2x r9 270 vs 1x gtx 970

[Zach's Tech Tips]

Hey linus community i was just wondering if you know of any benchmarks with the use of 2x r9 270's and a gtx 970 at ultra 1080p. 

 

In your opinion which do you think is better 

 

Thanks

 

Zach

[zlolslavez]

gtx 970

[thatguyyouknow75]

970 is better, always go for the single best gpu in your budget. upgrading will be easier later on too

[MLGNOSCOPEHEADSHOTGETREKT]

Dual 270

[UltraNeonGaming]

Hey linus community i was just wondering if you know of any benchmarks with the use of 2x r9 270's and a gtx 970 at ultra 1080p. 

 

In your opinion which do you think is better 

 

Thanks

 

Zach

Nvidia GeForce GTX Nine Seventy - Powered by Nvidia's maxwell architecture.

970 is better, by a LOT.

[AlexWJD]

Pretty sure 1 970 will beat 2 270's

[thekeemo]

Or save some money and get a 290x which beats the dualies and the 970 in pure powuuhhh

[Najuno]

I´d go for the GTX970. A powerful single GPU is always better than 2 slow GPUs in CF or SLI.

[Overkilled]

Or save some money and get a 290x which beats the dualies and the 970 in pure powuuhhh

I thought you weren't aloud that as your profile picture

[Frankie]

Or save some money and get a 290x which beats the dualies and the 970 in pure powuuhhh

 

290x beats 970 by little bit in 4K, in a 1080 nope. Also temperatures and power consumption is better in both terms on 970.

[thekeemo]

290x beats 970 by little bit in 4K, in a 1080 nope. Also temperatures and power consumption is better in both terms on 970.

 in gaming at 1080p they are equal in rendering and opencl the 290x wrecks face 

I thought you weren't aloud that as your profile picture

April fools excwption

[Aniallation]

Hey linus community i was just wondering if you know of any benchmarks with the use of 2x r9 270's and a gtx 970 at ultra 1080p. 

As much as Nvidia fanboys will tell you otherwise, two R9 270 will outperform a 970 in games properly optimized for CrossFire, and given that 2GB of VRAM is not a bottleneck

 

[Aniallation]

290x beats 970 by little bit in 4K, in a 1080 nope. Also temperatures and power consumption is better in both terms on 970.

1% average difference at 1080, you won't notice the difference

 

[Frankie]

1% average difference at 1080, you won't notice the difference

 

I worded it badly with the ''nope'' what I meant is that on a 1080p the 970 is no brainer. Runs cooler, uses less electricity and almost all of the models have the ''0db feature'' If you can find cheap r9 290x somewhere, yes, it's a good option. If at the same price 970 hands down.

[ErickS89]

 in gaming at 1080p they are equal in rendering and opencl the 290x wrecks face April fools excwption

At least state that in the profile...

Just get a single 980 and call it a day.

[thekeemo]

I worded it badly with the ''nope'' what I meant is that on a 1080p the 970 is no brainer. Runs cooler, uses less electricity and almost all of the models have the ''0db feature'' If you can find cheap r9 290x somewhere, yes, it's a good option. If at the same price 970 hands down.

100% but they are anywhere from $50 to $70 cheaper

[Frankie]

100% but they are anywhere from $50 to $70 cheaper

 

In my country there is almost 0 difference. Depends on the luck/country. Sometimes it's hard to answer these questions on a international forum.

[mr moose]

I would get the 970, once you get two 270's you have no where to go, at least with one 970 you have the option of adding another later.

 

You also need to consider the mobo as well, a SLI mobo will be more expensive however a non crossfire board will be cheaper.

[incarnate]

honestly even if the performance is similar i'd still recommend a single gpu. reasons are:

 

1) You don't have to worry about crossfire/sli support (something that is often missing day one)

2) You don't have to worry about poor crossfire/sli support

3) CF/SLI scaling varies from game to game

4) You're using up more power and putting out more heat

 

The only time I'd recommend multi gpu setups is if you can't do it on a single card, for example, multi monitor 4k gaming (extreme example but the titan x is pretty decent at 4k on a single card....) or for maxing out games at 1440p @ 144 fps.

 

CF/SLI mid range cards makes next to no sense UNLESS you only have 150 to 200 to spend and already have one of the cards. Then I kinda get it but i still don't recommend it.