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Pascal Titan v 980ti SLI

Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

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I've been trying to find some info via Google but most results seem to go into tri-SLI and Maxwell Titan benchmarks.

Would a Pascal Titan be a side grade at best if I already have SLI 980ti's? The resolution is 3440*1440 and I'm not planning to upgrade the monitor any time soon.

TIA.
 
It'll be an upgrade for sure. Not necessarily dramatic, but you will get the full benefit of being able to harness all the power from a single-card solution rather than the patchy half-baked support for SLI.
 
I've found SLI to be pretty good to be honest. I think what I'm needing is someone with 1440p Ultrawide to give me an idea of the FPS they hit with their Pascal Titan. Most of the benchmarks I'm seeing are for 2560*1440 or 4K.
 
africanos23 said:
I have never had problems on any new titles (and I buy nearly all of them) playing in SLI. I really don't understand what people do wrong..
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I've noticed that most of the comments about SLI not being well supported are generally coming from people who don't have SLI set ups, or people who have had them in the past and think SLI was the reason the likes of AC: BLack Flag didn't run well.
 
I think it's a user error (99% of the time), I was getting sub 40 FPS dips on BF1 (4K Ultra) with the new Nvidia drivers and Windows reinstalled and was like WTF.

I forgot to run the pci-e gen 2.0 to 3.0 patch on my X79 motherboard :D. Ran the tool and boom 60FPS rock solid with Vsync.

If you don't have the hardware to support SLI on 24+ PCI-E Lanes (x16+x8 PCi-E 3.0) or even better 32+ PCI-E 3.0 lanes (16+16 PCI-E 3.0) don't even try at higher resolutions IMHO.
 
A Pascal Titan is actually a small downgrade.

That is if SLI is working well in the games you play.

If you check the tables for Heaven 4 in the link below you can see my Pascal Titan and 980 Ti SLI results.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18487976&page=138

Having said that the Pascal Titan should give better minimums, will never run out of VRAM and does not have to rely on SLI support.
 
africanos23 said:
I think it's a user error (99% of the time), I was getting sub 40 FPS dips on BF1 (4K Ultra) with the new Nvidia drivers and Windows reinstalled and was like WTF.

I forgot to run the pci-e gen 2.0 to 3.0 patch on my X79 motherboard :D. Ran the tool and boom 60FPS rock solid with Vsync.

If you don't have the hardware to support SLI on 24+ PCI-E Lanes (x16+x8 PCi-E 3.0) or even better 32+ PCI-E 3.0 lanes (16+16 PCI-E 3.0) don't even try at higher resolutions IMHO.
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I manage with X8 PCI-E 3.0 on most of my cards.;)
 
Considering 980ti is around -10% to -30% to a 1080, and a 1080 is up to -30% to a Titan XP.

Two 980ti in SLI would yield better performance than a Titan XP. However you run into SLI issues, heat, energy consumption, game support, SLI niggles, etc.

Since you already have 980ti SLI, i'd say keep that. Im sure you're pushing max hz on that monitor anyway
 
To fully utilise a Titan P though you really need a water setup to cool it, that in itself is another £100+ minimum on top of the £1100 for a titan P card.
 
Generally speaking, probably a bit of a sidegrade imo BUT you won't get any SLi hassles. You have an X34 right? Perfect combo imo, or wait for the 1080Ti for a better choice of cooling etc :)
 
subbytna said:
To fully utilise a Titan P though you really need a water setup to cool it, that in itself is another £100+ minimum on top of the £1100 for a titan P card.
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Yea, I've got the set-up already so it would be another £120 for block and back plate.

I could reasonably clear £500 by selling my 2 980ti, so then it's £700 to get the Titan fitted including block.

Hmm

I just feel I could do with a little bit of extra oomph, but there's probably nothing available in a single card right now. Maybe I'm best waiting for a pair of 1080ti.
 
Kaapstad said:
A Pascal Titan is actually a small downgrade.

That is if SLI is working well in the games you play.

If you check the tables for Heaven 4 in the link below you can see my Pascal Titan and 980 Ti SLI results.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18487976&page=138

Having said that the Pascal Titan should give better minimums, will never run out of VRAM and does not have to rely on SLI support.
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Do you think a 3rd 980ti is a viable option? I've never gone past two cards, but I could squeeze a third one in there.
 
Freddie1980 said:
To be fair modern rendering techniques such as temporal displacement and voloumetric lighting have made sli/crossfire difficult to implement on any rendering path not just DX12.
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I prefer to be unfair.:D

There is no problem running 4 cards on a DX12 benchmark like Timespy which tests for all manor of rendering techniques.

Sadly the game devs seem unwilling or unable to do what Futuremark are able to.

Modern tech is supposed to make things better and easier to do, not reduce options and choice. I have older hardware that can run games better than any DX12 capable setup including 2 way Pascal Titan SLI, this is not how tech advancement is supposed to work.:)
 
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