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Even on games that take full advantage of SLI, the 1070's will only be slightly faster than the Ti at the expense of more heat, more power and of course many games not scaling at all. Go 1080 Ti.

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I'll probably be throwing together a build soon, but I'm not sure what to do for graphics. 2 1070's in SLI or a 1080ti??

 

Edit:This will be for gaming

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1080ti, single more powerful card is always ideal.

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Just now, jasonc_01 said:

1080ti, single more powerful card is always ideal.

More powerful in what sense. 

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Single 1080ti unless most of your games do support SLI. (but then again, I would suggest 1080ti still, then get another if you need it... It's what I did... Sold my 1070 instead of getting another but ended up buying 2 1080ti's)

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Just now, DasBassDropz said:

More powerful in what sense. 

The literal sence. A 1080ti is more powerful than a 1070 and sli support and scaling is not always there. So if you have the means the single more powerful card is better than 2 less powerful cards in sli.

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1 minute ago, BSpendlove said:

Single 1080ti unless most of your games do support SLI. (but then again, I would suggest 1080ti still, then get another if you need it... It's what I did... Sold my 1070 instead of getting another but ended up buying 2 1080ti's)

 

Oh god...what kind of power would two 1080ti's have??

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Just now, jasonc_01 said:

The literal sence. A 1080ti is more powerful than a 1070 and sli support and scaling is not always there. So if you have the means the single more powerful card is better than 2 less powerful cards in sli.

 

Makes sense

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1080ti obviously, save money on motherboard and PSU and get the best experience everywhere, SLI are always hit and miss, can work really well as much as really bad.

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Just now, DasBassDropz said:

Oh god...what kind of power would two 1080ti's have??

Depends on the game... Not very impressed with a very few games, but I'm lucky most of my fav games work lol

I'm going to put a link to my PC specs which actually aren't my PC specs and I cry myself to sleep everyday so I can have these PC specs but I can't afford these PC specs so PC specs PC specs PC specs PC specs PC specs PC specs.

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Just now, BSpendlove said:

Depends on the game... Not very impressed with a very few games, but I'm lucky most of my fav games work lol

Not even for games. What power would it have in general...

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Just now, DasBassDropz said:

Not even for games. What power would it have in general...

Pftttt, I don't know the full potential... I just get home from work wanting to play a game haha

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Sli If u already have 1 

1080ti if not 

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2 1070s will be more powerful, but also a lot more problematic. A single 1080 Ti is overall a better solution.

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12 minutes ago, DasBassDropz said:

Oh god...what kind of power would two 1080ti's have??

Probably at least 500 watts, though depending on the model and whether or not you overclock it could probably go up to 600 or even 700 watts. /s

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Just now, DocSwag said:

Probably at least 500 watts, though depending on the model and whether or not you overclock it could probably go up to 600 or even 700 watts. /s

 

haha I didn't mean how much power it would use...like how much processing (for lack of a better term) power it would have

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1 minute ago, DasBassDropz said:

haha I didn't mean how much power it would use...like how much processing (for lack of a better term) power it would have

lol I know hence the /s

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Do you have a 1070?

- Yes: Get another 1070.

- No: Get the 1080ti or wait for Vega (it should not be that long but q2 2017 ends on June 30th 2017 so could be a few months) 

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definitely 1080 ti, I'd even go so far as to say you get one of the more exotic models like the ASUS Poseidon etc.  Check this list to see the varieties of 1080 ti's with crazy/cool cooling solutions

 

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15 hours ago, Damascus said:

definitely 1080 ti, I'd even go so far as to say you get one of the more exotic models like the ASUS Poseidon etc.  Check this list to see the varieties of 1080 ti's with crazy/cool cooling solutions

 

 

I was just thinking of getting the founders edition

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3 hours ago, DasBassDropz said:

I was just thinking of getting the founders edition

For the best cooling (and performance!) I strongly recommend the MSI seahawk X.  No need for a custom loop and it will be a lot more powerful than a founders.  If not that get one of the three fan options like the FTW3 or ASUS STRIX.  You really don't want founders on such a hot card

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Even on games that take full advantage of SLI, the 1070's will only be slightly faster than the Ti at the expense of more heat, more power and of course many games not scaling at all. Go 1080 Ti.

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