To SLI or Not

[KayTees]

So after coming home from work, I found a brand new sealed EVGA GTX 970, identical to the one I'm using ATM on my desk. 12-Year old brother bought it as a way of saying thanks for giving him a rig free of charge. I was planning to SLI anyways but now that I have the card, I'm thinking, should I actually SLI? My main reason to even SLI in the first place was #1, I like to waste money on PC Parts, #2, Tell people your running 2 GPUs, 3#, performance increase, my main concern is, I'm currently gaming on a Samsung S20D300 and also running another 17 inch POS Acer monitor, I mainly play CS:GO, League of Legends most of the time since GTA 5 isn't out yet. Will I even use both 970s to it's advantage? 

[dragoon20005]

use the GTX970

 

get a 1440P monitor

 

 

 

Profit

[Swndlr]

never waste money, idc how much of it you got.

do what the bro above me said, one 970 will drive 1440p well.

[Zach's Tech Tips]

I agree with @dragoon20005

[KayTees]

use the GTX970

 

get a 1440P monitor

 

 

 

Profit

Looking at these atm, gonna retire the Acer screen and use the Samsung one as secondary.

 

http://www.ncix.com/detail/asus-ve247h-23-6in-widescreen-led-b6-57310-1315.htm

 

http://www.ncix.com/detail/benq-rl2455hm-24in-widescreen-1920x1080-e6-81358-1315.htm

 

never waste money, idc how much of it you got.

do what the bro above me said, one 970 will drive 1440p well.

Maybe kinda off topic but I don't know much about monitors, I was impulsive when I got the Samsung one, but sometimes when I go to NCIX to grab parts, I'm looking at the Razer Blade and the screen just looks so damn good and clear. Any idea if any of those will look like the screen of the Razer Blade?

[dadasmithywinkle]

So after coming home from work, I found a brand new sealed EVGA GTX 970, identical to the one I'm using ATM on my desk. 12-Year old brother bought it as a way of saying thanks for giving him a rig free of charge. I was planning to SLI anyways but now that I have the card, I'm thinking, should I actually SLI? My main reason to even SLI in the first place was #1, I like to waste money on PC Parts, #2, Tell people your running 2 GPUs, 3#, performance increase, my main concern is, I'm currently gaming on a Samsung S20D300 and also running another 17 inch POS Acer monitor, I mainly play CS:GO, League of Legends most of the time since GTA 5 isn't out yet. Will I even use both 970s to it's advantage? 

I'm in it for the same reasons that you are. That's why I upgraded from a 4790K with two 780's to a 5820K with two 970's . If you want to, why the hell not?

[han_han08]

So after coming home from work, I found a brand new sealed EVGA GTX 970, identical to the one I'm using ATM on my desk. 12-Year old brother bought it as a way of saying thanks for giving him a rig free of charge. I was planning to SLI anyways but now that I have the card, I'm thinking, should I actually SLI? My main reason to even SLI in the first place was #1, I like to waste money on PC Parts, #2, Tell people your running 2 GPUs, 3#, performance increase, my main concern is, I'm currently gaming on a Samsung S20D300 and also running another 17 inch POS Acer monitor, I mainly play CS:GO, League of Legends most of the time since GTA 5 isn't out yet. Will I even use both 970s to it's advantage? 

 

you're thinking of selling it?lol

bragging rights for you, man

[Fgtfv567]

It's a free card, might as well shove it in there and get some MAONSTAR FPS BOOOOSTS!!

[KayTees]

you're thinking of selling it?lol

bragging rights for you, man

Yep bragging rights for sure, I mean, how great is that? Meet someone irl, they ask u what games I play, go completely off topic and tell em, i5 4690K overclocked to 5GHz and GTX 970 Superclocked in SLI, almost 500$ just to say you have a SLI config is fukin awesome. Not thinking of selling it though as he got it today, it really is a waste if the cards are being bottlenecked by my monitor and if there won't be that huge of a performance difference unless I throw another fuckton of money.

