Posted September 3, 2015 I'm not too sure I can get a pair of 970's for 300$ each, the 980TI isn't too much more but it would still have less raw performance, right? I have an AX860 so there shouldn't be any problems powering either setup. I've read from numerous sources that SLI is a bit better than Crossfire. I had a crossfire setup before and didn't have any issues with it, so i'm not really worried. suggestions on both sides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 two 970s are approx the same as a 980ti/titan x so yeah better than the 780ti BUT for games that dont support SLI the 780ti will perform better since its a single card (not sure if you intentionally said 780ti in the title or not) Personally I would save up an extra $100 and purchase a 980ti for $700 you get the 970SLI performance, but with a single card that works on all games, and no need to worry about SLI NEW PC build: Blank Heaven minimalist white and black PC Old S340 build log "White Heaven" The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log Project AntiRoll (prototype) Custom speaker project Spoiler Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 Author two 970s are approx the same as a 980ti/titan x so yeah better than the 780ti BUT for games that dont support SLI the 780ti will perform better since its a single card Personally I would save up an extra $100 and purchase a 980ti for $700 you get the 970SLI performance, but with a single card that works on all games, and no need to worry about SLI will it matter if it doesn't? any game that doesn't support SLI will run perfectly fine on a single 970. I'm using a 1440p monitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 Well I'm not sure where you got that "SLI us a bit better than CF" since they're both pretty meh... Anyway 4GB of vram will be a limit for those SLI 970s. I'd go with the 980 Ti for a little more since there will not be a need to deal with SLI problems. i5 2400 | ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC | Seasonic 1200W Prime Gold | WD Green 120gb | WD Blue 1tb | some ram | a random case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 will it matter if it doesn't? any game that doesn't support SLI will run perfectly fine on a single 970. I'm using a 1440p monitor. yeah because then your performance will get cut in half when you can only use one card with a 980ti you dont need to worry about that and get the same (and sometimes better) performance plus every time you install an update you wont need to reenable SLI in the nvidia control panel NEW PC build: Blank Heaven minimalist white and black PC Old S340 build log "White Heaven" The "LIGHTCANON" flashlight build log Project AntiRoll (prototype) Custom speaker project Spoiler Ryzen 3950X | AMD Vega Frontier Edition | ASUS X570 Pro WS | Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB | NZXT H500 | Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 | Custom loop | Coolermaster SK630 White | Logitech MX Master 2S | Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Pro 512GB | Samsung 58" 4k TV | Scarlett 2i4 | 2x AT2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 Get the 980 ti, not 970 SLI. SLI can have issues, and the 980 ti is essentially two 970's fused together. https://pcpartpicker.com/user/Knaj/saved/cLQ8Mp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 Author yeah because then your performance will get cut in half when you can only use one card with a 980ti you dont need to worry about that and get the same (and sometimes better) performance plus every time you install an update you wont need to reenable SLI in the nvidia control panel what I mean is that it's the difference between 250 and 500 FPS, why bother comparing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 a 980 ti overpowers x2 970's in sli get the 980 ti BigDay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted September 3, 2015 Author k i'll probably order one tomorrow gj boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
