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Message 1387761 - Posted: 4 Jul 2013, 18:47:15 UTC

Making a new tread, sorry about hijacking the other one :)

I was thinking of upgrading my linux PC which now runs a gtx 260 with 2 cards. Would you say I should go for 2x 680 or, since there comes new cards often, there's a better option?

What size PSU should I go for?

I hope jravin is not bothered by the wandering away from his original question.

2 x 680 makes a solid rig, but depending on your budget, there certainly are newer 700 series cards to consider.
As to the PSU, the more the merrier. My dual 680 rig is usually in the 600-700 watt range. I am running a 910w PC Power and Cooling Silencer. I also have in other rigs a couple of 950w Silencers. Excellent PSUs. Kittyman's choice.

Well I wish I had unlimited budget, but if we stay in the price range of a 680 card, would that still be the best choice at the moment?
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Message 1387782 - Posted: 4 Jul 2013, 19:56:10 UTC - in response to Message 1387761.  

770's are similar prices here at least and in theory should be essentially a 'tuned up' 680. I dont know about AMD/ATI's though :)
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Message 1387783 - Posted: 4 Jul 2013, 20:00:59 UTC

I'll stick with Nvidia, always has.
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Message 1387815 - Posted: 4 Jul 2013, 21:41:38 UTC

770s are you best bet then i would say if you want 2 around a similar price to 680s
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Message 1387823 - Posted: 4 Jul 2013, 22:51:13 UTC - in response to Message 1387815.  

I would go with either of the Nvidia GTX770 or GTX780. Both of these cards have a 384 bit bus. The GTX760 and below have a 256 bit bus.
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Message 1387835 - Posted: 5 Jul 2013, 0:00:06 UTC - in response to Message 1387823.  

Made a small mistake above, GTX770 is 256 bit (checked against all 7 evga gtx770 models)

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Message 1387871 - Posted: 5 Jul 2013, 3:50:27 UTC - in response to Message 1387815.  

770s are you best bet then i would say if you want 2 around a similar price to 680s

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