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sli 970s switch to 980ti ?

I feel your pain to a degree. Currently using 780Ti but two in SLI. I swing from thinking SLI is brilliant, to hating it depending on what games I'm currently into.

As others have said though, there is DEFINITELY something wrong with your set up if 2 x 970's are performing as bad as they are. You should look into it really.

I too am considering changing to a one fast card system soon though, probably a 980Ti AIO cooled, but then I'll probably get another not too long after and the whole SLI merrygoround will continue
 
wunkley - I wouldn't bother mate, wait till Pascal and get a single card then and later of you like the idea of SLI again grab a cheap one later down the line. Your setup is more than good enough for next 2 years as it is if not 3 years. Also all this scaremongering about VRAM is ridiculous and done by people that don't understand how graphics cards and software works and how they cache with any free VRAM not actually in use to generate the scene at the time.

Also remember DX12 will pool the memory together and use it all as one block and not as it is now where all they do is mirror the same memory to both cards and give you half the available memory.
 
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wunkley - I wouldn't bother mate, wait till Pascal and get a single card then and later of you like the idea of SLI again grab a cheap one later down the line. Your setup is more than good enough for next 2 years as it is if not 3 years. Also all this scaremongering about VRAM is ridiculous and done by people that don't understand how graphics cards and software works and how they cache with any free VRAM not actually in use it to generate the scene at the time.

Also remember DX12 will pool the memory together and use it all as one block and not as it is now where all they do is mirror the same memory to both cards and give you half the available memory.
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Yeah, I know what you're saying. I actually bought a Titan X on release day, as for the last few weeks I'd been particularity annoyed by SLI microstutter in certain games.
However, the TX was faulty (kept locking up my whole system loading games and becncies) and I sent it back and got a full refund.

Truth be told - I actually felt a bit relieved when this happened as the differences weren't that amazing, and even though a couple of games benefited from just using one card, overall 2x 780Ti is more 'powerful' than one TX, unless you clock the **** out of it.

And the whole Vram issue seems to have backtracked I notice recently. I game at 1440p (Rog Swift with Gsync) and I don't have a single game that has Vram issues. It's getting close in some I admit, but when new flagship titles like Witcher 3 are using a paltry 1.8GB it kind of makes you take stock of the whole GPU situation.
I mean, what's coming out that 2x 780Ti's can't cope with???
 
a fair few people I know have sli 970's and it plays enarly everything without a hitch at 1440p - but if you want a ti, then why not. its your cash, do whatever you think is best for you
 
i was saying mainly why could i not get a refund the cards are not too old but was in a bait and switch to buy them? advertised at 4gb yet arent 4gb....

and depends what games they play at 1440p do they have 2 monitors etc?
 
wunkley said:
Yeah, I know what you're saying. I actually bought a Titan X on release day, as for the last few weeks I'd been particularity annoyed by SLI microstutter in certain games.
However, the TX was faulty (kept locking up my whole system loading games and becncies) and I sent it back and got a full refund.

Truth be told - I actually felt a bit relieved when this happened as the differences weren't that amazing, and even though a couple of games benefited from just using one card, overall 2x 780Ti is more 'powerful' than one TX, unless you clock the **** out of it.

And the whole Vram issue seems to have backtracked I notice recently. I game at 1440p (Rog Swift with Gsync) and I don't have a single game that has Vram issues. It's getting close in some I admit, but when new flagship titles like Witcher 3 are using a paltry 1.8GB it kind of makes you take stock of the whole GPU situation.
I mean, what's coming out that 2x 780Ti's can't cope with???
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Exactly and look at AMD's new HBM highend card it has 4GB, says a lot really regarding the VRAM requirements for next few years does that and the hype over VRAM.


I only just updated recently to a 780Ti from a 580 GTX 1.5GB at 1920x1200 and maxed out most of my games on the 580 and it was never VRAM that was the issue with it struggling at MAX settings on some games but lack of horsepower. Then you have people saying 1080p is using 6GB+ and such now... :rolleyes: (VRAM caching maybe not USING).


Only time I really think large amounts of VRAM come in to the real world is when you use very high resolution multi screen setups. Even a single 980Ti/Titan X can run 3 x 4K screens and VRAM will not be the issue for poor performance but horsepower.


My dream setup in the future is a Single GPU that can run 4K at 60FPS on the most demanding game at the time on max settings. None can really do that right now. Also by the time that happens we will be on 8K and it all starts again.
 
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Exactly and look at AMD's new HBM highend card it has 4GB, says a lot really regarding the VRAM requirements for next few years does that and the hype over VRAM.
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I think it's more a case of 1st gen HBM allegedly being limited to 4GB for AMD, then them happily saying 4GB is all you need for 4K.

I get what you mean when you see Titan X users saying how COD is using 10GB vram at 1440p. Obviously that is just down to poor optimisation and over caching things that are not really needed.

There is a balance in all this vram madness and people do really need to take in to account that you can run out of grunt far sooner than vram. Imo 12GB is definitely overkill for a single GPU, but I think SLI 6GB 980Tis are a pretty good match for the grunt available and 4K.
 
lol you really can't expect a refund this far on?

Seems to me like you were happy keeping the cards when the 3.5gb fiasco happened now you're having 2nd thoughts and want your money back...
 
OcUK gave ample time to give back your 970s after the whole fiasco. Remember they did not even need to take the hit as NVIDIA couldn't give a damn. They just wanted to give great customer service. When I gave my 970 back they still had like a month left to accept returns, so you snooze you lose.
 
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OcUK gave ample time to give back your 970s after the whole fiasco. Remember they did not even need to take the hit as NVIDIA couldn't give a damn. They just wanted to give great customer service. When I gave my 970 back they still had like a month left to accept returns, so you snooze you lose.
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i only got told a few weeks after :'(
 
The scores in the thread may be overclocked or cards that boost higher than your own.

Ideally need someone to run SLI 970's at stock to compare.
 
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