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The two 980Tis...

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2x 980ti

 

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The two 980Tis...

2x 980ti

1 or 2x GTX 980ti.

How do you guys know that he should do that?

You don't even know what he is using them for...

 

 

 

 

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How do you guys know that he should do that?

You don't even know what he is using them for...

 

 

give me a scenario where you wouldn't with the provided options, other than maybe AMD specific video editing which I suspect would have been mentioned if that was the issue

 

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no wonder non-techie people keep saying AMD is trash when they compare two cards like this... they aren't even made to compete...

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How do you guys know that he should do that?

You don't even know what he is using them for...

1. R9 390X is a waist of money (3-6 FPS difference compared to the R9 390).

2. The R9 Fury is better than the GTX 980.

3. It's always better to get one powerfull card than two lower cards.

4. Because GTX 980ti is better than the 980 and R9 Fury it's better to get 1 or 2 of those.

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give me a scenario where you wouldn't with the provided options, other than video editing which I suspect would have been mentioned if that was the issue

 

I don't understand your question.

He is asking if he should use two 980Tis or two 390Xs, but if he just plays games at 1080 I wouldn't use SLI/Crossfire at all.

For 1440p gaming I would use a single 980Ti.

SLI and Crossfire is pretty useless for photo and video editing afaik.

The only point of having two graphics cards imo are aesthetics and 4K gaming (or 1440p on a high refresh rate // UWQHD gaming)

 

 

 

 

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no wonder non-techie people keep saying AMD is trash when they compare two cards like this... they aren't even made to compete...

R9 380 = better than GTX 960.

R9 390 = better than GTX 970.

​R9 Fury = better than GTX 980.

R9 Fury X = a tie compared with the GTX 980ti. (Depends on which games you play).

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1. R9 390X is a waist of money (3-6 FPS difference compared to the R9 390).

2. The R9 Fury is better than the GTX 980.

3. It's always better to get one powerfull card than two lower cards.

4. Because GTX 980ti is better than the 980 and R9 Fury it's better to get 1 or 2 of those.

Why are you telling me that?  :huh:

 

 

 

 

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I don't understand your question.

He is asking if he should use two 980Tis or two 390Xs, but if he just plays games at 1080 I wouldn't use SLI/Crossfire at all.

For 1440p gaming I would use a single 980Ti.

SLI and Crossfire is pretty useless for photo and video editing afaik.

The only point of having two graphics cards imo are aesthetics and 4K gaming (or 1440p on a high refresh rate // UWQHD gaming)

1x GTX 980ti for 1440p ultra gaming.

Minimum of 2x GTX 980ti for 4K (decent resolution) gaming.

​3+ GTX 980ti's for 4K high settings gaming.

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1. R9 390X is a waist of money (3-6 FPS difference compared to the R9 390).

2. The R9 Fury is better than the GTX 980.

3. It's always better to get one powerfull card than two lower cards.

4. Because GTX 980ti is better than the 980 and R9 Fury it's better to get 1 or 2 of those.

Oh!! What about the FurriesX I mean FuryX?

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I don't understand your question.

He is asking if he should use two 980Tis or two 390Xs, but if he just plays games at 1080 I wouldn't use SLI/Crossfire at all.

For 1440p gaming I would use a single 980Ti.

SLI and Crossfire is pretty useless for photo and video editing afaik.

The only point of having two graphics cards imo are aesthetics and 4K gaming (or 1440p on a high refresh rate // UWQHD gaming)

 

 

Out of the options given what is the correct answer? We can surmise all we want, he may have his whole rig set up and narrowed it down to those 2 options. 

 

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Why are you telling me that?  :huh:

Like you said. it's useless to get SLI/CF configuration for editing. I said that the R9 390X is a waist of money because in gaming there is a 3-6FPS difference between the R9 390 and not worth the extra $100. the R9 Fury is better than the R9 390X (ofc). I also said its better to get 1 higher end card than two lower ends, which means he shouldn't get the 2x R9 390X but 1 GTX 980ti or 2.

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Out of the options given what is the correct answer? We can surmise all we want, he may have his whole rig set up and narrowed it down to those 2 options.

 

Stop surmising and just ask him?  ^_^ 

Look, I don't care about OP's choice, but if you want to help him, which I assume because you recommended two GTX 980Tis, then you should also try to get some more information about his use case.

Like you said. it's useless to get SLI/CF configuration for editing. I said that the R9 390X is a waist of money because in gaming there is a 3-6FPS difference between the R9 390 and not worth the extra $100. the R9 Fury is better than the R9 390X (ofc). I also said its better to get 1 higher end card than two lower ends, which means he shouldn't get the 2x R9 390X but 1 GTX 980ti or 2.

I know and that's fine, but do you want to help me or OP?

Wouldn't it make more sense to quote OP?

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