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Hello people of the LinusTechTips forum.

 

My computer has a gtx 660 with a 4790k and 32 gigs of ram. Would be upgrading to say a gt 960 be better than putting two gtx 660s in SLI? Would there be similar performance? Or would the SLI of two 660s be better? Thanks for any help  :)

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Hello people of the LinusTechTips forum.

 

My computer has a gtx 660 with a 4790k and 32 gigs of ram. Would be upgrading to say a gt 960 be better than putting two gtx 660s in SLI? Would there be similar performance? Or would the SLI of two 660s be better? Thanks for any help  :)

I would go get a 960, then if you can afford it later, run it in SLI. I would not SLI a 660. Super bottleneck.

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Hello people of the LinusTechTips forum.

 

My computer has a gtx 660 with a 4790k and 32 gigs of ram. Would be upgrading to say a gt 960 be better than putting two gtx 660s in SLI? Would there be similar performance? Or would the SLI of two 660s be better? Thanks for any help  :)

The 380 is the best 960 you can buy. Nevermind, for editing.

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In what program?

Sony Vegas and after effects 

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The 380 is the best 960 you can buy. Nevermind, for editing.

Depending on the programm i would still choose a 380 because OpenCL usually gives better performance than CUDA. I also haven't heard too much good about Maxwell support in Video Editing.

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Sony Vegas and after effects 

Go Nvidia since AMD doesn't support gpu acceleration all the effects in AE.

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Depending on the programm i would still choose a 380 because OpenCL usually gives better performance than CUDA. I also haven't heard too much good about Maxwell support in Video Editing.

What about GPU acceleration? 

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What about GPU acceleration? 

Because Vegas is based on OpenCL AMD cards will always give you better performance there because AMD worked a lot to get it implemented nicely. Not sure about after effects, im sure they support AMD cards throught OpenGL, not sure how performance is there though.

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http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/509997-r9-380-for-video-editing-if-so-is-the-2gb-or-4gb-better/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/510003-r9-380-best-for-gaming-and-video-editing/

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/510018-r9-380-vs-gtx-960-for-video-editing-and-gaming/page-1#entry6800812

 

Please only make one thread per topic. I'm locking this thread and keeping the most up-to-date one open.

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