[Spev]

That awkward moment when #3 is when you start to care about the performance gain.......

[MoDtEc]

1. sli them

2. buy the rog swift

3. uh yea dat e-peen

[KayTees]

1. sli them

2. buy the rog swift

3. uh yea dat e-peen

Not looking to spend anything over 400$, was thinking of this, but I'm not sure if it will have the quality like the screen on the Razer Blade http://www.ncix.com/detail/benq-rl2455hm-24in-widescreen-1920x1080-e6-81358-1383.htm

[MoDtEc]

Not looking to spend anything over 400$, was thinking of this, but I'm not sure if it will have the quality like the screen on the Razer Blade http://www.ncix.com/detail/benq-rl2455hm-24in-widescreen-1920x1080-e6-81358-1383.htm

u're right but 970s in sli are kida pointless on 1080p imo

[KayTees]

u're right but 970s in sli are kida pointless on 1080p imo

Yea, that was my main concern, but do u think the BenQ RL2455HM would be a good candidate if I were to SLI? 

 

[MoDtEc]

Yea, that was my main concern, but do u think the BenQ RL2455HM would be a good candidate if I were to SLI? 

 

Its a good overall monitor, id look out if you can get it on sale

im personally one of those ips/pls fanboys so you wont se me allout excited about this

[KayTees]

Its a good overall monitor, id look out if you can get it on sale

im personally one of those ips/pls fanboys so you wont se me allout excited about this

Its $200 from, 279.99 not including tax yet. But is IPS what makes it look amazing tho? I generally want a monitor thats less than 400$ and has the resolution/display of a Razer Blade Pro.

[FloRolf]

A 12y/o buying his bro a $350 video card? K den.

Sli dat shit doe! *-*

[KayTees]

A 12y/o buying his bro a $350 video card? K den.

Sli dat shit doe! *-*

Yep, were chinese so every year we get fucktons of money from Chinese New Years, I basically gave him 500$ in parts and helped him assemble it. A 970 in BC after taxes is 450+.

[MoDtEc]

Its $200 from, 279.99 not including tax yet. But is IPS what makes it look amazing tho? I generally want a monitor thats less than 400$ and has the resolution/display of a Razer Blade Pro.

WHICH razer blade pro? the new 14" with the 3200x1800 screen?

[KayTees]

WHICH razer blade pro? the new 14" with the 3200x1800 screen?

Not sure which one I was looking at, I think it was a 17" one, not sure which generation it was but the display just made my monitor look like complete shit.

[MoDtEc]

Not sure which one I was looking at, I think it was a 17" one, not sure which generation it was but the display just made my monitor look like complete shit.

it got a 1080p 17" screen which means that any 21,24,27" display with the same resulution will never look as sharp, wre talking pixel density here

[KayTees]

it got a 1080p 17" screen which means that any 21,24,27" display with the same resulution will never look as sharp, wre talking pixel density here

Not too sure about monitors, don't know much about resolutions nor pixel density, no clue what IPS is nor what the Hz means, the one I'm using atm uses 60Hz according to the menu.

[MoDtEc]

Not too sure about monitors, don't know much about resolutions nor pixel density, no clue what IPS is nor what the Hz means, the one I'm using atm uses 60Hz according to the menu.

pixel density: pixels per inch

example:

1080p do look really sharp at 17", quite mushy at 27"

because you got a much bigger screen with the same ammount of pixels

 

display panel technology:

tn: most common, able to go up to 144hz, can display stereoscopic 3d, not expensive, low reaction time (~1ms these days)

ips, ah-ips: 60hz only(until now), more colours and more colour accuracy than any tn panel can accieve(in most cases), more $ nedded to buy them, around 5-7ms reaction time

pls: same as ips but not as colourful, less reaction time

 

look here for more info:

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/278610-display-technology-faqmythbuster/

 

i'd recommend posting a thread in the display-section and ask them for a monitor that suits your budget and rig