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Tax returns are here

Tony N
By Tony N
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My tax returns are here and i am looking for a bit more performance from my computer. I have around 150-200 dollars and am sick of waiting for next gen cards. I was looking at the 650 ti boost by Asus and am wondering how much of an increase in performance i would get over my 550 ti. I dont think i would really need a super high end hard like a 7950/660ti right now but if these are dramatically better then the 650 boost then i might consider.

This is what im thinking

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121728

This is something i found on sale but is not sure about

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121728

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Pretty sizable notice. I also recommend GTX 650 TI Boost in SLI as the performance matches/beats a GTX 680/HD 7970GHz

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Pretty sizable notice. I also recommend GTX 650 TI Boost in SLI as the performance matches/beats a GTX 680/HD 7970GHz
Then you have additional heat and noise concerns. I also wouldn't go multi-GPU because of the info that's come to light about FPS not being a good measure of performance too. One card seems to prevent a lot of headache from occurring.

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