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I am building a new system and is wondering should I go with 2-way GTX 970's or a single 980?

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In terms of price the 970's are more comparable to a 980ti.

 

GTX 970 < R9 390 < 980 < fury < 980ti

 

Get a single card that's within your budget

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I am building a new system and is wondering should I go with 2-way GTX 970's or a single 980?

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F4tal1ty

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980 for sure less power consumption and more performance

 

edit: and cheaper

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id say two 970s, 970 sli is comparable to the 980ti.

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I am building a new system and is wondering should I go with 2-way GTX 970's or a single 980?

Neither, 980ti is the best choice.

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980 for sure less power consumption and more performance

thats so incorrect, less power yes, better performance, not a chance.

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I am building a new system and is wondering should I go with 2-way GTX 970's or a single 980?

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In terms of price the 970's are more comparable to a 980ti.

 

GTX 970 < R9 390 < 980 < fury < 980ti

 

Get a single card that's within your budget

Recommend what is best, not what you preffer.

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I am building a new system and is wondering should I go with 2-way GTX 970's or a single 980?

Definetely 2x 970's, they compare to a 980Ti

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I can't buy a 980Ti. Monetary issues.

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In terms of price the 970's are more comparable to a 980ti.

 

GTX 970 < R9 390 < 980 < fury < 980ti

 

Get a single card that's within your budget

I would say 970=390 ;)

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I can't buy a 980Ti. Monetary issues.

980ti should be cheaper than 2 970s, where are you from?

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I would say 970=390 ;)

 

Depends on the stock clock speed. 390s are overclocked aggressively out of the box, but a 970 overclocked can beat a 390X and match a 980 so it depends.

 

The 970 SLI still offers much better value for money over the 980. However, so does the 980 Ti, and that is preferable.

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i have a 970 and was going to sli but with the 3.5gb issue and with the drivers being like crap recently ima get a 980ti.

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970 will offer a pretty awesome performance advantage over the 980 but again drawbacks such as potential SLI issues, and power+heat comes up too. 980 will offer less performance but with all the peace of mind of a single card....and the extra fast 512mb vram.

 

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thats so incorrect, less power yes, better performance, not a chance.

oh right , sorry well i wont sell my 970 when i get it then ill sli it!

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-GTX 750ti 
-8gb no name RAM 
-MSI h81m-e34 
-240gb Kingston SSD now SSD 
-1tb Seagate baracuda HDD 
-500watt Aero cool 'X-strike' PSU 
-Bitfenix Neos (Blue Y Black) 

- Modded Microsoft -Intelli mouse [linustechtips.com] (thanks to TheRandomness X/) 
-Logitech K120 keyboard 
-ASUS 21.5" 1080p monitor 

No mates facts: 

Favorite tank: Sturmgeschütz III (I understand the Sturmgeschütz series are not technically tanks but infact SPGs, 'got me') 
Favorite Aircraft: Henschel Hs 129
 

Roles or characters in games: 
WarThunder = Tank destroyer and sometimes my KV-1B if im bored 
CSGO = Sniper, I seem to be able to AWP 'well' apperently 
RPGs in general = Mage or Tank w/ resoration

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