Currently running one GTX 550 Ti. SLI or upgrade?

[macjr82]

The GTX 550Ti has been fine in the games I've played, though the newest I've played but it's a couple of years old and will likely really start showing it's age soon. Medium settings are fine for me. I'm not looking for graphics any greater than current consoles and fluidity of gameplay is much more important to me than high res. Will I get a lot of benefit by adding a card? IS there a better single card to upgrade to around the price of an additional 550 Ti that will offer better performance than the SLI setup? (650 Ti?) Are should I just wait to upgrade to a better single card. I'm not going to upgrade to a more expensive better card now because I'm deploying in February so an even better card, or current cards at a a cheaper price, will be available by the time I return about this time next year.

 

[rolandzhang3]

Oops voted the wrong one, it would be a good idea to wait and upgrade when you return, since prices generally go down especially with the added competition of new cards and tech on the horizon.

 

[macjr82]

Thank you for your response, Roland. Anyone else?

 

[RobCrezz]

I would wait and sell your 550ti and upgrade to something like a GTX 760 or 7950.

 

[macjr82]

Some have voted to upgrade to a similarly priced single card now. Any suggestions. In my search it seems the average price for 1GB 550 Ti is $130, and can be had for as low as $100 used. I'm thinking $200or less if I go for a stop gap. Are there any in that price range that is better than a 550Ti in SLI? I see no one has suggested I go with a SLI setup. Why is that? Not a big upgrade with the 550Ti?



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http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/283384-33-read-first

 

[RobCrezz]

The single 550ti was not good, a 2 arent that good really.

If you can get a 650ti Boost, that would be better, and they are really good in SLI

 

[rolandzhang3]

I would still suggest waiting , Nvidia is probably going to replace the 650 ti boost with a 750 ti with better performance than the 660

 

[macjr82]

I just saw the IGN article on the steam controller. I wonder waht level of graphics it will display. Seems at some point the decision may be to get a steam box or upgrade graphics card. http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/11/04/how-valve-engineered-the-perfect-controller?utm_campaign=fbposts&utm_source=facebook

 

[rolandzhang3]

The steambox is just a custom PC running a linux based SteamOS, the steam controller won't be displaying the graphics lol. The lower end steam boxes would be below the level of the next gen consoles, the higher end models compare with middle-higher end PCs.