980Ti SLI or wait for Titan Pascal SLI

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:24

Hi all currently I'm about to move my current Micro ATX System from its Phenom case into a Air 240 and swapping from a Freezer 13 Air Cooler to a Corsair H100i Water Cooler set up. Upgrading to a P2 850W or P2 1000W PSU as well not sure which yet.

Decided as I was moving my case that it was time to evaluate my graphics card set up as well. I would be buying reference design cards but not sure which is going be best to go for long term playability. I will be picking up a IPS 1440p G Sync Monitor soon as well so need upgrade my current set up if I want play on high settings on demanding games.

Pretty sure my CPU Motherboard and RAM are still good but willing hear out about that as well. I kind of cheaped out when I first built so fixing that now.

Current system
I7 4790K
MSI Z97M Gaming Motherboard
16GB DDR3 RAM 4 sticks of 4GB
512 GB M.2 SSD
1TB HDD

muziqaz · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:35

enapace said:
Hi all currently I'm about to move my current Micro ATX System from its Phenom case into a Air 240 and swapping from a Freezer 13 Air Cooler to a Corsair H100i Water Cooler set up. Upgrading to a P2 850W or P2 1000W PSU as well not sure which yet.

Decided as I was moving my case that it was time to evaluate my graphics card set up as well. I would be buying reference design cards but not sure which is going be best to go for long term playability. I will be picking up a IPS 1440p G Sync Monitor soon as well so need upgrade my current set up if I want play on high settings on demanding games.

Pretty sure my CPU Motherboard and RAM are still good but willing hear out about that as well. I kind of cheaped out when I first built so fixing that now.

Current system
I7 4790K
MSI Z97M Gaming Motherboard
16GB DDR3 RAM 4 sticks of 4GB
512 GB M.2 SSD
1TB HDD

Titan Pascals will be 2017 product, with prices set quite high. So it will be long wait.

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:36

muziqaz said:
Titan Pascals will be 2017 product, with prices set quite high. So it will be long wait.

I thought they were coming out this year ? All the rumours seem be saying Q2/3 why you think 2017?

muziqaz · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:38

enapace said:
I thought they were coming out this year ? All the rumours seem be saying Q2/3 why you think 2017?

rumours are just rumours made up by people who have no clue how 14/16nm FF work

you will see pascal this year, but it will be small dies. Those 17Bn transistors will not gonna happen this year

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:40

muziqaz said:
rumours are just rumours made up by people who have no clue how 14/16nm FF work
you will see pascal this year, but it will be small dies. Those 17Bn transistors will not gonna happen this year

I thought the big clue it was coming this year was the Nvidia roadmap which linked the GP100 for this year?

So your advice would be to get a pair if 980Ti and not wait for the Titan Pascals?

Kaapstad · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:46

enapace said:
I thought the big clue it was coming this year was the Nvidia roadmap which linked the GP100 for this year?

So your advice would be to get a pair if 980Ti and not wait for the Titan Pascals?

Titan Pascals will mostly likely be 2017 and cost around £2000 for a pair.

GTX 980 Ti SLI you can have now for just over £1000.

muziqaz · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:47

enapace said:
I thought the big clue it was coming this year was the Nvidia roadmap which linked the GP100 for this year?

So your advice would be to get a pair if 980Ti and not wait for the Titan Pascals?

Which road map is it?

The thing is, if your current GPU is still decent to tide you over to fall, or early winter, you should be able to get yourself gtx980 pascal replacement. I am sure those will have quite a punch compared even to titan x. But knowing nvidia and process economics, they might price it out of this world, which still applies to pascal titans.
My advice would be stick to whatever you have now, and wait for gtx 1080 or whatever they gonna call it.

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:54

Kaapstad said:
Titan Pascals will mostly likely be 2017 and cost around £2000 for a pair.

GTX 980 Ti SLI you can have now for just over £1000.

Would 980 Ti be a good gaming experience at 1440p? Been waiting for the IPS G Syncs to come out and now they are I think it's time for me move from 1080p.

muziqaz said:
Which road map is it? The thing is, if your current GPU is still decent to tide you over to fall, or early winter, you should be able to get yourself gtx980 pascal replacement. I am sure those will have quite a punch compared even to titan x. But knowing nvidia and process economics, they might price it out of this world, which still applies to pascal titans.
My advice would be stick to whatever you have now, and wait for gtx 1080 or whatever they gonna call it.

