2 way 680 sli or single 690

[YouTube Jaxon10102]

Just wondering if i should get 2 way sli 680 or a Single GTX 690

[killerx525]

Single 690 to reduce heat and power consumption.

[Nit3Rid3R]

2 680's will cost more, give out more heat and consume more power, but it will preform better than a single 690, so it's either:

less heat + less power or more heat + more power.

[TechFan@ic]

2 680's will cost more' date=' give out more heat and consume more power, but it will preform better than a single 690, so it's either: less heat + less power or more heat + more power. [/quote']

2 680s are actually cheaper than a single 690 .

I think if you have the room for it just go for the two cards, since they'll be faster & overclock better.

Not to mention having 2 cards instead of one, I can picture a lot of scenarios where you can take the second 680 put it in another rig, sell it on it's own etc etc.

Or in case one card fails, you would still have the other until the RMA progress is finished, unlike if you had a 690, your system will be unusable until you get that card replaced.

And if you're worried about heat you can just underclock the cards to 690 levels.

[mralexkohl1993]

get 2, 4 gig 680s. The 680s will overclock and perform much better then the balls to the wall 690.

[hiyayhi]

I would go for 2 680's.

(coming from a guy who bought a HD 6990)

[Brendan]

Since you're on the topic of 680s and 690s.

Here's my Benchmark of 2x 680 4GB that i just finished.

http://www.3dmark.com/3dm/85038?

[ProGearUk]

i know that pci-e bandwith is not an essential thing but if you are running socket 2011 then you should get the two because they will both run at pci-e 3.0 x16 level but if you are running 1155 they will run at 8x. 2 680 cards will run better and also you have more flexibility with it but again the heat and noise needs to be taken into account unless you want to water cool them.

[YouTube Jaxon10102]

Ok thanks guy's.

[TheBLOODYTOXIC]

Hellooou

In some scenearios will perform better the 690 beacuse not all the games drivers support well a SLI config. maybe the Dual 680s will be better in some cases but a 15% increase in performance also increase the noise and temperature of your case.

Regards,

Toxic

[Rollergold]

I would go with Dual 680's, cheaper, a bit faster and has redundancy of having 2 physical cards so you still run on 1 680 if one dies.

[Mentalguy]

Hellooou

In some scenearios will perform better the 690 beacuse not all the games drivers support well a SLI config. maybe the Dual 680s will be better in some cases but a 15% increase in performance also increase the noise and temperature of your case.

Regards,

Toxic

A 690 still uses SLI for the 2 cores to talk to eachother, no?

[Brendan]

I would go with Dual 680's, cheaper, a bit faster and has redundancy of having 2 physical cards so you still run on 1 680 if one dies.

Which also brings to the point that you don't always have to use both when 1 is adequate for a specific game.

[totjup5]

2 680's will perform better but draw a lot more power and run a lot hotter so it's a matter of preference

[TheBLOODYTOXIC]

Hellooou

In some scenearios will perform better the 690 beacuse not all the games drivers support well a SLI config. maybe the Dual 680s will be better in some cases but a 15% increase in performance also increase the noise and temperature of your case.

Regards,

Toxic

Nope, is not SLI

[Eric1024]

2 680's 4GB cards. (Be sure to get 4GB) More heat, more power, but higher performance and a larger frame buffer for high-res gaming (1440p or 3x1080p or whatever floats your boat)

[SnypeUXD]

Hellooou

In some scenearios will perform better the 690 beacuse not all the games drivers support well a SLI config. maybe the Dual 680s will be better in some cases but a 15% increase in performance also increase the noise and temperature of your case.

Regards,

Toxic

It is SLI, a 690 or a 7990 are literally two GPUs in SLI/Crossfire on a single PCB

[SnypeUXD]

NEITHER wait for the new 680 replacement, SLI really isn't that great. You are more likely to have driver support problems and in some games which don't have SLI Profiles you will end up using a single GPU anyways.