Should I get another GTX560Ti to SLY or just buy a GTX580?

Hi there,

I would like to know what would be more beneficial in terms of performance in games. Would I get a higher boost if I SLY two GTX560 Ti or would I just be better off getting a GTX580?

Thanks in advance.

2 GTX 560 Ti's are better than a single GTX 580.

2 GTX 560 Ti's are better than a single GTX 580.

Johnny_Rock

GTX580. there's too many issues with sli/crossfire such as drivers and microstutter and game support. If you don't want to deal with this drama then single GPU is the way to go.

GTX580. there's too many issues with sli/crossfire such as drivers and microstutter and game support. If you don't want to deal with this drama then single GPU is the way to go.

ShimmerMan

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GTX580. there's too many issues with sli/crossfire such as drivers and microstutter and game support. If you don't want to deal with this drama then single GPU is the way to go.

superclocked

Get another gtx560.. but i dislike both sli and top notch high priced cards costing 500 dollars. I'd stick with single gtx560, and sli doesn't work well in all games, so it only heats up a bit ur machine.

Get another gtx560.. but i dislike both sli and top notch high priced cards costing 500 dollars. I'd stick with single gtx560, and sli doesn't work well in all games, so it only heats up a bit ur machine.

alan_carter

I was considering the same cards. I ended up with the 570...never looked back

I would get the 580, single card is always preferrable to SLI IMO. Even when there is a slight performance gain from SLI

560's seem as though they are designed to have more than one

[QUOTE="trastamad03"]I have 2 GTX 560Tis and I feel like they are crap. Just get a single GTX580 or wait for the new AMD ones. Could be cause I set them up badly... i don't know, first time I'm doing SLi and very disappointed. Can't max BF3 without horrendous stuttering/framedropping, can't max Skyrim either... Only game I've been able to max is SC2... (it's only these 3 games that are installed on my PC though).superclocked

Hrm... That's kinda lame. What happens to the 2nd cards Vram? Wasted?

I have an i5 2500k @ stock 3.3GHz

And I guess from what you're saying, I can put everything on Ultra (i don't use MSAA, I have FXAA on High and SSAO, guess I'll try HBAO) except keep Textures on High? I'll try that out tonight. Maybe that will make me feel like I have not wasted money on getting a 2nd one.

What problems do people experience with SLI? All the games I tried on them worked fine.

[QUOTE="superclocked"][QUOTE="trastamad03"]I have 2 GTX 560Tis and I feel like they are crap. Just get a single GTX580 or wait for the new AMD ones. Could be cause I set them up badly... i don't know, first time I'm doing SLi and very disappointed. Can't max BF3 without horrendous stuttering/framedropping, can't max Skyrim either... Only game I've been able to max is SC2... (it's only these 3 games that are installed on my PC though).trastamad03

Hrm... That's kinda lame. What happens to the 2nd cards Vram? Wasted?

I have an i5 2500k @ stock 3.3GHz

And I guess from what you're saying, I can put everything on Ultra (i don't use MSAA, I have FXAA on High and SSAO, guess I'll try HBAO) except keep Textures on High? I'll try that out tonight. Maybe that will make me feel like I have not wasted money on getting a 2nd one.

Hi there,

I would like to know what would be more beneficial in terms of performance in games. Would I get a higher boost if I SLY two GTX560 Ti or would I just be better off getting a GTX580?

Thanks in advance.