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Thinking of a small refurb with the rig and want to sli a couple of gtx 680's. just wondering if anyone has used/ had any experience with this card? Are they worth the $$$$
 
Yeah Im planning on attending a lot of lan tournaments and also use it to stream etc...
 
Most serious gamers strip graphics right down, no need for a silly rig to play at a high level.

My advice....get 1 of them, and see if you really think you need an SLI setup. Don't forget a monster PSU (and your electric bill), I like the Corsair AX series.
 
It really depends on the resolution you play at.

I play games at 2560x1440, not tournament level, but I do enjoy looking at shinny graphics so I turn everything up to maximum. My 580 copes well enough, 2.5 years faithful service so far.

If you are going at 1920x1080 offered by most monitors these days, a single 680 should offer more than enough FPS for tournaments. Remember, when you go multi-GPU like SLI you actually introduce possible delays generated by CPU to balance GPU workloads. It's best to stick with a single fastest GPU.

But if you really have cash to burn, look at GTX TITAN. it's what 680 should have been, true successor to GTX580. All nVidia's high performance chip end with a 0: legendary 8800GTX is G80, 280 is GT200, 480 is GF100, 580 is GF110, TITAN is GK110. While all mainstream chips end with a 4: slow 8600GT is G84, GF104 is 460, GF114 is 560Ti, GK104 is also a small mainstream chip used in 680.
 
Indeed, people forget that 1080p is old hat for PC gaming.

2560x1600 on my monitor at home, i only have a 670 running it at the moment and it stutters sometimes on BF3 at ultra.
 
For single screen gaming a GTX 680 is generally plenty. I'm not really a fan of SLI setups so if you need more grunt I'd look at the GeForce Titan card that's been released now - a seriously impressive bit of kit.
 
neil_g said:
I think one would be enough also. An epic fps isnt going to make you better than someone else ;)

At least not £500/double better
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Yeah I see what you're saying! Guess I better get to work on my 0.01kd! :/


wuyanxu said:
It really depends on the resolution you play at.

I play games at 2560x1440, not tournament level, but I do enjoy looking at shinny graphics so I turn everything up to maximum. My 580 copes well enough, 2.5 years faithful service so far.

If you are going at 1920x1080 offered by most monitors these days, a single 680 should offer more than enough FPS for tournaments. Remember, when you go multi-GPU like SLI you actually introduce possible delays generated by CPU to balance GPU workloads. It's best to stick with a single fastest GPU.

But if you really have cash to burn, look at GTX TITAN. it's what 680 should have been, true successor to GTX580. All nVidia's high performance chip end with a 0: legendary 8800GTX is G80, 280 is GT200, 480 is GF100, 580 is GF110, TITAN is GK110. While all mainstream chips end with a 4: slow 8600GT is G84, GF104 is 460, GF114 is 560Ti, GK104 is also a small mainstream chip used in 680.[/

Yeah I was speaking to a friend about that as he suggested the same. I've never run an sli or cfx set up before only single gpu. I do a lot of esports (geeky I know ;) ) so like I say lan events and tourny's are a must. I do however stream a lot on twitch - so I'd like to use it at home for a 3 monitor set up with integrated 3d...like skyrim fully modded on 3 screens would be pretty sick - while I'm giving bf3 and blops a rest of course :/ ive already got a corsair ax1200 so figured I would put it to good use with a possible sli. I know I don't really need one, but I also don't need this hob know I'm about to eat now...nomnomnomnom
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I used to play Quake 3 in leagues and generally the detail levels always got turned right as it made it a LOT easier to spot people. It may seem silly but things like turning off blood so that people didn't get lost in a red haze as you gibbed someone made a big difference when you were in a hectic fire fight.

The shiny stuff is nice (I leave it on now as I just play for fun rather than competitions), but getting rid of it can actually help you play better.
 
I believe Nvidia is the way to go if you're wanting to play in 3D but AMD's eyefinity is better for multiscreen gaming if that factors into things.
 
rssmrry said:
I believe Nvidia is the way to go if you're wanting to play in 3D but AMD's eyefinity is better for multiscreen gaming if that factors into things.
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Yeah! Hmmm, - maybe if I spot weld two together, then I can get the best of both worlds :/
 
Thorburn said:
I used to play Quake 3 in leagues and generally the detail levels always got turned right as it made it a LOT easier to spot people. It may seem silly but things like turning off blood so that people didn't get lost in a red haze as you gibbed someone made a big difference when you were in a hectic fire fight.

The shiny stuff is nice (I leave it on now as I just play for fun rather than competitions), but getting rid of it can actually help you play better.
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Yeah I can't believe that infinity ward and Treyarch still use the quake engine - if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
 
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