Insulaventus

That explains a lot, thanks!

I'm confused as my gtx 970 uses 16 Lanes instead of 8 right now with my ethernet card installed in another PCIe slot

That was my concern, here's a photo of the mobo. i've plugged my ethernet card in the PCIEX16_3 slot.

Motherboard: https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/Z87A/ CPU: http://ark.intel.com/products/75123/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz Ethernet card: https://www.asus.com/no/Networking/PCEAC68/ I'm considering getting two Vega cards for crossfire, will my ethernet card make the video cards run in 4x PCIe lane mode?

I am planning to sell my rig this summer to buy a laptop for engineering school. Would it be more attractive with a 970 sli setup on a 1080p 144hz rig if you were a buyer? I also have a g-sync monitor so i might luck out on stuttering. I think i will get the 2nd 970 this wednesday if i can get the price a little lower.

I have a 1080p 144hz AOC G-sync monitor. I play VRAM heavy games like Ghost Recon: Wildlands, so that may be a pro to the 10xx series. So, it's either sell my 970 and go for a more expensive option with more performance, or get a little better performance for cheaper

Howdy! When i bought my MSI GTX 970 Gaming 4GB it cost around 535 CAD, i find used ones for sale around 235 CAD now. Would it be unwise to buy another used one for SLI or buy a GTX 1060 6GB instead, for 390 CAD and slightly less performance than 970 sli? GTX 970 SLI Firestrike score: 13355 Price: 235 CAD, for a used card GTX 1060 6GB Firestrike Score: 10561 Price: 390 CAD NEW Apart from pascal cards being good overclockers, are there any other features i would miss worth the extra money for the 1060?