Gtx 670

[Swegly]

So I decided that Instead of buying an r9 290 I would buy another gtx 670 to go SLI with. People have said that the price on the 670 has dropped but it seems like everywhere I go the used ones are 300$ and the new ones are 400$. The one on newegg - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121707 - is 330 bucks. Should I go for it?

[Kuzma]

This is a horrible idea, the 670 has literally have the VRAM of an R9 290 and you'll be running into a VRAM wall soon with games using more VRAM.

[Swegly]

This is a horrible idea, the 670 has literally have the VRAM of an R9 290 and you'll be running into a VRAM wall soon with games using more VRAM.

So I should get an r9 290 and sell off the gtx 670? Or should I maybe get a gtx 780?

[CwGoh]

Go for it, unless you will need more memory.

[Swegly]

Guys can you mine on an nvidia card. Just curious i heard something about CUDA miner

[Sheldon_King]

Guys can you mine on an nvidia card. Just curious i heard something about CUDA miner

*op, sorry for the OT*

[edit] Sorry, did not realize you are the OP. [/edit]

 

You can, with proper setup, but it is not worth the energy. running my 480 and 2600k mining dogecoins, I get about 60 kilohashes on the CPU and about 180 kilohashes on a reference (not OCd) GTX480. You will get more with overclocking or newer cards. (also take into account that I just use the autoconfigure of Cuda miner, no special setup, which could likely get me to 200 if I tried).

[Kuzma]

Guys can you mine on an nvidia card. Just curious i heard something about CUDA miner

Yes but it's not as good as only an AMD card.

 

So I should get an r9 290 and sell off the gtx 670? Or should I maybe get a gtx 780?

290 or 780 it's your choice, performance vs features.

[Swegly]

Yes but it's not as good as only an AMD card.

 

290 or 780 it's your choice, performance vs features.

Well the 780 and 290 are the same preformance right so that brings it down to features and the extra vram on the 290. You think I can sell my gtx 670 for 250 bucks?

[joelthezombie15]

So I should get an r9 290 and sell off the gtx 670? Or should I maybe get a gtx 780?

Sell the 670 for sure and i dont know where you could get a 290 at a reasonable price and the ones that are a reasonable price are never in stock. I would say go for a 780. 

[Swegly]

Sell the 670 for sure and i dont know where you could get a 290 at a reasonable price and the ones that are a reasonable price are never in stock. I would say go for a 780. 

I found an MSI Gaming R9 290 for 540$ on amazon. I have enough for the 780 or the r9 290 then when i sell my gtx 670 ill buy and h100i

[TechFan@ic]

I found an MSI Gaming R9 290 for 540$ on amazon. I have enough for the 780 or the r9 290 then when i sell my gtx 670 ill buy and h100i

Your 670 is quite powerful, you shouldn't be in a hurry to upgrade, I'd sit on the 670 until the R9 290s come back down to their original $400 price point and upgrade then.

You'll be able to look at Mantle performance numbers by then as well.

Save a $100 and put that into an H100i or even better something like the new H105.

[Swegly]

Your 670 is quite powerful, you shouldn't be in a hurry to upgrade, I'd sit on the 670 until the R9 290s come back down to their original $400 price point and upgrade then.

You'll be able to look at Mantle performance numbers by then as well.

Save a $100 and put that into an H100i or even better a Swiftech H220.

I have 600 bucks. I wanna buy an r9 290, sell my gtx670 (buy an h100i with it and maybe another ssd with the gtx670 profit). Price on the 290s will take forever to come down anyway

[Leonard]

So I should get an r9 290 and sell off the gtx 670? Or should I maybe get a gtx 780?

No keep using your 670 until the fix the issues with r9 290 and by then Nvidia should drop their new GPUs and then you could grab that. Don't buy a 670 unless it is under $200.