GTX 690

[theelitegamer]

Hey guys, I want to know what would you guys do in this situation.... I currently have a friend who selling his gtx 690 for 500 bucks (he's crazy I know) should I take advantage of this while I can or let it pass?

[Ashley]

Do you have enough money? You can always resell it if you don't need it yourself.

[Lays]

May as well, it's about as fast as a 780 TI, just with 1gb less vram.

[SAV1OUR]

whats your current specs? it seems like a good price but it probably wont last as long as something like a 780 because its a older gen (my 680 still kicks as btw) 

[Snapy1]

Hell yeah, thats a steal at the price. 

[nixproducer]

if you have the money i would go for it unless you despise dual gpu solutions 

[theelitegamer]

Do you have enough money? You can always resell it if you don't need it yourself.

That's exactly what I was thinking, maybe for 700 bucks... and get a 780... good plan.

[Lays]

if you have the money i would go for it unless you despise dual gpu solutions 

 

It's doesn't really suffer from dual GPU problems, it has slight temp problems in small cases, but as long as there's good airflow it'll be alright.

 

It doesn't have the TDP of 2 cards, nor the heat production of two cards sandwhiched next to eachother.  It can still have SLI issues but honestly I've never had an issue related to SLI in the year I've had my 780s. 

[theelitegamer]

It's doesn't really suffer from dual GPU problems, it has slight temp problems in small cases, but as long as there's good airflow it'll be alright.

 

It doesn't have the TDP of 2 cards, nor the heat production of two cards sandwhiched next to eachother.  It can still have SLI issues but honestly I've never had an issue related to SLI in the year I've had my 780s. 

Ok,  so SLI won't really effect my games like Dota 2 or Battlefield 4?

[Lays]

Ok,  so SLI won't really effect my games like Dota 2 or Battlefield 4?

 

In bf4 of course expect ~80 fps at ultra 1080p., not sure if Dota is GPU intensive.

[Osmium]

In bf4 of course expect ~80 fps at ultra 1080p., not sure if Dota is GPU intensive.

 

Dota=Source.

 

Basically more fps than you will ever need with dual GK104s.

[nixproducer]

It's doesn't really suffer from dual GPU problems, it has slight temp problems in small cases, but as long as there's good airflow it'll be alright.

 

It doesn't have the TDP of 2 cards, nor the heat production of two cards sandwhiched next to eachother.  It can still have SLI issues but honestly I've never had an issue related to SLI in the year I've had my 780s. 

i know that it does not suffer but i know some people who just despise the dual gpu solution, i do not i mean if i had 500 buck i would buy the 690 if it was available but my cpu would bottle neck it so much though 

[WoodenMarker]

Great price. Get it while you can (if you need it)

[theelitegamer]

Great price. Get it while you can (if you need it)

I'm starting a new build.... so I'm thinking I could build around it right?

[Fred Janssen]

personally i wouldn't build a machine around a vidcard (but thats my opinion, start with the mobo, cpu and mem first)

but a 690 for 500 is a good deal...

They're good cards, although lacking a bit on the vram and OCíng is a bit of a pain, but it'll run any game thats out atm on high/ultra settings without probs