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SLI 960 OR ONE 4GB 960?

Aitchy
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Sooooo.. I was thinking, for my bday I am investing in buying a GTX 960, And an idea entered my head thinking if two 2gb cards w/ sli would that be more powerful than one 4gb gtx 960??? or is 2 just overkill.

 

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@blu4 thanks a lot!! was interested in the 970 also

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Neither. 960s suck. Get a 290x or a 970

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Sooooo.. I was thinking, for my bday I am investing in buying a GTX 960, And an idea entered my head thinking if two 2gb cards w/ sli would that be more powerful than one 4gb gtx 960??? or is 2 just overkill.

 

Many thanks.

Neither.

SLI 960 is not worth it at all, 4GB 960 also not.

If you were already thinking about going SLI 960.. Go for 1 970 or R9 290X. That should cost around the same

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Unless you need the Nvidia features i am a strong believer in the 290(x). Give it a thought. Never SLI 960's 2gb of vram is horrible.

 

 

 

 

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Def not dual 960 2gb. You still only get 2gb usable. So your adding more power but creating a vram limitation for the extra power.

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I would actually go with the 290.

 

Since you orginally wanted a 960, I am assuming you want to play at 1080p.

The 290 is a fantastic compromise between price and preformance. Also, it is fine for any 1080p game.

You can use the extra cash to put in other places of your system.

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I advise the 970 over the 290, mainly because a lot of titles work with Nvidia, and AMD (and their customers) suffer as a result.

 

Although I suppose if everyone dropped Nvidia like a hot rock, they might change their tune and be a little more friendly. Not trying to start an argument, just trying to make sure OP knows that AMD can come with some difficulties, despite being a good price/performance point.

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Vram doesn't have anything to do with power.  Two 960's would absolutely outperform a single 4 GB 960.

 

That said, SLI 960's perform nearly identically to the 970, so it would make more sense to just get the 970.

 

A single 960 is more than enough for 1080p though for most people.  

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