Should I consider buying a second GTX 670?

[MTTRSS]

Hi guys, this is my first time on this website so hi everyone, I'm Matteo from Italy.

 

Since I started working with Mac cause my job I left my old Desktop to my hometown. Today I came home and I found it. I'd like to pimp it a bit since after 1 years of no activity I noticed my passion for videogames didin't fade out. These are the specs:

 

Intel Core i5 3570K - 4.2 GHz

MSI GD65 gaming

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB - 2133 Mhz

Asus DC II GTX 670 2GB

WD 1TB 7.200rpm

Antec HCG 750 W

Noctua NH-D17

Coolermaster HAF X.

Monitor 1920x1080 (so no 4k)

 

I'm not a pro gamer, till now I handled games like GTA V at full HD with no probs. I'd like to play at least at 1920x1080 and I'm not looking for the 60 fps eh eh eh I'd be happy with 30. Today I cleaned it, made some cable management, changed the termal paste and formatted it. I found another GTX 670 used for 70 Euros so 74 USD and I was thinking to buy it. Since I don't want a great Update because I won't use it particularly often but I mean, off work would be nice play some games. Also without even ask I'll take an SSD and a new HDD becaue that 7200 rpm it makes me feel uncomfortable hahahah. So guys what do you think? Should I consider another GPU or it would be useless? And if yes, at which one current single card the two GTX 670 would be equal?

 

Thank you so much and I'm sorry if I made some mistakes with english.

Regards from Italy.

[komar]

very simple answer - NO

and why  - SLI sucks

better try to sell your card and get something of the lines of 1060 or 1070 or go team red with rx480

[R3ep3r]

3 minutes ago, MTTRSS said:

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It's not worth buying another 670. You should try to sell the one you already have and buy a new video card. GTX 1050ti, RX460->470->480 or even GTX 1060.

[The Sloth]

look at hd 7970 or 7870, it should be bit more. 

[The Sloth]

Just now, R3ep3r said:

It's not worth buying another 670. You should try to sell the one you already have and buy a new video card. GTX 1050ti, RX460->470->480 or even GTX 1060.

 

rx480 has better performance than a gtx 1060. 

[MTTRSS]

Thanks for your fast answers. I heard of these problems with SLI.

[R3ep3r]

Just now, komar said:

and why  - SLI sucks

Not only the SLI sucks. Even the Crossfire. But it is not worth it. When you go SLI or Crossfire, one of the cards runs at 100% load and the other one reaches around 60-70% of it's load. So it won't be a big deal. Also when you SLI/Crossfire you won't increase the vram. Vram stays the same.

[MTTRSS]

Well if I have to buy a new GPU I'll wait and change even the socket.

[The Sloth]

Just now, MTTRSS said:

Thanks for your fast answers. I heard of these problems with SLI.

not really, sli has gotten much better with newer cards same with crossifre. i have an sli system with dual gtx 1070 my wife has rx480 crossfire build. 

[R3ep3r]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

rx480 has better performance than a gtx 1060. 

Did I specify that 1060 has better performance than RX480? NO! Then why the heck have you posted this? I just gave him an opinion. If you've got something to tell me, please PM and keep this out of these threads.

[MTTRSS]

In fact I think that 2GB of VRAM today is near the nothing, right? I mean I should go for 8 or at least 4?

[Xreldo]

1 hour ago, nerdslayer1 said:

look at hd 7970 or 7870, it should be bit more. 

Has hd 8970 laying around somewhere runs games like minecraft and csgo at 40 fps 10/10 bang for the buck

[The Sloth]

Just now, R3ep3r said:

Did I specify that 1060 has better performance than RX480? NO! Then why the heck have you posted this? I just gave him an opinion. If you've got something to tell me, please PM and keep this out of these threads.

 

calm down, re-read your statement. 

[TheLaserCucumber]

1 minute ago, MTTRSS said:

In fact I think that 2GB of VRAM today is near the nothing, right? I mean I should go for 8 or at least 4?

If you can afford, go with at least an RX 480 8GB or GTX 1060 6GB. 

4GB of VRAM are getting scarce already.

