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That plus you can step up to Classified or K1NGP1N edition down the road!

Very true - at least for some of the LTT community. You have an excellent gaming setup and will not be disappointed at any resolution.

don_svetlio will never admit he misspoke. This has been proven in multiple threads. Just move on. FE works fine.

Thank you for your reply. I'm going to test out the FE in SLI and return them if they don't work well.

I currently use reference 780 TIs in SLI and have had a great experience temperature wise in my Cooler Master Haf X. The top card hovers around 80 C with +100 MHz over clock on both cards. Early on, I had wanted to get dual-FEs because of my good experience. However, everyone on the forums has been talking about how terrible the thermals are with the new reference design. On the other hand, the CEO of Maingear has stated that in their testing, they have determined the FE to be the superior choice for SLI setups because it pulls air through the GPU to be vented outside of the case. He said the multi-fan designs work well for single card solutions but tend to heat up their entire systems in SLI leading to reduced performance. Therefore, they exclusively use the FE. Can any of you comment on SLI setups with non-blower style GPUs? I hear conflicting information (forums vs Custom PC builder) and want to make sure to get the best performing SLI setup.

I think a 1070 would be an excellent buy if you plan on using a 1080p TV for awhile. You could probably keep it for the next 3 years with no need to upgrade, running everything at max settings.

I've been playing Witcher 3 recently at 1440p with SLI 780 TI's and haven't had any issues. Maybe turn down a couple of settings - I am almost always over 60 fps and the game looks amazing. Then again, I don't set everything to max.

Is that an offer?

True, they perform slightly better than a 980 TI (stock) which will most likely be less than the 1070. However, many are being sold for over $200 on Ebay currently. Apparently, buyers aren't aware of the upcoming release. Anyways, I'd be willing to part with them for whatever I can get. They will still individually max out games at 1080p - it's not like they are useless.

I'm excited just because I've been waiting for a card that can give a sizeable performance upgrade from my dual 780 TI's. The hard part will be selling them - I'm thinking $200 a piece.

Definitely. After watching the livestream, the 1080 looks to be geared toward VR especially.

+1

So according to the livestream, the 1080 is faster than both 980 SLI and the Titan X. Pretty impressive.. wondering what the price tag will look like.

I think a good "console killer" gpu would be the GTX 750 TI. It should put out >30 fps at 1080p and perform noticeably better than PS4. For a budget console killer PC, I like the Intel Pentium G3258 Anniversary edition (CPU), H81 motherboard, GTX 750 TI (GPU), 8 GB RAM, and inexpensive case. This would get you decent performance at 1080p and give you room to upgrade for <$400 (not including windows license).

I'm still using 780 TI's with 3 GB VRAM and have never had any issues at 1440p. I play most AAA titles (Shadow of Mordor included).