Shamu Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) As some have seen I have ordered a new PC. http://www.xtremeidiots.com/index.php?/topic/35613-finally-new-p-c/ Video card on order is a VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 16X PCIe 3.0 Video Card. Can some of you try to explain to me in very basic, layman's term language the value of adding a second video card? Would it enhance performance in a game like COD WAW? Does it create possible maintenance issues? Understand on PC's I am brain dead, I do not understand computer talk/language and never take the case off to look inside. It's worse than with my car on which I do not even change oil myself. Also my understanding is if you already have over 60 FPS more FPS does not matter much. On my old PC I have well over 200 FPS with a NVIDIA 295. Real plain language if you please so an old Idiot guest can understand. Edited March 12, 2013 by Shamu
tsw 8.5 Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 906 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 144 Topic Count: 538 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 17603 Content Per Day: 3.11 Reputation: 42693 Achievement Points: 152378 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 692 Joined: 12/20/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 14 hours ago Birthday: 11/30/1960 Device: Windows Posted March 12, 2013 with what you have and the games you play ..there is no need for 2 cards ..that 2 gig card will play most games out to day ..save the money ..great rig .you have there .. Awards
Hunter1948 Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.60 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Posted March 12, 2013 with what you have and the games you play ..there is no need for 2 cards ..that 2 gig card will play most games out to day ..save the money ..great rig .you have there .. I agree Shamu no need I have the 680 and it works fine. Save your cash! Awards
JohnnyQuest Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Posted March 12, 2013 scaleable link interface....s.l.i. both cards have to be the same type [not manufacturer] or they cannot be bridged,,,and the advantages are per game...crysis might utilize both cards but cod4 can be played with most basic setups,,,,in fact i have an old dell that plays it just as well as my expensive rig.the 660 ti is a wicked card again its up to you....but sli for cod4 is overkill....i always liked overkill though....go big or go home...he he
Shamu Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted March 12, 2013 i always liked overkill though....go big or go home...he he My thoughts exactly tempered by what one can afford.
BoomSlang Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 565 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 375 Achievement Points: 3843 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Posted March 12, 2013 If that is all your going to play you will not need two cards. but for the newer games................ http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-6.html SLI http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-660-ti-benchmark-review,3279-10.html Awards
BoomSlang Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 94 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 565 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 375 Achievement Points: 3843 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 12/03/1955 Device: Windows Posted March 12, 2013 30 FPS vs 250 FPS. cod 2 Shamu 1 Awards
Labob Posted March 12, 2013 Member ID: 42 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 50 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8389 Content Per Day: 1.45 Reputation: 6126 Achievement Points: 54469 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 01:53 PM Birthday: 01/30/1959 Device: Windows Posted March 12, 2013 Boom Slang don't worry about a second card and I'm sure your frame rate will be up in the high 80's with that card and anything over 125 on the servers won't help you out. Awards
Shamu Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) I am at over 200 FPS with the NVIDIA 295 in my current PC. To show FPS type in Console before entering game /cg_drawfps 1 Don't forget the forward slash, many of us old MOH players do. Edited March 13, 2013 by Shamu
Twinkie 13 Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 438 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 371 Achievement Points: 3722 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 21 Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Posted March 13, 2013 I would spend the money on water cooling block for cpu and gpu. then you can overclock the gpu also. you will never see double performance with another card. If 2 cards is still what you want may I suggest one of the factory nvidia cards that are 2 cards in one. They usually are more stable because they were made that way. Take a look at the nvidia GTX 690 for 1,000.00 bucks. Its 2 gpus on one board and 2 gig ram or the xfx 7970 for 500.00 with 3 gig ram Shamu 1 Awards
KaptCrunch Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 347 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 5114 Content Per Day: 0.89 Reputation: 4373 Achievement Points: 41194 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 66 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Posted March 13, 2013 Shamu laymans terms SLi means using 2 cards for a task thats called appond and the resouces are piggy backed or using 2 lanes of road instead of one = more detail to the task not any faster IMHO big single card rules for room for to breath and no need for big PSU to drive SLi 80A on 12v rail Awards
jtbrand1 Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 5961 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 26 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 212 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/13/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 24 Birthday: 06/24/1977 Device: Android Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) if you ever did upgrade your ram and fans etc youd want to get the same version same brand of video card and no not really unless you were playing a high graphics game and you had enough too cool off the first card , that is where liquid coolers come into play i guess Edited March 13, 2013 by jtbrand1
djMot Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 357 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 5257 Content Per Day: 1.08 Reputation: 11146 Achievement Points: 48948 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 114 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: 19 hours ago Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Posted March 13, 2013 You need games that can take advantage of 2 cards. COD is not one of them. I have the same card (maybe a different manufacturer; not sure whose you're getting) but my COD5 looks amazing! And I can play Crysis 3, one of - if not THE - most badass games where needing a strong video card goes, and it looks awesome. Would I like a second card for Crysis? Yes, but I'm not sure it will really get me all that much more. Probably not worth the extra coin at the moment. Here's the good news - you can always add a second GeForce 660Ti in the future if you need/want to. By then, the price will have come down. I'd go with one for now if all you're really interested in is a great COD experience. You'll get it in spades with the 660Ti Shamu and Twinkie 13 2 Awards
Shamu Posted March 13, 2013 Member ID: 715 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 8 Topic Count: 418 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.38 Reputation: 1183 Achievement Points: 16606 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 11/09/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 2, 2023 Birthday: 11/04/1943 Author Posted March 13, 2013 I would spend the money on water cooling block for cpu and gpu. then you can overclock the gpu also. you will never see double performance with another card. If 2 cards is still what you want may I suggest one of the factory nvidia cards that are 2 cards in one. They usually are more stable because they were made that way. Take a look at the nvidia GTX 690 for 1,000.00 bucks. Its 2 gpus on one board and 2 gig ram or the xfx 7970 for 500.00 with 3 gig ram I do no "overclocking", in fact I know nothing about it and do not plan on learning. The limits of my computer knowledge are to turn it on, play and have fun. If it meets those requirements I am good to go.
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