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GTX980 scaling in SLI @ 1440p 144hz?

MrGoat
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Ive been running a single gtx980 and a ROG swift for the past few months. Its been great, but I was planning on upgrading to a second SLI at some point to always hit a constant 144fps in games at 1440p. Well now that the gm200 is near, should I wait for that and stay with the single card solution, or has SLI scaling come a long way and it is worth it now to buy a second card. (I havent used SLI since the 400 series and it was the worst experience ever)

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i would wanna say that you would be fine

dual sli was never really a bad scaler

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Ive been running a single gtx980 and a ROG swift for the past few months. Its been great, but I was planning on upgrading to a second SLI at some point to always hit a constant 144fps in games at 1440p. Well now that the gm200 is near, should I wait for that and stay with the single card solution, or has SLI scaling come a long way and it is worth it now to buy a second card. (I havent used SLI since the 400 series and it was the worst experience ever)

 

SLI scaling is usually a problem with 3 and 4 way config. MOST games support dual cards easily and get 2x scaling very often :)

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You dont even want to know how bad quad SLI scaling is in BF4

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So.... do it? It should be 2x the performance and last be a bit longer past this gm200 perhaps?

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2 way scaling is pretty solid for most games. Before I upgraded to a third card I was getting 120-144 fps in multiplayer in CS:GO and BF4 at max settings at 1440p.  

 

Honestly I only turn on the "turbo" button on my ROG Swift for fast twitch fps games.  

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2x cards is pretty solid most of the time.

 

3x is a mediocre prospect.

 

4th card is "just because I can" tier.

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