Do i get another 260GTX OCX and SLI or do i get a higher model?

Hey guys i was wondering what i should do i already own a 260GTX OCX and was thinking about getting another and SLI'ng them as with my set up and just 1 260gtx i get 17845 in 3dmark06, or whether i should upgrade to a higher card say a 295gtx but it would only be a single card if i bought that. what would you guys do?? (im getting an sli motherboard anyway as i currently dont have one)

thanks in advance

ah thats pretty good then if it nearly keeps up with a 295 might be a little bit better again with them being overclocked =) didnt expect them to get anywhere near a 295gtx. yeah i need a bit more performance ive got a 1920x1080 monitor and play crysis, warhead and some others but id like to have some af, aa enabled as well

thanks guys

ah thats pretty good then if it nearly keeps up with a 295 might be a little bit better again with them being overclocked =) didnt expect them to get anywhere near a 295gtx. yeah i need a bit more performance ive got a 1920x1080 monitor and play crysis, warhead and some others but id like to have some af, aa enabled as well

thanks guys

intel quad q9550 @ 3.4ghz

Bfg 260 gtx OCX

4GB DDR2 Ballistix Memory

Asus p5kpl Mobo

ill have a look in a sec and see what happens i just turned sum power saving off on my cpu and my 3dmark went up not by much but still

and i use the Enthusiast settings on Crysis Warhead i duno which settings are which lol =D

why would you upgrade or abuy another card?do you really need the extra performance?darx55

[QUOTE="darx55"]why would you upgrade or abuy another card?do you really need the extra performance?millerlight89

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="darx55"]why would you upgrade or abuy another card?do you really need the extra performance?darx55

I would buy a second 260GTX, the prices are coming down and that will EASILY last you the next few years with no worries. We as PC gamers are luckily seeing technology race ahead of what the game developers can give us currently. Save your sheckles:)

*Oh, and as a side note, please stop using Crysis/Crysis Warhead as a benchmark people. It was terribly coded to begin with and won't tell you diddly-squat about your rig's true performance.

I would buy a second 260GTX, the prices are coming down and that will EASILY last you the next few years with no worries. We as PC gamers are luckily seeing technology race ahead of what the game developers can give us currently. Save your sheckles:)

*Oh, and as a side note, please stop using Crysis/Crysis Warhead as a benchmark people. It was terribly coded to begin with and won't tell you diddly-squat about your rig's true performance.

clay1311

lol i no crysis code is pretty dire, i was gonna say gta iv but thats worse =D but thanks for your advice i shall be getting another 260 =)

why would you upgrade or abuy another card?do you really need the extra performance?darx55

[QUOTE="darx55"]why would you upgrade or abuy another card?do you really need the extra performance?X360PS3AMD05

[QUOTE="darx55"]why would you upgrade or abuy another card?do you really need the extra performance?X360PS3AMD05

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"][QUOTE="darx55"]why would you upgrade or abuy another card?do you really need the extra performance?Bikouchu35

Not every game supports SLI so if you want to be completely sure that you will gain performance in every game you should get a newer card.

But if you have a 260 I'd say wait for the next nvidia directx11 card, it should be out some time in March according to rumors from arstechnica. Getting a gtx295 now is tempting but if you want to be well covered for the future games, get a dx11 card.

Also the ATI dx11 cards are out but I try to stay away from that brand, they make awesome hardware but horrible drivers.

Not every game supports SLI so if you want to be completely sure that you will gain performance in every game you should get a newer card.

But if you have a 260 I'd say wait for the next nvidia directx11 card, it should be out some time in March according to rumors from arstechnica. Getting a gtx295 now is tempting but if you want to be well covered for the future games, get a dx11 card.

Also the ATI dx11 cards are out but I try to stay away from that brand, they make awesome hardware but horrible drivers.

cristian_esza

[QUOTE="millerlight89"]

[QUOTE="cristian_esza"]

Not every game supports SLI so if you want to be completely sure that you will gain performance in every game you should get a newer card.

But if you have a 260 I'd say wait for the next nvidia directx11 card, it should be out some time in March according to rumors from arstechnica. Getting a gtx295 now is tempting but if you want to be well covered for the future games, get a dx11 card.

Also the ATI dx11 cards are out but I try to stay away from that brand, they make awesome hardware but horrible drivers.

iliatay

ok first of all stop acting smart cuz ur really not, ive seen you recommend the stupidest things before and he didnt say a definite date, he said according to a source it should come out sometime then.

Just get another 260 2 gtx 260s is the same as a gtx 295.Hekynn

I would buy a second 260GTX, the prices are coming down and that will EASILY last you the next few years with no worries. We as PC gamers are luckily seeing technology race ahead of what the game developers can give us currently. Save your sheckles:)

*Oh, and as a side note, please stop using Crysis/Crysis Warhead as a benchmark people. It was terribly coded to begin with and won't tell you diddly-squat about your rig's true performance.

clay1311

[QUOTE="clay1311"]

I would buy a second 260GTX, the prices are coming down and that will EASILY last you the next few years with no worries. We as PC gamers are luckily seeing technology race ahead of what the game developers can give us currently. Save your sheckles:)

*Oh, and as a side note, please stop using Crysis/Crysis Warhead as a benchmark people. It was terribly coded to begin with and won't tell you diddly-squat about your rig's true performance.

darx55

[QUOTE="darx55"][QUOTE="clay1311"]

I would buy a second 260GTX, the prices are coming down and that will EASILY last you the next few years with no worries. We as PC gamers are luckily seeing technology race ahead of what the game developers can give us currently. Save your sheckles:)

*Oh, and as a side note, please stop using Crysis/Crysis Warhead as a benchmark people. It was terribly coded to begin with and won't tell you diddly-squat about your rig's true performance.

millerlight89

[QUOTE="Hekynn"]Just get another 260 2 gtx 260s is the same as a gtx 295.millerlight89

i am going to get another 260gtx because its the same or close to a 295gtx and mine will already be OC'd to help keep up with it =D

Idk what im gonna do, sure by next summer when im gonna feel like upgrading, i might want another gtx 260 ocd of the same brand.. and im sure it will come down in price ALOT but i also might want a super powerful DX 11 card from Nvidia and maybe i could just use my 1 260 as a PhysX card, idk if u can do tht but i hope.

