What's better?

[GrayWolf13]

Okie dokie, so, i'm building a computer and i'm going all out. What do you guys recommend? Should i get a single 980 from msi or get two 970's and sli? I know this sounds overkill, buuut.... yeah... cant think of an excuse for that. But thanks for your help guys!

[Octavialicious]

R9 290 Crossfire. About the same performance for wayyyy cheaper.

[zinton]

single card erry tiem

[i_build_nanosuits]

R9 290 Crossfire. About the same performance for wayyyy cheaper.

this ^^, R9 290 or R9 290X...two of them...strong PSU required (800W min....high quality) and good case airflow...those are beastly GPU's.

[CoolaxGaming]

Okie dokie, so, i'm building a computer and i'm going all out. What do you guys recommend? Should i get a single 980 from msi or get two 970's and sli? I know this sounds overkill, buuut.... yeah... cant think of an excuse for that. But thanks for your help guys!

How is a 980 is overkill. A 980 or 970 SLI is reasonable for 1440p at ultra or 4k at high

[Wtalk2]

Two 970's would perform better but they have a big problem with not being able to use all 4GB of VRAM (They can use up to 3.5GB effectively) so if you think you will be fine with just 3.5GB of VRAM then get two 970's, if you think you will need all 4GB get a 980 and SLI it with another 980 in the future

[Interfectorem]

Like above posts mentioned, two R9 290s and a high quality PSU (EVGA SuperNOVA 850 G2 is what I would recommend) will give you better value.

[R_Golden]

Single 980, single card solutions are almost always the better choice.

[GrimNeo]

Okie dokie, so, i'm building a computer and i'm going all out. What do you guys recommend? Should i get a single 980 from msi or get two 970's and sli? I know this sounds overkill, buuut.... yeah... cant think of an excuse for that. But thanks for your help guys!

If you can hold off I would wait to see what the new AMD gpu's can do.

[I/O]

Single 980, single card solutions are almost always the better choice.

Not really ... 2x 980s are always better than one. If you have an older card that's still a bit of a beast adding another one can often be real cost effective.