dl-dv

This single Card
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-gigabyte-gtx-680-oc-windforce-3x-28nm-pcie-30-(x16)-6008mhz-gddr5-gpu-1071mhz-boost-1137mhz-core

My PC Specs

Case > Corsair Vengeance C70 Black
CPU > Intel Core i7 3770k @ 4.5GHz
GPU > ???
RAM > Kingston XMP Beast 16GB 2400MHz
Motherboard >Asus Sabertooth Z77
Hard Drive 1 > 2TB WD Caviar Black
Hard Drive 2 > 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD
PSU > Corsair AX 850w
Monitor BenQ XL2420t
 
go for a single card because of the drivers.
lets say you have a single 660 and get 100fps in a generic game
in a perfect world scenario with a second 660 you should be getting 200fps but this never happens. games must be optimized for multiple gpu solutions...some are better optimized while some are not...with new games you will have to patiently wait for new drivers to come out to improve the scaling between two cards while with a single card you wont have that issue. also two cards take more power than one, one card takes less space for future expansion/upgrades, one card generates less heat than two, two cards will generate more noise than one
 

larrym

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Same here, bought one first, then bought second for another machine. Just for kicks put them in sli just to see how it worked. they are still in SLI and I had to buy a 3rd card.