GTX 690 compatible with my PC?

eletrickapple01

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So im getting ready to switch to a new graphics card. I currently have a gtx 580 and im interested in buying a GTX 690 4GB or 2xGTX 680 to improve my FPS. The question is, is my pc ready for it? I have HX750 psu, MSI Military class III motherboard, Intel Core i7-2600k processor, 16 GB Ram. Should I buy the graphic card? Or is my pc not upgraded efficiently for it?
 
You have a psu that will do for the 690 gtx, without worries, the motherboard will have at least a pcie 2.0 slot 16x(it could have two for SLI/Quad SLI), your cpu won't bottleneck the 690 gtx, so you're fine.
 


It depends, if you want a single card(it's still two gpu in it, and it will work in sli as the two 680 gtx) get the 690, it has also a lower power consumption vs two 680 gtx, but two 680 gtx perform slightly better and it's cheaper.
If you have a motherboard that supports sli, you didn't mention what's the model, you might want the two 680 gtx for more performance per $, your psu still will do for two 680 gtx, though in my opinion, either get a 690 gtx or two 670 gtx, since they got a slightly lower power consumption over the 680s, they will perform about the same and they're cheaper.

 

eletrickapple01

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The model is Z77A-G45 motherboard. I really need to decide into buying 2x GTX 680s or one 690. Im desperate to play my games with max graphics for a long period of time.
 

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