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Moving up to 1440p gaming do I SLI?

elrasho

elrasho

elrasho

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I currently have an MSI GTX970 and it runs my games flawlessly at HIGH/MAX settings over 60fps.

I want to upgrade my monitor to a 1440p capable monitor but I don't know if I should SLI or get a GTX980 Ti. My guideline is I want to play at HIGH/MAX settings but the FPS not to drop below 60.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
 
I am a fan of single GPU gaming but SLI will do well with your CPU. A pair of 970's will run pretty much everything at 60 fps fully maxed but the odd game will need the odd bit of AA dropping.
 
Thanks Gregster I was looking around the internets and that's what a lot of people say. The MSI GTX970 comes with MGS5 :) It's swaying me to go for SLI

edit: will I need a more powerful PSU?
 
I made the jump from 1080p to 1440p and I was expecting a massive performance hit. I was shocked to find 1440p isn't really that demanding, with a single 290 @1030/1250 I drop AA down and I don't think they is a single game so far where I can not hit 60+

1440p really isn't that much am talking 10 fps to 20fps difference and in one game GTA5 I have noticed zero change in frame rate.
 
While 970 SLI is a decent setup and possibly worth going for if you have a single 970 already if given the option I'd go for an OC model 980ti every time - very close to stock 970 SLI performance, extra VRAM and none of the potential issues of SLI.

I'm playing at 1440p with the ROG Swift and still using the 780 (its clocked to run about stock 980 performance) and there is nothing at the moment where I really feel the performance is inadequate though there are a few situations where going for something faster wouldn't go amiss for maxing out the 120+Hz potential.
 
Short version - gsync gives you better handling on situations where the framerate is dropping down close to levels where it would be unplayable - especially with vsync where a small framerate drop can be amplified as a multiple of the refresh rate and you'd see a say 30fps drop instead of 2-3fps drop, etc. Its not a cure all solution though but it does make the resolution more doable on cards like the 780, 970, etc.
 
Pretty much - also with the way it works its better able to respond to an increase in framerate from a low framerate situation minimising the time you'd feel the effects of performance dropping from ideal.
 
elrasho said:
So I configure gsync to say "if my FPS drops below 60 do you magic" and then I wont see tearing?
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I run the ROG Swift 1440P G-Sync monitor and there is no tearing at all, low 40's feel much better with G-Sync and runs very smooth with no stuttering and it is simply one of the best PC buys I have ever made and is like the SSD to the HDD in terms of impact.... However, I was a multi card user and quite a big selection of my games had micro-stutter and it pained me (hence me not being a fan of MGPU) but if you are staying on a single card, go for a decent G-Sync monitor and a 980Ti. Your 970 is decent but not quite man enough for high settings in modern AAA titles and 1440P
 
Gregster said:
I run the ROG Swift 1440P G-Sync monitor and there is no tearing at all, low 40's feel much better with G-Sync and runs very smooth with no stuttering and it is simply one of the best PC buys I have ever made and is like the SSD to the HDD in terms of impact.... However, I was a multi card user and quite a big selection of my games had micro-stutter and it pained me (hence me not being a fan of MGPU) but if you are staying on a single card, go for a decent G-Sync monitor and a 980Ti. Your 970 is decent but not quite man enough for high settings in modern AAA titles and 1440P
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Thanks :)
 
Listen to Rroff and greg, the only thing I'd add is if it's a choice between 980ti 1440p or 970 1440p Gsync, having used 290X FS 1440p v 290X mgpu 1440p for comparison, I'd take the latter any day of the week.
 
all depends if the games you want to play have decent SLI support, recently I'm finding I'm using just a single card due to this problem and would prefer to move to one single high end card rather than two mid cards
 
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