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This is not necessarily true. A 120 or 144Hz 1080p monitor would require more than a 980 in some games. For 60Hz 1080p, a 970 is probably fine.

I think the pricing in the UK is silly. There is almost no point in getting a 980 because the 780ti is way cheaper and only a bit more expensive than the 970. Nvidia need to sort their pricing out.

If you're buying an ROG Swift, I'd recommend a 980. This is because the monitor can run at 120Hz and it's so much nicer than 60Hz in my opinion. A 970 wont be able to run 120fps at 2k, mind you, neither will a 980 at ultra settings in new games, but it should be noticeably better than a 970. It depends whether you want to run at 120Hz or not.

I prefer to choose what to install. I don't want it installing any bing crap

Yeah... I would say Nvidia performs better with multi GPU setups. They are both pretty similar now.

Just in case anyone also had this issue, I solved the problem by choosing to keep just personal files. Then once it allows you to install, click back and choose keep personal files and applications. Then it let me update and keep all of my applications.

Hi guys, I have decided to upgrade to windows 8 (and then 8.1) from windows 7 due to a recent memory upgrade (I can only use 16GB on home premium). First, I was told to uninstall Intel Network Connections. Some hours later, I managed to uninstall it after some work in the registry editor... I thought I was good to go, but no. Now I need to uninstall 'Intel Wired Proset for windows'. This application doesn't seem to exist on my system and should have been uninstalled with Intel Network Connections. I fiddled around in regedit for a bit longer, but I can't fix this issue. Has anyone ever had this issue and solved it? All of the guides I have seen don't help. Thanks

I completely agree with this. I notice a drop from 144 fps down to 100 fps fairly easily. I find it very hard to play on 60Hz monitors now. It hurts my eyes running at lower frame rates now. Try a 144Hz monitor if you can. It is sooooooooooooooo smooth and makes a big difference to precision and reaction times in games (for me).

While the scaling is no where near as good with 3 cards compared to 2, you may want the extra GPU power for something. Go with two, and if you want more power, get a third. I doubt you'll want the third one.

When you SLI graphics cards the memory is shared. It does NOT add up. So two titan blacks will still have 6GB of vram effectively.

SLI didn't have as many problems as CF, the main issue with CF was that it had very bad microstuttering. I believe this is fixed now and they are pretty similar. However, I would say that SLI is still more reliable than CF, I think nvidia have always been better at multi gpu solutions. I have never had any issues with my SLI setup, but I have never had a CF setup so I can't compare them from experience.

See if you can try 120/144Hz monitors. I prefer them to 1440p monitors because they are so smooooooooooooooooooth Most people don't seem to care for higher refresh rate monitors, but it's still worth trying one.

I have two way GTX 670 SLI and it is great. It scales very well in most games and I have never noticed any microstuttering. I play at 1080p with a 144Hz monitor, so I want an FPS of around 120 while keeping the graphics as high as I can. This is more demanding than 1440p at 60Hz I believe and I'm noticing that my 670s are running out of grunt with some current games on ultra. One important this to note, I would only ever SLI/crossfire the top two/three cards offered by a company, e.g GTX 770, 780 or 780ti. In almost every case it is much better to buy the best single card you can and then SLI it later. In my case, buying a 670 was much cheaper than a 680 and the performance difference was incredibly small, especially when the 670 was overclocked. The only time I'd recommend SLI/crossfire configurations of lower end cards is if you will never be able to afford one high end card. This is because two low/middle end cards will outperform one high end card in most cases.

400 for everything. Makes me so much more precise in games, took a bit of time to get used to, but ti's well worth it.