660Ti 3GB Triple 1080p Surround

[edschofield15]

Hi

Im thinking of upgrading to a 660Ti, im also planning to get a third monitor in order to use surround with 3 1080p displays. I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to have a 660Ti with 3GB of VRAM over one with 2GB. The cards im looking at are the EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti FTW+ 3GB w/Backplate, or the MSI 660Ti TF 3GD5/OC. The card im running at the minute is a Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB. Some of the games im planning to play in this config are Max Payne 3, Crysis 2/3, BF3, Skyrim, Dirt Showdown ext.

Thanks

 

[dalewakelin]

The more ram the better usually. Depending on the price difference really, if its only an extra £10 for the 3GB version then go with that. If its and extra £100 it wouldn't be worth it.

 

[MadMarc]

Hi

Im thinking of upgrading to a 660Ti, im also planning to get a third monitor in order to use surround with 3 1080p displays. I'm wondering if it would be beneficial to have a 660Ti with 3GB of VRAM over one with 2GB. The cards im looking at are the EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti FTW+ 3GB w/Backplate, or the MSI 660Ti TF 3GD5/OC. The card im running at the minute is a Sapphire Radeon HD 7770 1GB. Some of the games im planning to play in this config are Max Payne 3, Crysis 2/3, BF3, Skyrim, Dirt Showdown ext.

Thanks

For surround gaming 3gb should give you better performance than 2gb, but the 660ti wont be able to play crysis 3 or bf3 on such a resolution at high settings or high fps, as it's just not powerful enough, no matter how much ram it has.
I'd look at a 7950 instead

 

[jamesriley94]

The RAM won't make much difference tbh, since you'll be down to medium settings on most games to get decent frame rates, so the RAM won't really be use fully I don't think.

You need to be thinking of a 7950 or a 4gb 670, or 3gb 660ti as a temporary solution really - and be thinking of adding a second as soon as possible.

 

[NRG!]

A 660ti will not perform at this res

3gb is pointless

 

[dalewakelin]

A 7970 would do the job better and it isnt all that much more expensive.

 

[edschofield15]

OK I've decided to go with the gigabyte 670 4gb and just save up some more

 

[Mark3Max]

Hi edschofield15,
Welcome to the forum.
I just recently built my first system (Dec.2012) and I wish I would have taken the advice I was given by some very knowledgeable members here about video cards.
As dalewaklin and others here have said a 7970 or a 7950 would be your best choice for a 3 monitor setup.

 

[tinytomlogan]

TBH none of the cards mentioned will play the games across 3 screens.

a 680 with a maxed at crysis 3 at 1920x1080 gets 35fps.....

Youd need a 680 minimum for 3 screens IMHO

 

[iBeInspire]

As Tom said, with any of those cards you'll be down to med/high settings (not ultra) and you can forget about AA...

 

[SuB]

AA will also bump up the memory usage don't forget (if you do decide to go the big-screen route)

 

[Mark3Max]

TBH none of the cards mentioned will play the games across 3 screens.

a 680 with a maxed at crysis 3 at 1920x1080 gets 35fps.....

Youd need a 680 minimum for 3 screens IMHO

Hi Tom,
I'm pretty sure your referring to a 680 4gb right? I thought the 7970 would have been a better choice because of the 384 bit memory interface , correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still learning too .

 

[NRG!]

Hi Tom,
I'm pretty sure your referring to a 680 4gb right? I thought the 7970 would have been a better choice because of the 384 bit memory interface , correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still learning too .

1 or 2 x 680 2gb is fine because they don't have the grunt or mem bus to need 4gb.

But yes, 7970 would spank 680 @ 3x1080

In fact, 2 7950s spank 680 SLI at that res for significantly less money.

 

[Rich_]

You'll get better performance from a 3gb 7950 rather than a 3gb 660ti.