SLI 980Ti?

[jwilliamson47]

Hi everyone,

I was just interested to hear from people who went from a single 980Ti to an SLI setup. Considering it for 3440x1440, but might just upgrade when Pascal arrives.

 

[Hedge]

SLI they will be great for that resolution but I can't help think you would be best waiting for pascal in the new year. They may prove to be an even faster single card solution.

 

[jwilliamson47]

SLI they will be great for that resolution but I can't help think you would be best waiting for pascal in the new year. They may prove to be an even faster single card solution.

Yeah, I think waiting might just be the best idea.

 

[whyscotty]

Yeah, I think waiting IS the best idea.

 

[rtho782]

I bought my 980s on release, so before 980ti and Titan X were out.

Honestly, I'd have been fine with just one I think. You have a few more pixels than me (2560x1440 144hz) but a ti so 50% more GPU than a single 980. I assume you're limited to 60hz anyway...

Overclock your ti some and wait for pascal.

 

[Mayh3M]

Hi everyone,

I was just interested to hear from people who went from a single 980Ti to an SLI setup. Considering it for 3440x1440, but might just upgrade when Pascal arrives.

This is the exact setup I run.

As you'll know yourself, you can't really run modern games at ultra with a single 980 Ti at this resolution. A second one enables you to run pretty much every game on ultra + sophisticated AA though.

I run Witcher 3 fully maxed out for example, except I disable the anti-aliasing and use SMAA from my SweetFX profile. With a single 980 Ti you simply cannot use Hairworks.

For games like MGS which are really well optimised, I use 4k DSR (5160x2160) and the difference in that particular game is substantial.

As others have said though, if Pascal is coming out soon, then you should wait. But based on what I've read, the first ones aren't coming until mid 2016, and they certainly won't be close to matching two 980 Tis. I can see the 'big' Pascals being special though, but I'm almost certain they won't arrive until the end of next year.

 

[Insanties_birth]

SLI means either spending big and selling shortly after (losing quite a bit of value on both cards) but single cards means you can just sell your old one when it's still relatively worth something (as you can do this with SLI but lose twice as much of course) and then get the new card.

Money wise it seems the single card is usually best and if you're buying high end cards then the stability of a single card should be good enough on 1440p. It's only really 4k you're going to be having to worry about SLI too often. For me Pascal looks like it'd be reasonable enough.