upgrade from two 8800 gts in sli

Hi, I am thinking about upgrading from a 8800gts 512 in sli to a single 460 gtx oc 1gb. Would it be worth it to get a second 460 and use sli? I had problems with my last sli setup. I think they were heat related. I know I probably wont see much of a bump in fps, but it will be nice to have the 1 gb of memory.

Hi, I am thinking about upgrading from a 8800gts 512 in sli to a single 460 gtx oc 1gb. Would it be worth it to get a second 460 and use sli? I had problems with my last sli setup. I think they were heat related. I know I probably wont see much of a bump in fps, but it will be nice to have the 1 gb of memory.

taylor12702003

Just wait. The GTX550's are coming out mid march and are based off the same core as the GTX560Ti. These cards will produce more fps and have better temps than the gtx460's as well as using less power, and they'll probably be around the same price as the 460's, and SLI scaling on the fermi cards is amazing. If you can afford it, you should definitely go sli, although depending on your current psu you may need to upgrade that as well.

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Hi, I am thinking about upgrading from a 8800gts 512 in sli to a single 460 gtx oc 1gb. Would it be worth it to get a second 460 and use sli? I had problems with my last sli setup. I think they were heat related. I know I probably wont see much of a bump in fps, but it will be nice to have the 1 gb of memory.

Dirky17

Just wait. The GTX550's are coming out mid march and are based off the same core as the GTX560Ti. These cards will produce more fps and have better temps than the gtx460's as well as using less power, and they'll probably be around the same price as the 460's, and SLI scaling on the fermi cards is amazing. If you can afford it, you should definitely go sli, although depending on your current psu you may need to upgrade that as well.

I doubt hte 550 is going to be that much better then that 460. The 560 is only 10-20 percent better than the 460.

10-20% fps increase, 20% less power use, 10-15C drop in temps. I'm not talking about just graphic performance, I'm talking about overall performance.

The difference between the 2 cards is about 65% and since both overclock really well, it wouldnt change with overclocking. Obviously 1 GTX 460 is still a better package than SLI 8800GTS but it really wont be much of a performance upgrade apart from getting DX11. Try to get a factory oced GTX 560, that really would be an upgrade.

I doubt hte 550 is going to be that much better then that 460. The 560 is only 10-20 percent better than the 460.James161324

and the 1gb won't change anythingMonsieurX