Can't find it at present sadly saw week or so ago. My card is decent enough for 1080p but not really for 1440p which I want to move up to.

muziqaz · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:56

Single 980ti would be fine for 1440p

badbiddy · 26 Feb 2016 at 09:57

I use a single 980Ti at 1440 with 144hz and it copes fine. Some games drop below 100fps (and I haven't played anything released in the last 3 months) but everything looks super sweet.

As you might expect from £500 worth of GPU!

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 10:01

Is 980Ti SLI more for 4K then ? I know the 4K G Syncs are about same sort of price as the 1440P ones?

If I was going for SLI what wattage PSU should I be looking at?

Always heard 1440P was sweet zone for gaming at moment.

Maybe I'm going a bit overboard considering a 980Ti SLI set up.

Assume these would be best get if I'm doing a SLI Micro ATX build

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...ddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-212-ok.html

HazardO · 26 Feb 2016 at 10:16

muziqaz said:
Single 980ti would be fine for 1440p

^This. No need for 2 at that resolution.

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 10:18

HazardO said:
^This. No need for 2 at that resolution.

Not even worth it for longevity purposes ? So that I don't need upgrade again in a year or two years time?

I am listening to you guys I've just heard others say 980Ti SLI is sweet spot if you want build a gaming system that will last.

I didn't even really consider 4K maybe I should have. So what we are saying if I want do 4K 980Ti SLI but for 1440P just a single 980Ti.

Radox-0 · 26 Feb 2016 at 10:28

enapace said:
Not even worth it for longevity purposes ? So that I don't need upgrade again in a year or two years time?

I am listening to you guys I've just heard others say 980Ti SLI is sweet spot if you want build a gaming system that will last.

I didn't even really consider 4K maybe I should have. So what we are saying if I want do 4K 980Ti SLI but for 1440P just a single 980Ti.

Everyone says something different

My two cents. Have the ability to add a second in terms of PSU and if for any reason you find single card performance insufficient add a second. May be by the time you plan on adding a second Pascal may have rolled around so you can check alternatives / pick up a cheaper card.

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 10:30

Radox-0 said:
Everyone says something different My two cents. Have the ability to add a second in terms of PSU and if for any reason you find single card performance insufficient add a second. May be by the time you plan on adding a second Pascal may have rolled around so you can check alternatives / pick up a cheaper card.

What size PSU would you recommend if I did want to leave myself room for SLI? I've been looking at EVGA G2/P2 850W/1000W.

Hopefully heat isn't to much of a problem if I do decide go SLI in the Air 240 case I've seen other Micro ATX SLI builds in one.

Smffy · 26 Feb 2016 at 11:51

enapace said:
What size PSU would you recommend if I did want to leave myself room for SLI? I've been looking at EVGA G2/P2 850W/1000W.

Hopefully heat isn't to much of a problem if I do decide go SLI in the Air 240 case I've seen other Micro ATX SLI builds in one.

Price difference is small between 850-1000 I would go 1000. Two 980Ti you are looking at a about 250w per card, 1000 is probably a bit much but its more future proof should you get something else in that needs more.

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 11:53

Well I'm looking at a Acer Predator X34 monitor so if you guys think I will be fine running that with one 980Ti then I will get one and a 1000W PSU to be safe for future.

Wrinkly · 26 Feb 2016 at 11:59

I am another happy customer using one 980Ti at 1440p. Definitely go IPS over TN.

Gregster · 26 Feb 2016 at 12:00

Nice monitor and whilst a single 980Ti will do well, in some modern AAA titles, you will have to drop settings but speaking from experience, I would rather lower AA than use SLI again in its current form.

enapace · 26 Feb 2016 at 12:12

Gregster said:
Nice monitor and whilst a single 980Ti will do well, in some modern AAA titles, you will have to drop settings but speaking from experience, I would rather lower AA than use SLI again in its current form.

Is there something wrong with SLI?