help picking gpu

[nvidia_for_life]

hey i need some help what is a very good gpu by evga or msi i was looking at a 670 or 680 or even a 690 but i was jw do i need 4gb or will 2gb be just fine and is it worth spending crazy money on a 690 or should i get a 670 or 680 2gb or 4gb

[McMada]

if you are gaming on a single 1080p monitor than 1 670 2gb will be great. i almost think a 690 is useless, a sli setup which is a 690 is best for multi monitor or high res monitors but once you crank up the settings you hit the vram wall and bam 690 useless cause you need more vram and thats where the 4gb cards come in handy.

[nvidia_for_life]

well i have a Asus PB278Q 27" Class Widescreen PLS LED Monitor - 2560 x 1440 and how would 1 MSI GeForce GTX 680 Power Edition N680 PE 2GD5/OC i do have a msi mpower z77 mobo

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[mvitkun]

well i have a Asus PB278Q 27" Class Widescreen PLS LED Monitor - 2560 x 1440 and how would 1 MSI GeForce GTX 680 Power Edition N680 PE 2GD5/OC i do have a msi mpower z77 mobo

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on the top of the pages is a table showing 1280x1024,1600x1200,1920x1200,and 2560x1600.

2560x1600 would have about the same fps as 2560x1440.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_680_review,18.html

23 fps on metro 2033

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_680_review,19.html

38fps on bf3

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/geforce_gtx_680_review,21.html

37fps on crysis with high res texture packs

so for 2560x1440 I'd say sli gtx 670's,maybe 4GB versions if you plan on using texture packs and maybe changing to a dual or triple monitor setup.

or if your fine with AMD they tend to do better at multi-monitor setups and are cheaper,you could buy a 7970 for the price of a gtx 670,and you'd get much more performance out of it as it beats even the gtx 680.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/618?vs=598

[nvidia_for_life]

how about 2 EVGA GeForce GTX 670 Superclocked 967MHZ 4GB 6008MHZ GDDR5 SLI 2xDVI HDMI DP PCI-E DX11 Video Cardin sli with my monitor i plane on useing only 1 monitor the one i have now

[McMada]

those 2 670 4gb will run that monitor perfectly and even get 60 fps at max settings, i have same monitor and evga 680 ftw 4gb cards in sli and i run everything smooth except for metro 2033, that game requires so much power, the real test for my 680s will be crysis 3 at max setting.

[nvidia_for_life]

or 1 or 2

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[McMada]

or 1 or 2 [h=1]GeForce GTX 680 Classified 4GB[/h]

i wished i bought 2x classy's, i settled with 1 notch down with 680 ftw 4gb. the classy's run quieter and cooler than my ftw's. and with evport with evbot, you can achieve some awesome overclocks.

[nvidia_for_life]

dose evga have evprort and evbot and i have the metro 2033 got a free code off fb page but i like the game but i keep dieing cuz i keep runing out of the gas mask thing how do i stop that from happening jw lol and i have never overclocked befor thats y i went with the msi mpower with the 1 sec oc but im hopeing someone will help me overclock it to 4.6 when my pc is done

[mvitkun]

dose evga have evprort and evbot and i have the metro 2033 got a free code off fb page but i like the game but i keep dieing cuz i keep runing out of the gas mask thing how do i stop that from happening jw lol and i have never overclocked befor thats y i went with the msi mpower with the 1 sec oc but im hopeing someone will help me overclock it to 4.6 when my pc is done

you gotta start the mission over and get back to the same spot faster so that you have more oxygen left,trust me it's happened to me dozens of times.

I'd go with 2x 7970's personally since they have no over-volting cap like nvidia cards.also the 7970's outperform gtx 670's and gtx 680's...so.

but if you need nvidia then 2xgtx 670's over a single gtx 680 for sure.the difference between the two is about 5-10%.

[nvidia_for_life]

well im not a fan of amd i think im just gona go with 2 evga 680 classifieds but thanks for the help tho

[Mentalguy]

EVGA 680s can come with a waterblock already on them, might save you some cash

[nvidia_for_life]

i use corsair h100i for cooling yeh im deff gona go with 2 evga 680 classifieds now linus side dual 680s is pretty much the best. Only thing faster is like dual ASUS 7970 Matrix Platinum in Crossfire (and even then the performance is very close) so thank u all for the help :)

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