760 SLI to 780, you guys were right!!

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I can only say everyone was right about going the 780 instead of 760 SLI. With 2 x EVGA GTX 760's I was getting 82fps on Furmark 1920x1080p with the 780 I just ran 71fps and power consumption was 195-200 watts less. When theses guys tell you that going with 1 high end card is better than SLI on lesser cards they definitely know what they are talking about. I ran 3dmark 2011 and 780 overclocked +50/+202 brought in 13,495. The 760's SLI brought in 15, 046 at the same clocks. Firestrke same kind of results 780 was 9,565 OC to the SLI 760's 10,042. Anyone considering GTX 760 SLI or lesser cards I can honestly say that going with 1 single high performance card is absolutely the way to go. I wanted to try SLI for myself and I wish I wouldn't have but hey that's how you learn. Hope this helps, happy gaming everyone.
 
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Thanks for the update. I had to return my asus dc2 760 that was sli'ed. Damn thing would freeze the computer and when other times it would make the system slow and non responsive. Never had that back in the day with sli'ed 7800gt and win xp.

Didn't have the 2nd 760 for even a week.
 
Good post, op. It definitely makes sense to buy a fast single card when possible instead of sli or cf, even at the expense of a small amount of speed. It's just a better overall experience. Now when sli or cf make sense is when you need a good bit more performance than a single card can provide, but most people really don't if they turn aa down one notch.
 
^^ yup,

buying 2 mid range cards for SLI is almost always pointless when a single card can often beat it's performance and gartuntee it across all games vs SLI and it's possible issues.
 
I learned this probably 7 or 8 years ago, and it still hold true. I always buy the best single GPU I can, and I have never been disappointed.
 
Some cards scale better than others. If you start off with 2 lower end cards right off the bat you kind of screw yourself for upgrading in the future.
 
yea but isn't sli 670s better than one 680 or even 770.

I think it depends. Hopefully the 800 series will be a big step up. Planning on Sli 870s otherwise I might have to consider another 670 when they price drop dramatically with the 800 release (price drop on used they still go 200ish used)
 
damstr said:
Some cards scale better than others. If you start off with 2 lower end cards right off the bat you kind of screw yourself for upgrading in the future.
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Future proofing is all bs anyway.
Especially with Gpus
 
lee0539 said:
yea but isn't sli 670s better than one 680 or even 770.

I think it depends. Hopefully the 800 series will be a big step up. Planning on Sli 870s otherwise I might have to consider another 670 when they price drop dramatically with the 800 release
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Sli 670s were 800 dollars compared to a 680 for 500, and in that case the two cards were fairly close spec wise. Apples and oranges, price wise. Right now a 780 ti for 670-700 bucks outperforms 670 sli though, oc to oc. 760 sli is a good chunk slower and costs 550ish.
 
situations where sli/cf are appropriate:
a. you already have a decent card and can't afford a single one that would outperform 2 of whatever you already have
b. you are an enthusiast who wants the best available no matter the cost
 
It would have cost me an arm and a leg to get a 780ti or buy one more 670 to sli for the same performance. I added a 2nd 670 for 230 bucks. I think in my situation I made the right choice.
 
The answer to this question all depends on what the price performance situation is at the time of purchase. And price performance may not matter to some buyers. To me it doesn't always matter, but it just depends really. I hesitate to spend more than 1000$ on GPUs no matter what just out of principle, but other than that it really depends. SLI 760s don't make sense now, but they made sense prior to the GTX 780 price cuts.

Personally, I find SLI to be excellent. Now game scaling won't be linear across all games, but by and large SLI is well supported in nearly all indie, F2P, and AAA titles. Crossfire with 7970s wasn't so kind to me and not as good as SLI, but I do understand that crossfire has improved significantly with the 290s. I think that's great. Both sides have realized that a lot of buyers enjoy mGPU setups, and have taken notice with appropriate steps to improve that experience - I do think NV has been on top of their game with SLI in recent years, and AMD is stepping it up with crossfire. SLI has been fantastic for me, although I *can* see why some would prefer a single card.