Idk what im gonna do, sure by next summer when im gonna feel like upgrading, i might want another gtx 260 ocd of the same brand.. and im sure it will come down in price ALOT but i also might want a super powerful DX 11 card from Nvidia and maybe i could just use my 1 260 as a PhysX card, idk if u can do tht but i hope.

somegtalover

Idk what im gonna do, sure by next summer when im gonna feel like upgrading, i might want another gtx 260 ocd of the same brand.. and im sure it will come down in price ALOT but i also might want a super powerful DX 11 card from Nvidia and maybe i could just use my 1 260 as a PhysX card, idk if u can do tht but i hope.

Idk what im gonna do, sure by next summer when im gonna feel like upgrading, i might want another gtx 260 ocd of the same brand.. and im sure it will come down in price ALOT but i also might want a super powerful DX 11 card from Nvidia and maybe i could just use my 1 260 as a PhysX card, idk if u can do tht but i hope.

True but at the same time i would wait, doesn't make sense to me not to wait for the competition, at the worst it will bring prices down on the HD 5K series. X360PS3AMD05

[QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]True but at the same time i would wait, doesn't make sense to me not to wait for the competition, at the worst it will bring prices down on the HD 5K series. smc91352

[QUOTE="smc91352"][QUOTE="X360PS3AMD05"]True but at the same time i would wait, doesn't make sense to me not to wait for the competition, at the worst it will bring prices down on the HD 5K series. TheDuffman26

[QUOTE="TheDuffman26"][QUOTE="smc91352"]3 months of gaming tops anything nvidia can offer imo.smc91352

[QUOTE="smc91352"][QUOTE="TheDuffman26"]3 months is nothing. There are no dx11 games out right now and people are playing today's games just fine on their 3850's and 260gtx's. ATI only has a small part of the market right now because most of the market isn't even thinking about upgrading. I'm sure most of those who bought a 5870 because it was the fastest card on the market will end up buying a nvidia card for the exact same reason.TheDuffman26

[QUOTE="darx55"][QUOTE="clay1311"]

I would buy a second 260GTX, the prices are coming down and that will EASILY last you the next few years with no worries. We as PC gamers are luckily seeing technology race ahead of what the game developers can give us currently. Save your sheckles:)

*Oh, and as a side note, please stop using Crysis/Crysis Warhead as a benchmark people. It was terribly coded to begin with and won't tell you diddly-squat about your rig's true performance.

millerlight89

No, Crysis was not by any means poorly coded. Actually for what the game offered in terms of graphics it was coded superbly. I had no problems running it on my mid-range card back then on medium-high. And don't forget that Crysis still looks far better than any other game out there. And it's more than 2 years old now!

Hey guys i was wondering what i should do i already own a 260GTX OCX and was thinking about getting another and SLI'ng them as with my set up and just 1 260gtx i get 17845 in 3dmark06, or whether i should upgrade to a higher card say a 295gtx but it would only be a single card if i bought that. what would you guys do?? (im getting an sli motherboard anyway as i currently dont have one)

thanks in advance

hlhmark

Single>Dual GPUS. Plus usually SLI has a problem of where you get higher maximum frame rates, but dip into lower minimum frame rates. Single GPUs are usually more stable in their frame rate.

[QUOTE="hlhmark"]

Hey guys i was wondering what i should do i already own a 260GTX OCX and was thinking about getting another and SLI'ng them as with my set up and just 1 260gtx i get 17845 in 3dmark06, or whether i should upgrade to a higher card say a 295gtx but it would only be a single card if i bought that. what would you guys do?? (im getting an sli motherboard anyway as i currently dont have one)

thanks in advance

Bigsteve3570

Single>Dual GPUS. Plus usually SLI has a problem of where you get higher maximum frame rates, but dip into lower minimum frame rates. Single GPUs are usually more stable in their frame rate.

i have researched microstuttering and there is a chance i wont get it aswell, but im not one to wait around for 300 series i did that with the 9000 series and it wasnt worth it tbh. i need a performance boost for how i play and that woud mean a 275, 285,295 the 275 wouldnt offer too much more fps, and 285 295 would cost me more than 1 260. i cant really do anything else except get a 285 but its a lot for what it is

[QUOTE="millerlight89"][QUOTE="darx55"] crysis and warhead was not by any means terribly coded..my 3850 runs it on high at around 25 fps at 1440x900 so..yeah.its playable for me..so imo no its not terribly codedjernas

No, Crysis was not by any means poorly coded. Actually for what the game offered in terms of graphics it was coded superbly. I had no problems running it on my mid-range card back then on medium-high. And don't forget that Crysis still looks far better than any other game out there. And it's more than 2 years old now!