If you compare the sentiments of current or recent SLI and crossfire users, SLI is most definitely better. Don't kid yourself. I've used SLI 980 Tis for the last year and it's been a great experience overall.
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Still no 1080's...
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If you compare the sentiments of current or recent SLI and crossfire users, SLI is most definitely better. Don't kid yourself. I've used SLI 980 Tis for the last year and it's been a great experience overall.
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Pretty much, SLI and Xfire support has been dire in the past year with multiple AAA games let alone others suffering from poor support. I have xfire, in the games it works it's generally awesome, in a lot of AAA games it sucks in the past year. At the end of DX11 game devs really seem to be going out of their way to not support traditionally done mgpu in games. With DX12 that might turn around, honestly because of the cost and power/temp/noise that will be there with RX480 I might get two anyway.
There are some games I play regularly that xfire works pretty well, I do have a feeling that a large part of the reason xfire/sli is on the decline is game devs are pushing work and both AMD/Nvidia are also pushing all work towards DX12 engines/games/drivers and mgpu.
Might wait a while and see if mgpu support picks up a bit over time first though.
There are some games I play regularly that xfire works pretty well, I do have a feeling that a large part of the reason xfire/sli is on the decline is game devs are pushing work and both AMD/Nvidia are also pushing all work towards DX12 engines/games/drivers and mgpu.
Might wait a while and see if mgpu support picks up a bit over time first though.
It isn't exactly game devs going out of their way to not support it - its that more advanced DX11 features (which we've now progressed to where they are in more common use) often do a lot of post processing which is always tricky at best to get working with mGPU and often just plain kill any ability to utilise it - though might work a bit better with DX12 or Vulkan.
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Well when Nv just dropped>2 way, and those with green blood coursing through their veins come on the forum and tell you steer well clear, there's something off with it imo, it's just a cash cow tbph.
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I don't think they will be on par with 1070. They're not targeted at the same segment. And I also think it's unlikely that the 1070 or 1080 will price drop in response to the 480 both because of this, and because it would be bad PR for Nvidia to have to drop the price of their high-end cards in response to a mid-range card. It would also majorly hack-off their most enthusiastic customers who have just bought their cards to see it discounted already.
Honestly, this month is NOT the best time to be buying a graphics card what with Nvidia having supply issues, AMD not releasing until the end of this month, etc. I personally am waiting on AMD's reveal as are a lot of people but if your original desired purchase is a 1080 then a 1070 is already a compromise. A single 480 would be an even bigger one. In your position I would either just grit my teeth and hold on for a 1080 to find its way to me; or wait it out a week and get a 480 (subject to reviews) with the intent that you either trade it in and get something more powerful later (480 should be fairly cheap) or pair it with another 480 in which case you'll probably get a lot of power in some situations, but with the obvious lack of support in some games. I always favour a single powerful GPU where possible. I would either wait for a 1080 to become available, or get a 480 as a stop-gap (subject to reviews). I would try to avoid getting stuck in the middle with a 1070 where you find yourself with something less than you want, but too large an investment not to commit to.
What?
Oh dear, we have a nonsense believing Nvidia consumer here!
Nvidia have NO EDGE on gaming... ffs AMD power the GAMING consoles.
need to try it before you say anything
I still intend to buy a 1080Ti when they land to replace my two 970's but it will be with little enthusiasm that I do so.
If Pascal could deliver the performance it's doing whilst running at similar clock speeds to Maxwell, then I would see that as a genuine architectural improvement and I would have been genuinely impressed.
Just using a die shrink to simply bump up clock speeds by 50% does not impress me at all.
..TBH, I'm kind of hoping AMD will have a compelling alternative to tempt me with their Vega cards.
I hear you. I have SLI 970s, but due to VR SLI issues I've pre-ordered an EVGA 1080 FTW (£590)...when I see that something like The Witcher 3 will only give me 10% over my 970s, I keep thinking I should cancel my preorder.
The thing is, a 1080 will provide a far better VR experience than a single 970....
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Buy 2 x 480 and see how they perform for you, if they suck then sell em and buy a 1080
Erm no, I like AMD, in fact I am going with them on my daughters new build seeing as they present much better value for money.
However in nearly every situation on modern games Nvidia is favoured. I am not saying that is a good thing, in fact, it sucks since AMD can build powerful hardware for cheaper.
It's a fact, you can have a theoretically more powerful AMD card and it simply will not perform as well in games as a Nvidia card. I didn't even look around, but the first thing I googled gave me these two results.
390x vs 980 for example:
http://gpuboss.com/gpus/Radeon-R9-390X-vs-GeForce-GTX-980
Much higher spec, yet it still loses out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0YOdL4A0lg
I've seen the same trend in nearly every single game and benchmark I have seen.
And the console point is dumb, they use under powered old tech that would be destroyed three years before they were even released by PC hardware.
I have the same concerns as you guys, but TBH, my CV1 works very well with SLI.
The only games / demos I have had issues in is House of the Dying Sun, occasional stutter (works better with SLI off) and Assetto Corsa (unplayable with SLI due to weird ghosting).
Ethen Carter, Lucky's Tale, Eve, Elite, AltSpaceVR, and a ton of other demos and software all work and utilise SLI with no problem at all.
I'm still very tempted to pull the trigger on two 980TI AMP's for £740.
ANd that the danger of outdated reviews. The performance of the 390x has improved massively with drivers and is faster than the 980 in the majority of games and will increase further still in dx12 games.
That seems to be the biggest issue with AMD cards atm. They can sometimes take a year to really shine and show their true colours.
That's what annoys me, I am not a Nvidia fanboy by any means, like I said, I am switching to AMD on my daughters machine, because they tend to have more ram and better specs at a much better price point. But, the game engines and developers for whatever reason seem to favour Nvidia.
The 390x should have killed a 980 on paper when it came out, but it didn't, and I'm still not sure it does.
It doesn't make sense to me when the console games are using AMD tech, the ports should in theory be better with AMD hardware not Nvidia.
I personally think Nvidia are greedy and their products are over priced and over-hyped. But sadly, it IS the best choice for gaming.
My widescreen setup has been pretty trouble free the past three years using SLI with it. And even the CV1 was plug and play. Still run surround and the CV1 with SLI without any real issues. I doubt the same could ever have been said for Eyefinity and Xfire.
I'm not sure what will get it to change tbh but I hope it does, because it is giving Nvidia an excuse to essentially write their own cheques...