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Should i buy a graphics card of the same type so i can use SLI or just buy one better graphics card?
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∙ 12y ago
Well the good thing about getting 2 video cards and linking them is that if one card dies you still have another to use until you can buy a new one. Also you can buy 2 less expensive cards and combine them into a card with like 1-2GB of ram. On the other hand I have heard from friends of mine that combine card that sometimes it can be a pain to get everything working correctly. I have never used SLI or Crossfire, I think it's still called Crossfire.
Personally I have always gone with saving up my $$$ to purchase 1 great card. I used to be a huge ATI fan even though I always ran Intel chips. But after many years of many problems dealing with ATI I switched to Nvidia. The card I run now I bought like at least 3 years ago. It is an Nvidia 250 with 1GB of GDDR3 ram. Even though it is old I can still run games like Battlefield 3, SW:TOR, and even Mass Effect 3 on 1440x900 resolution using Medium Medium-High options when it comes to Anti-Aliasing & stuff like that.
Not sure if that will answer you question or if it even helps you out. I guess it really all depends on what your system specs are and if you feel comfortable enough to mess with things like SLI.
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