Single Titan X or 3 way SLI 980's?

[ThatGuysProject]

So with the release of the Titan X i now have more questions then answers (again) however what would be better? A single Titan X or 3 980s, i ask this because all together they have the same amount of ram however i'm not sure if all 12gb of the 980s ram would be able to be used while playing 4k games such as Battlefield and others. What would be better value for price? and what would you recommend and also would you be able to 4 way sli titan xs (guessing not) and lastly what would work better while streaming.

[IMPERIUS]

2x 980 is plenty

[Prastupok]

So with the release of the Titan X i now have more questions then answers (again) however what would be better? A single Titan X or 3 980s, i ask this because all together they have the same amount of ram however i'm not sure if all 12gb of the 980s ram would be able to be used while playing 4k games such as Battlefield and others. What would be better value for price? and what would you recommend and also would you be able to 4 way sli titan xs (guessing not) and lastly what would work better while streaming.

 

The 3-way SLI would be faster, BUT it removes expansion possibility.

 

Better value for the price? 2-way SLI 970s.

[JustCallMeVlad]

3 way 980's Destroy a single Titan X 

 

For the Money? TRI 970's 

[ThatGuysProject]

The 3-way SLI would be faster, BUT it removes expansion possibility.

 

Better value for the price? 2-way SLI 970s.

While that is true i'm thinking of making a rig in a 900D with a x99 Deluxe so there is that as well as the fact that 2x Titan X's would cost £2000

[H4X3R]

not the same amount of ram. It doesn't stack. You still only have 4GB.

I suggest that, if the titan x is 1000$, you should go buy it however if it is more than say 1100$ don't buy it. IMO it is definitely better than 2 x 980s due to all the cons of sli setups.

[kaylexmorgana]

Spend an extra 500 for 2 titans

[AStateOfTrance]

even 2 980's would be better than the Titan X

[1Scotty1]

For games two-way sli is plenty... So 980s

[AStateOfTrance]

not the same amount of ram. It doesn't stack. You still only have 4GB.

I suggest that, if the titan x is 1000$, you should go buy it however if it is more than say 1100$ don't buy it. IMO it is definitely better than 2 x 980s due to all the cons of sli setups.

its $999

[H4X3R]

While that is true i'm thinking of making a rig in a 900D with a x99 Deluxe so there is that as well as the fact that 2x Titan X's would cost £2000

I also suggest you build in an enthoo pro and get an asrock x99x fata1ty killer motherboard as that offers all that would possibly need. That way you could afford to SLI titan X or simply get more SSDs

[H4X3R]

its $999

depends on the world region.

[ThatGuysProject]

I thinking about getting a single Titan X at first then after a year get another and the last if 3 way is even possible.

[C0LL0SS0S]

I would go with Titan X, seems pretty good, and if you custom cool that baby you gonna have a lot of fun

[DildorTheDecent]

I thinking about getting a single Titan X at first then after a year get another and the last if 3 way is even possible.

If you have the pockets and power, you can have up to 4 Titan X GPUs. 

[ThatGuysProject]

If you have the pockets and power, you can have up to 4 Titan X GPUs. 

Thinking about it what is the average life span on a gpu? Also i will end up liquid cooling them but seeing as they run up to 90 when overclocked i will end up having to make a radiator mount like Linus did with the whole room water cooling videos.

[Prastupok]

Thinking about it what is the average life span on a gpu? 

 

Life? 3-5 years. But don't buy for "Future-proof". It doesn't exist.

[JustCallMeVlad]

If you have the pockets and power, you can have up to 4 Titan X GPUs. 

 

 

I cant wait to see how horrible 4 way Titan X scales 

[ThatGuysProject]

Life? 3-5 years. But don't buy for "Future-proof". It doesn't exist.

I know that.

[ThatGuysProject]

I wonder how bad 4 way titan x scales

[JustCallMeVlad]

I wonder how bad 4 way titan x scales

 

Give me a few days and i'll let you know 

[DudeWazap]

3 980's will be faster even 2 980's will still beat it. Also when you run GPU's in sli you don't get all the RAM for each card added together you get the lowest amount of RAM that either of them have. 

 

So if you run 2 cards in sli and one has 2GB and the other has 4GB then you will only have 2GB of RAM not 6 or 4. If they both are the same 4GB and 4GB then you will have 4GB not 8GB

[ThatGuysProject]

Give me a few days and i'll let you know 

A few days? you must be getting them to test then send back or i call overkill!

[DildorTheDecent]

Thinking about it what is the average life span on a gpu? Also i will end up liquid cooling them but seeing as they run up to 90 when overclocked i will end up having to make a radiator mount like Linus did with the whole room water cooling videos.

you don't need a stupid mount like Linus in the room water cooling project. Some big thick 480mm rads should do it. 

 

I cant wait to see how horrible 4 way Titan X scales 

Titans, never known for there scaling. 3-way and no higher if buying Titans. 

[ThatGuysProject]

you don't need a stupid mount like Linus in the room water cooling project. Some big thick 480mm rads should do it. 

 

Titans, never known for there scaling. 3-way and no higher if buying Titans. 

I was planning to have 2 480mm rads and two 240mm rads unless i could fit a triple 120 in the basement of the 900d and still have space for a gpu to power all the cards. I.e a corsair 1200w psu