SLI 260 worth it? - Page 2

hemmy · 01-24-10, 12:21 AM

Heh, you just got me interested in seeing what fps I got so I figured I would run it

But I would say yes, the 260 scales very well, and was worth SLI for me - not to mention I like to fold on both cards which they are very good at.

gulizard · 01-24-10, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by trivium nate

yeah probably

I get avg of 40 now. Maxed out with a single card.

trivium nate · 01-24-10, 11:54 AM

well i pushed the settings all the way like past what they are supposed to be

gulizard · 01-24-10, 01:07 PM

I run my at 1600 by 1050 tho. Guess that makes the difference.

trivium nate · 01-24-10, 01:45 PM

oh yeah

**john19055** · 01-29-10, 04:33 AM

I hate to be the spoiler but why would you want to buy old tec when you can buy a HD5850 for as low as $275 and two of them will play any game and future ones two.I would wait and see what nvidia comes out with since you have waited this long ,if you just don't like ATI/AMD.But another GTX 260 will still probbally play any game for another year anyway.

JasonPC · 01-30-10, 11:16 AM

In my experience GTAIV doesn't scale at all with SLI... It makes the framerate a little bit higher but it feels choppier. It also made a bunch of flickering at times for me.

XMAN52373 · 01-31-10, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by john19055

I hate to be the spoiler but why would you want to buy old tec when you can buy a HD5850 for as low as $275 and two of them will play any game and future ones two.I would wait and see what nvidia comes out with since you have waited this long ,if you just don't like ATI/AMD.But another GTX 260 will still probbally play any game for another year anyway.

Well, other than very limited DX11 titles right, what is it 1 out so far. But spending around 175 vs 275 he saves cash, can do SLi for now as he is propably waiting for Nvidias Fermi before deciding on what to buy in DX11 hardware and then there is the performance. In most cases it will be on par to slightly better than the single 5850.

Apheleon · 02-06-10, 02:54 AM

260 SLI? Hmm. . . I would rather wait Fermi

Blacklash · 02-16-10, 05:09 AM

GTX 260 Core 216 SLi is still viable, particularly if you OC. Two of those cards @ 650|2300 or greater are nice.

Another card would yield a nice performance boost, particularly if you game @ 1920x1200.

HD 5850s are around 300usd, a second GTX 260 could be had for around 175usd.

There's one that's 650|2000 out of the box for 176usd

http://www.provantage.com/gigabyte-t...i~7GIG90A6.htm

It does have a 216 core. At clocks like that you'll definitely have faster than GTX 295 performance.

http://hothardware.com/Articles/Asus...Review/?page=6

GTX 295 is 576 on the core.

EDIT: I tried the Heaven bench on my GTX 260 SLi rig with the cards set down to 650|2000. I did the DX10 path because tesso doesn't work on these cards. @1920x1200 with default filtering they did 70FPS. At my normal OC they do 75FPS. My HD 5870 @ 1030|1300 turns in 66FPS under the same conditions.

01-24-10, 12:21 AM	#13
hemmy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 760	Re: SLI 260 worth it? Heh, you just got me interested in seeing what fps I got so I figured I would run it But I would say yes, the 260 scales very well, and was worth SLI for me - not to mention I like to fold on both cards which they are very good at. __________________ P6T Deluxe V2 \|\|\| Core i7 920 D0 4.0Ghz\|\|\| 3x2Gb DDR3-1800 \|\|\| 2x EVGA GTX 260 SLI \|\|\| Corsair HX850w \|\|\| 2x640gb HD

01-24-10, 11:54 AM	#15
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01-24-10, 01:07 PM	#16
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01-29-10, 04:33 AM	#18
john19055 Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: GREENVILLE,TX Posts: 3,851	Re: SLI 260 worth it? I hate to be the spoiler but why would you want to buy old tec when you can buy a HD5850 for as low as $275 and two of them will play any game and future ones two.I would wait and see what nvidia comes out with since you have waited this long ,if you just don't like ATI/AMD.But another GTX 260 will still probbally play any game for another year anyway. __________________ Intel i7-3820+Corsair H-100+ASROCK X79-Extreme4+16gigs G.Skill PC1600DDR3+2-ASUS DirectCU II GTX-670 in SLI+Crucial 256g-SSD+2- Samsung 1-TB+2-WesternDigtial 640g+LG-12x Blu-Ray Burner+1100w CoolerMaster+Antec-P280 case+50" Plasma PM6700+Logitech Mouse+Keyboard+Pioneer VSX-1020+Polk Audio Speakers

01-30-10, 11:16 AM	#19
JasonPC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,103	Re: SLI 260 worth it? In my experience GTAIV doesn't scale at all with SLI... It makes the framerate a little bit higher but it feels choppier. It also made a bunch of flickering at times for me.

02-06-10, 02:54 AM	#21
Apheleon Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 49	Re: SLI 260 worth it? 260 SLI? Hmm. . . I would rather wait Fermi __________________ Intel I7 920 oc 4.1G with U120E \|ROG II X58 \| Dominator TR3X6G1866C9DF DDR3 1866 6GB \| Leadtek GTX480 \|Seagate 1.5T X 4\|Sony IDE DVDAW-G170A\|Creative SB X-Fi Platinum\|Cooler master CM Stack 830 Black\|Dell 2407 WFP\|RAZER copperhead + Steelpad SteelKeys 6G\|Sennheiser PC145 USB

02-16-10, 05:09 AM	#22
Blacklash 8^9^3 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Old Vizima Posts: 3,679	Re: SLI 260 worth it? GTX 260 Core 216 SLi is still viable, particularly if you OC. Two of those cards @ 650\|2300 or greater are nice. Another card would yield a nice performance boost, particularly if you game @ 1920x1200. HD 5850s are around 300usd, a second GTX 260 could be had for around 175usd. There's one that's 650\|2000 out of the box for 176usd http://www.provantage.com/gigabyte-t...i~7GIG90A6.htm It does have a 216 core. At clocks like that you'll definitely have faster than GTX 295 performance. http://hothardware.com/Articles/Asus...Review/?page=6 GTX 295 is 576 on the core. EDIT: I tried the Heaven bench on my GTX 260 SLi rig with the cards set down to 650\|2000. I did the DX10 path because tesso doesn't work on these cards. @1920x1200 with default filtering they did 70FPS. At my normal OC they do 75FPS. My HD 5870 @ 1030\|1300 turns in 66FPS under the same conditions. __________________ Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.96GHz (1.36v)\|Mushkin 998681 XP3-12800 (3x2GB) ASUS TUF Sabertooth (X58)\|ASUS GTX 580 DirectCU II (980\|4604)\|ASUS PA246Q WD VelociRaptor 150GB HD (x2)\|Pioneer DVR-2920Q\|LG GH22LS30\|Klipsch PM20 2.0 SilverStone OP1000-E\|SilverStone TJ10-B\|Thermalright U-120 Extreme\|Win 7 HP x64