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Will 4-way SLI Titan X last me 5 years at 1440p?

Will they last? Sure. But you will be missing out on feature sets (DX12 f.ex), future power efficiency, architecture revisions and eventually cutting edge driver updates.

Dump the ridiculous money on 4 Titan Xs if you want them. But not because they will last 5 years, they will - Just not in the way you hope.

To give you some perspective, only THREE years ago I bought a nVidia 680, it was brand new. Look at a 680 next to even the most affordable mid to high end cards now.
 
Sin_Chase said:
Will they last? Sure. But you will be missing out on feature sets (DX12 f.ex), future power efficiency, architecture revisions and eventually cutting edge driver updates.

Dump the ridiculous money on 4 Titan Xs if you want them. But not because they will last 5 years, they will - Just not in the way you hope.

To give you some perspective, only THREE years ago I bought a nVidia 680, it was brand new. Look at a 680 next to even the most affordable mid to high end cards now.
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4 TitanXs for 2160p is very good value as you get to use the extra memory.

4 980 Ti's would be a total waste of money as you would spend a lot of time hitting the 6gb limit @2160p.

It is the classic case of using the right tool for the job.:)
 
Did a bit of googling, and it looks like 4.5 years ago was the release of the 580.

So in 5 years time, you might have the equivalent of 4x 580s @ 1080p.
 
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Will 4 Titan Xs last me 5 years at 1440p if they are overclocked?
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I would just get two 980Ti's and upgrade again in a few years. Whilst power wise it may last 5 years, they will be old tech/directX versions.

4 titan X's would be what, £3200? In 5 years you would probably be lucky to get £600 for all four.
 
new boy said:
Did a bit of googling, and it looks like 4.5 years ago was the release of the 580.

So in 5 years time, you might have the equivalent of 4x 580s @ 1080p.
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That isnt really how it works I don't think. GPU's seem to move at different speeds. :p

5 years before the GTX580 was the 6800, 5 years before that was the GeForce 2.
 
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Really that's very interesting, what will 2 TX's hit kap?
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If you max the game out @1440p you would be looking at about 65fps on a pair of TXs.

@2160p maxed with a bit of overclocking my 4 manage just under 60fps for Witcher 3 and about 78fps for GTA V.

At the moment though the drivers need work for Witcher 3 on 4 cards as it is not properly utilising them.
 
While I can understand the reluctance to upgrade computers in terms of cpu/motherboard because it does take longer to take out, clean up and put in new parts. A gpu change can take literally a couple of minutes including unplugging everything and putting it all back.

There is no reason to buy now for games up to 5 years from now.

What is the point of spending even if you went with 980ti's, over 2k for one year of having flaky but epic when it works performance at the expense of having 3-4 years of worse performance than you could otherwise have.

Lets say 5 years
1st year, unmatched performance
2nd year, 2 of the next gen cards will surpass performance due to scaling issues beyond 2 cards. 2 cards also works better in a hell of a lot more games than 4 games do.
3rd-4th year 1 next next gen card will match your current setup easily but in every game, with new features, smoother and with no sli issues at all.
4-5th year, a single next next next gen card will be beating your now 4-5 year old quad card setup handily.

Lets say 980ti's and £2200 all for great(when it works) performance for a year but meh performance the second 16nm chips come along. Your other option is

1st year 2x 980ti's £1100
2nd year 2x 1080ti's £1100 - £600 for the old cards = £500
3rd-4th year 2x 1180ti's £1100 - 600 for the old cards, £500.

By the third year you spend the same amount, have much more reliable performance less noise and faster performance. For any games where sli is plain broken you'll have double the performance the second year, 4 times the performance after that, etc.


This is also the single worst time to upgrade. End of 28nm, drop to 16nm next, HBM and 2-4 times the bandwidth, DX12 and architectures tuned to next gen engines with dx12 thought about upfront. At best if you absolutely(for a reason I can't fathom) have to have 4 cards and keep them for 5 years, wait till the first 16nm parts. 16/14nm + HBM2 is going to cause a massive shift in performance AND what devs can do with that bandwidth, new features to take advantage of it.
 
drunkenmaster said:
While I can understand the reluctance to upgrade computers in terms of cpu/motherboard because it does take longer to take out, clean up and put in new parts. A gpu change can take literally a couple of minutes including unplugging everything and putting it all back.

There is no reason to buy now for games up to 5 years from now.

What is the point of spending even if you went with 980ti's, over 2k for one year of having flaky but epic when it works performance at the expense of having 3-4 years of worse performance than you could otherwise have.

Lets say 5 years
1st year, unmatched performance
2nd year, 2 of the next gen cards will surpass performance due to scaling issues beyond 2 cards. 2 cards also works better in a hell of a lot more games than 4 games do.
3rd-4th year 1 next next gen card will match your current setup easily but in every game, with new features, smoother and with no sli issues at all.
4-5th year, a single next next next gen card will be beating your now 4-5 year old quad card setup handily.

Lets say 980ti's and £2200 all for great(when it works) performance for a year but meh performance the second 16nm chips come along. Your other option is

1st year 2x 980ti's £1100
2nd year 2x 1080ti's £1100 - £600 for the old cards = £500
3rd-4th year 2x 1180ti's £1100 - 600 for the old cards, £500.

By the third year you spend the same amount, have much more reliable performance less noise and faster performance. For any games where sli is plain broken you'll have double the performance the second year, 4 times the performance after that, etc.


This is also the single worst time to upgrade. End of 28nm, drop to 16nm next, HBM and 2-4 times the bandwidth, DX12 and architectures tuned to next gen engines with dx12 thought about upfront. At best if you absolutely(for a reason I can't fathom) have to have 4 cards and keep them for 5 years, wait till the first 16nm parts. 16/14nm + HBM2 is going to cause a massive shift in performance AND what devs can do with that bandwidth, new features to take advantage of it.
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Exactly this ^^

I mean it's only 1440P 1 or 2 Titan X / 980 Ti's would suffice anyway. Them just change them out when needed and re-coup some money in re-sale.
 
How long is a piece of string question.


Don't listen to DM about SLI being flaky though, he has shares with AMD and his opinion can't be taken seriously. Actually he can't be taken seriously, period.

Although he is right on the account you shouldn't be buying for games 5 years from now, absolutely no reason to. Buy 2 to 3 cards for 4K for games now if your budget allows. You won't buy anything that will comfortably last you 5 years in this business, depending on your expectations. Right now 2 980Ti or even 980GTX should suffice at 1440p.
 
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