So my first question is whether or not I should get another EVGA GTX 670 2GB FTW. Right now I'm getting frame rates of ~60 FPS on HD modded Skyrim, and most recently 60-70 fps on Tomb Raider all ultra, w/ tessallation, though I have to turn TressFX off to avoid a 44 fps frame rate with rare dips to 20 during intensive cut scenes.
I'd like a little more horsepower so that I have higher headroom for future games and static FPS in current games. I'm either going to get another 670 or wait and get a more powerful single card solution.
I would like to get another 670 but my concerns are:
-700 series coming out soon. Should I get a 700 series, or wait for price drops and get a second 670? How big are the price drops normally?
-Micro stutter (I've read contradicting articles; I'd be playing with VSYNC on a 60HZ monitor). I've never run SLI before so I don't know what to expect.
-It'd be a 2GB model; I'll have this setup for 2-3 years. I've heard about people running out of VRAM on BF3 and Skyrim with certain mods. This scares me. In your opinion, will 2GB be sufficient for ultra quality gaming in 2 years?
-PSU may not be enough; more on this below.
My second question pertains to my PSU. I have a Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750. It's a 750 watt 80+ bronze certified "high performance" PSU. I've used the Thermaltake"PSU calculator" and it seems like with another 670, and the capacitor aging set to 30%, I would need an 830+ PSU, but with the capacitor aging set to 10% I just squeak by with my Corsair.
I don't have a lot of experience with taking apart computers so installing a new PSU is not something I would do. Is there any serious harm if I purchased and installed another 670 and I didn't have enough power (i.e. would it damage components)?
My system specs are:
i7 core 3770k @ 4.5
EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB w/ slight OC and 145% power target
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H mobo
16 GB GSkill Ripjaws X (4x 4GB sticks)
256 GB ADATA SP900 SSD
1 TB 7200 RPM Western Digital Black HDD
300 GB 5400 Seagate HDD (can be removed if necessary to cut power)
LG 24x DVDRW
CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ stock 120mm fan
2x 120mm PWM Cougar fans (1600 RPM max)
4x 200mm CM Megaflow Red LED fans
1x 140mm CM exhaust fan (~1600 RPM max)
TP link wdn4800 (wireless dual band PCIe NIC)
ASUS Xonar DX
Generic 12 in 1 card reader
Only USB device regularly used is one of the fancy Razer mice; mechanical keyboard is on PS/2.
Monitor is an ASUS 24" LED
I apologize for the length of this post but I like to be thorough and I'm hoping some of the brilliant minds at Tom's will be able to help me find the answers. Thanks in advance.
I'd like a little more horsepower so that I have higher headroom for future games and static FPS in current games. I'm either going to get another 670 or wait and get a more powerful single card solution.
I would like to get another 670 but my concerns are:
-700 series coming out soon. Should I get a 700 series, or wait for price drops and get a second 670? How big are the price drops normally?
-Micro stutter (I've read contradicting articles; I'd be playing with VSYNC on a 60HZ monitor). I've never run SLI before so I don't know what to expect.
-It'd be a 2GB model; I'll have this setup for 2-3 years. I've heard about people running out of VRAM on BF3 and Skyrim with certain mods. This scares me. In your opinion, will 2GB be sufficient for ultra quality gaming in 2 years?
-PSU may not be enough; more on this below.
My second question pertains to my PSU. I have a Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750. It's a 750 watt 80+ bronze certified "high performance" PSU. I've used the Thermaltake"PSU calculator" and it seems like with another 670, and the capacitor aging set to 30%, I would need an 830+ PSU, but with the capacitor aging set to 10% I just squeak by with my Corsair.
I don't have a lot of experience with taking apart computers so installing a new PSU is not something I would do. Is there any serious harm if I purchased and installed another 670 and I didn't have enough power (i.e. would it damage components)?
My system specs are:
i7 core 3770k @ 4.5
EVGA GTX 670 FTW 2GB w/ slight OC and 145% power target
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H mobo
16 GB GSkill Ripjaws X (4x 4GB sticks)
256 GB ADATA SP900 SSD
1 TB 7200 RPM Western Digital Black HDD
300 GB 5400 Seagate HDD (can be removed if necessary to cut power)
LG 24x DVDRW
CM Hyper 212 EVO w/ stock 120mm fan
2x 120mm PWM Cougar fans (1600 RPM max)
4x 200mm CM Megaflow Red LED fans
1x 140mm CM exhaust fan (~1600 RPM max)
TP link wdn4800 (wireless dual band PCIe NIC)
ASUS Xonar DX
Generic 12 in 1 card reader
Only USB device regularly used is one of the fancy Razer mice; mechanical keyboard is on PS/2.
Monitor is an ASUS 24" LED
I apologize for the length of this post but I like to be thorough and I'm hoping some of the brilliant minds at Tom's will be able to help me find the answers. Thanks in advance.
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