Who's happy with single gpu performance?

Disco_P · 26 Sep 2016 at 19:53

The performance.

They just casually got 100FPS in things like Mirror's Edge Catalyst and BF1 at 1440p. Powerful to the point that my 3570K started to seriously hold back performance in a noticeable way.

subbytna · 26 Sep 2016 at 20:05

N19h7m4r3 said:
After having SLI 980Ti's since they came out until 3 months ago, I must say I'm enjoying a single GPU with an adaptive sync monitor significantly more than I did SLI.

Sure I cannot much as much FPS as I use to, but in the majority of games there is no little stutter anymore, and with FreeSync things have been fantastic.

I'd honestly stay with a single top GPU in the future from now on again.

You went from sli 980ti to a fury x? Surely that's a massive drop in performance?

N19h7m4r3 · 26 Sep 2016 at 20:09

subbytna said:
You went from sli 980ti to a fury x? Surely that's a massive drop in performance?

Hardly, the FX is very similar to a 980Ti at the moment, and beats it in the DX12 games I play.

blasterbolt · 26 Sep 2016 at 20:25

I went from 2 980 water cooled in sli on a good oc to a pascal titan and the difference is bloody amazing! Single gpu all the ways for me

Tommy_Here · 26 Sep 2016 at 20:27

I have a single 980 Ti had 970s SLI before hand, 980 Ti wins 90% of the performance with a good overclock and it runs through every game I throw at it and it has a good crack at 4k! next GPU will be 1080 Ti

bakes0310 · 26 Sep 2016 at 20:44

Thank for all the posts guys, looks like i wont have to worry about going single card.

mattius1989 · 26 Sep 2016 at 20:59

Moved from two 970s to a single 1080 for 1440 and I'm very happy with the performance.

Griffildur · 26 Sep 2016 at 22:10

bakes0310 said:
Thank for all the posts guys, looks like i wont have to worry about going single card.

nah, performance wise, nothing to worry about. Price wise, maybe

Brazo · 26 Sep 2016 at 22:13

A single 1080 which is more than enough for a 1440p screen and a 1060 which is comfortable for a 1080p telly.

That said games like GTA V reduce the 1080 to a quivering mess at the right (wrong settings) even at 1080p

subbytna · 27 Sep 2016 at 00:16

N19h7m4r3 said:
Hardly, the FX is very similar to a 980Ti at the moment, and beats it in the DX12 games I play.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1513?vs=1445

That's SLI 980s (not even Ti) and it whips a FuryX

SLI 980Ti's to a single Fury X IS a big drop...unless I'm reading your post wrong.

Combat Fighter · 27 Sep 2016 at 07:45

Yes very happy.

Last time I had 2 gpu's that was Radeon HD 7970's.

Since then, 980, 980Ti, TXP.

Greebo · 27 Sep 2016 at 08:43

Having gone from two 290x with all the times xfire didnt work to a single Titan, I am ecstatic

IvanDobskey · 27 Sep 2016 at 08:53

Sli is too much hassle in my book. Too many games take too long to support and optimise sli support.

Then you have the heat and power consumption and microstutter to worry about.

I always stick with the best single card I'm prepared to pay for. My current 1070 has blinding performance at 1440p, plenty enough for me.

HRL · 27 Sep 2016 at 09:46

Happy enough for now with my single 480 for 1080p gaming.

Will be sitting things out for a while until either the 1080Ti drops or an AMD "equivalent", then getting the best bang for buck 4K performer that I can afford.

Interested to see if the mGPU support for DX12 ever becomes popular though.

Metalface Mark · 27 Sep 2016 at 10:04

I game on a 980ti and 3440x1440 at 100hz - still pretty much max out everything.

pastymuncher · 27 Sep 2016 at 10:25

I have a single 1070 and bought it with the intention of upgrading to a 2560x1440 G-sync monitor this side of Christmas. At the moment it's powering a 1920x1200 monitor and laughing at everything I throw at it. With that in mind plus the fact this card is extremely power efficient yes, I am very happy with a single card. In all honesty I would probably never go with a dual card setup and would always favour a good single card setup instead.

N19h7m4r3 · 27 Sep 2016 at 10:30

subbytna said:
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1513?vs=1445

That's SLI 980s (not even Ti) and it whips a FuryX

SLI 980Ti's to a single Fury X IS a big drop...unless I'm reading your post wrong.

You are; SLI doesn't work in DX12, and the drivers were riddled with bugs, and stuttery gameplay.

You need only search my name in the NVIDIA driver thread for my issues; especially related to Adobe Software and crashes caused by it.

Single 980Ti and FX are essentially the same in the games I play, and in Doom, and DX12 games I play, the FX is better. Add in my FreeSync monitor and it's delight.

Easily a better experience than SLI was for me the past year; despite pushing less FPS in general.

I also sold off my 980Tis just before the 1080/70 annoucement and made back a decent amount.

In the future I'll be sticking with a singular powerful GPU, whether that's Vega or Volta; we'll see.

Nevakonaza · 27 Sep 2016 at 10:33

I've never had a Dual card setup,Im still happy with my GTX 970s performance.

970s are getting cheaper and cheaper second hand now,might eventually pick up an additional 970 and try SLI out,Although il see what sort of performance this brings me and what power usage is like..if i dont like it then maybe a GTX 1080 or AMD equiv single card.

JediFragger · 27 Sep 2016 at 10:34

N19h7m4r3 said:
You are; SLI doesn't work in DX12

mattup · 27 Sep 2016 at 10:43

Just swapped from SLI 780 Classified hydro coppers to a single 1080 Sea Hawk ek and the performance is better, my loop runs cooler and my electric bill might be a few pounds cheaper.

Matt