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Crossfire 6870s = 3x Nvidia ???

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jjolin

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Thinking about putting up my lapped I7 920 and both my 6870's up for trade for a sandy bridge cpu and motherboard.

If i do this i will probably want a 3x SLI motherboard, so that i can be cheap and buy one video card a month, the question is, what video card from nvidia will give equal or around the same performance, if i buy three of them, as 2 6870's?
 
Might I ask why you want to buy 3 slow cards in a buggy SLI config instead of one fast reliable card? You're much better off saving up for 3 months and getting a single card. I don't even know if nVidia's cheap cards support 3-way SLI.
 
Tri-SLI only works with cards that have two SLI connectors. From Nvidia's DX11 generation to my knowledge only the GTX 465/470/480/570/580 do.
 
chithanh said:
Tri-SLI only works with cards that have two SLI connectors. From Nvidia's DX11 generation to my knowledge only the GTX 465/470/480/570/580 do.
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correct.

jjolin said:
Thinking about putting up my lapped I7 920 and both my 6870's up for trade for a sandy bridge cpu and motherboard.

If i do this i will probably want a 3x SLI motherboard, so that i can be cheap and buy one video card a month, the question is, what video card from nvidia will give equal or around the same performance, if i buy three of them, as 2 6870's?
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which means your only choice is the GTX 470/570/580, the gtx 465's a waste of money and i'd say the same about the gtx 470. a single 580's better then 2 6870's and a pair of 570's are obviously better then a pair of 6870's. best option is a pair of 6950's or a pair of gtx 570's. both are decently priced and far superior to the 6870's. you can also buy one 6970 now and buy a second one later on down the road.
 
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so you cant use 3 560ti's in SLI? thats kind of a let down. 580's might not be better than 2 6870's but when prices drop and you put 3 of them together, it'll be nice.
 
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