[R3ep3r]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

calm down, re-read your statement. 

That was the list of GPUs that came in my mind at that moment. I did not say that the 1060 is better than the RX480. YOU should re-read your statement.

[LienusLateTips]

7 minutes ago, komar said:

very simple answer - NO

and why  - SLI sucks

better try to sell your card and get something of the lines of 1060 or 1070 or go team red with rx480

SLI sucks in some situations. SLI doesn't suck as much as a few years ago.

[The Sloth]

Just now, R3ep3r said:

That was the list of GPUs that came in my mind at that moment. I did not say that the 1060 is better than the RX480. YOU should re-read your statement.

 

no offense, you are really trying your best to make this personal. 

[The Sloth]

1 minute ago, TheLaserCucumber said:

If you can afford, go with at least an RX 480 8GB or GTX 1060 6GB. 

4GB of VRAM are getting scarce already.

 

good thing too, GDDR5 is getting cheaper. 

[R3ep3r]

Just now, nerdslayer1 said:

no offense, you are really trying your best to make this personal. 

I give up. 

[Factory OC]

1 minute ago, R3ep3r said:

That was the list of GPUs that came in my mind at that moment. I did not say that the 1060 is better than the RX480. YOU should re-read your statement.

Oh, and I'm off-topic usually...

12 minutes ago, MTTRSS said:

Hi guys, this is my first time on this website so hi everyone, I'm Matteo from Italy.

 

Since I started working with Mac cause my job I left my old Desktop to my hometown. Today I came home and I found it. I'd like to pimp it a bit since after 1 years of no activity I noticed my passion for videogames didin't fade out. These are the specs:

 

Intel Core i5 3570K - 4.2 GHz

MSI GD65 gaming

Corsair Vengeance 8 GB - 2133 Mhz

Asus DC II GTX 670 2GB

WD 1TB 7.200rpm

Antec HCG 750 W

Noctua NH-D17

Coolermaster HAF X.

Monitor 1920x1080 (so no 4k)

 

I'm not a pro gamer, till now I handled games like GTA V at full HD with no probs. I'd like to play at least at 1920x1080 and I'm not looking for the 60 fps eh eh eh I'd be happy with 30. Today I cleaned it, made some cable management, changed the termal paste and formatted it. I found another GTX 670 used for 70 Euros so 74 USD and I was thinking to buy it. Since I don't want a great Update because I won't use it particularly often but I mean, off work would be nice play some games. Also without even ask I'll take an SSD and a new HDD becaue that 7200 rpm it makes me feel uncomfortable hahahah. So guys what do you think? Should I consider another GPU or it would be useless? And if yes, at which one current single card the two GTX 670 would be equal?

 

Thank you so much and I'm sorry if I made some mistakes with english.

Regards from Italy.

Nope, just nope...

[komar]

Just now, JDE said:

SLI sucks in some situations. SLI doesn't suck as much as a few years ago.

give me an example with older hardware like this 6th gen nvidia and ill edit it

[MTTRSS]

Let's say I'm gonna upgrade also the monitor. Not a 4K becasue I already have the iMac but something like 2560x1444. 4GB of VRAM is a must?

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, komar said:

give me an example with older hardware like this 6th gen nvidia and ill edit it

But this is a situation where SLI does suck. 

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, MTTRSS said:

Let's say I'm gonna upgrade also the monitor. Not a 4K becasue I already have the iMac but something like 2560x1444. 4GB of VRAM is a must?

I would say at least a 6GB GTX 1060 or 8GB RX 480.

[Princess Luna]

3 minutes ago, MTTRSS said:

Thanks for your fast answers. I heard of these problems with SLI.

 

1 minute ago, MTTRSS said:

In fact I think that 2GB of VRAM today is near the nothing, right? I mean I should go for 8 or at least 4?

Indeed avoid SLI, especially with an old Kepler card.

4gb is enough for any game at 1920x1080p if that is your resolution of choice you'll be fine.

Since you have income, you should probably invest on a RX480/GTX1060 6gb, it is newer, it performs better... I mean see it as a reward for your work, at least a decent gaming rig you should have.