Certainly a single card has much better heat and noise factors than SLI, but in terms of outright performance it all depends on what the market is like at the time of purchase. SLI 760s don't make a lot of sense now, whereas at 760s launch it did make sense. It all depends, I guess. Anyway, in terms of experience I find SLI to be great. Using 780 SLI right now, in fact, haven't been disappointed. Price performance wise i'd compare it to the 780ti, which of course the 780 sli is much faster in most games.
 
I made a small mistake that I fixed the 3DMark 2011 score was 13,495, typo on my part. I haven't had a chance to game with 780 at all just ran some benchmarks. I'll put the games to it today and see how it does.
 
Odellus said:
situations where sli/cf are appropriate:
a. you already have a decent card and can't afford a single one that would outperform 2 of whatever you already have
b. you are an enthusiast who wants the best available no matter the cost
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There have still been situations where sli is better than a flagship.

460sli vs 480

Heat? 460s
Performance? 460s
Price? 460s
Efficiency? 460s
 
Though to be fair, 460s were sweet cards while the 480 was a disgusting Frankenstein monster.

We'll see situations again in the future with advancements in efficiency where cards in the lower tiers perform well against their power draw and their SLI/CFX performance will surprise and do well.
 
I've been pushing this thing little by little now I"m +80 core and +225 memory @ 310 gig sec memory. I know it can prob go further but I don't see the need. These things are nuts when overclocked I cannot believe how fast they are & how quiet at the same time. Furmark the temp has not gone over 71C during the 15 min default test. Crazy good EVGA
 
I disagree. Especially if using benchmark programs is your arguing point. Sure you can bring up instances where single card wins and I'll probably agree. But I've gone from SLI and single card solutions and sometimes those sli solutions win hands down. Of course there's negatives to it, but on the right system and right game it will win.
 
Well, to be fair, 760 sli and 780 are really close. 760sli can get close to 780ti depending on the game, but then again, a 780 is really close to the 780ti or can pass the 780ti with overclocks. So they're close enough to where either/or can win just depending on the game and situation. I think a single 780 can win with a really good overclock on a custom card. Reference stock? Probably not. Just depends really.

The real determining factor is price versus performance at the time of purchase. I do not think 760 sli makes any sense now, but it did 8 months ago. Since the 780 received a heavy price drop, that makes the market favor a single 780 over 760 sli at this time IMO. 760 sli at GTX 700 launch was a no brainer. Now? Not so much. Unless you have had one for a while.

Really would be nice for the 760 to get a slight price drop, although I do see them on sale for around 210-230$ every now and again.
 
jmilcher said:
I learned this probably 7 or 8 years ago, and it still hold true. I always buy the best single GPU I can, and I have never been disappointed.
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No doubt. Going from 2 x 660 (first SLI) within a year I jumped on the GTX 780 (a week before it dropped $150 lol) and was the best decision of my life. Testing SLI for the first time made me realize it isn't worth the hassle if you can afford the highest-end single GPU part. Completely understand why my buddy then later switched from 2 x 460 to a single 660 (same performance) when I told him how quiet and cool it was running at idle and max. I would have thought he'd go SLI, but he already shared his stories warning me against it and me not listening.

SLI has gotten better, but it'll never be the same as running a single GPU system, which is unfortunate given how GPU's naturally work in parallel.
 
I would personally not recommend going the MARS 760. I just came from SLI EVGA GTX 760's and they were quite awesome but the EVGA GTX 780 OC +100 core / +235 memory comes very close to them and uses less power. I will never go back to SLI I will always buy one powerful single GPU from now on. Just my 2 cents.
 
JayJapanB said:
Personally I find it changes from generation to generation.
A 480 was a stupid choice over two 1GB 460s
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I would have to agree with JJB. My 460 Gtx 1GB sli config really whipped the Llama's ass and lasted me over 3 years before I was itching for an upgrade.
 
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