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Worth selling off 2 980s for future 980ti?

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See title. Money isnt object per se as it would be a reallocation of my watercooling budget, i just wonder if its worth it for 1440p and future VR/surround.

980 is in itself a beast.

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We don't know yet.

 

I'd guess no.

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No. It's just a waste of time for minimal performance increase, especially if going from SLI to Single card, you may lose performance.

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I would assume that two 980s would get more performance than one 980ti, so no I guess.

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See title. Money isnt object per se as it would be a reallocation of my watercooling budget, i just wonder if its worth it for 1440p and future VR/surround.

980 is in itself a beast.

Wait for the 980ti, and wait to see how DX12 rolls out. Supposedly with AMDs new methodology for dual-GPUs you'll be able to utilize VRAM from both cards and also get better xfire performance. You should be able to get benchmarks of the 980ti, and compare it to a benchmark of your current GPUs

 

Edit: Man I can't read today. I thought the title said 2 280s....

 

Wait and see. Get some benchmarks when the 980ti comes out, and benchmark your 980s

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i wouldnt, two 980's will probably have more performance compared to one 980ti

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Nah man. You'll end up with less performance than if you just ran the 980s in SLI

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I may have worded this wrong. The sale of my two 980s would help cover to cost for 2 980ti's. the rest of the money comes out of a seperate budget i have set aside for a summer project.

 

I just feel like my 980s are about to be rendered obsolete :<

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