To SLI or not?

[orangecat]

I'm thinking about upgrading my gaming rig with a second GTX 970 G1 but I'm not sure yet. I've never used SLI before and I know performance won't scale perfectly but what I'm more worried about is power consumption and if the frame time variance SLI adds is a problem or not.

Currently my system has a 3570K overclocked to 4.4Ghz and 8GB of DDR3 @ 1600Mhz along with a single GTX970 and a CoolerMaster V700 PSU.

Should I upgrade my PSU or will I be fine?

Personally I think it will be fine but I though I should ask and find out what others think first.

Also is the frame time variance that bad in SLI? I heard it can be pretty bad but I've also heard it's not that bad either...

[Guest Kloaked]

You should be fine with that PSU.

 

It'll scale fine. Go look up some benchmarks for 970 in dual SLI configs and see if it's worth it to you.

[paprikman]

No real benefit for now to sli 970.

Also you'd be a bit frustrated with power consumption

Just go with a single card and don't bother yourself, until you find one with a really good discount.

And yeah, your psu will be enough.

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I'd do it. No issues with my 760s in SLI.

[D2ultima]

I'm thinking about upgrading my gaming rig with a second GTX 970 G1 but I'm not sure yet. I've never used SLI before and I know performance won't scale perfectly but what I'm more worried about is power consumption and if the frame time variance SLI adds is a problem or not.

Currently my system has a 3570K overclocked to 4.4Ghz and 8GB of DDR3 @ 1600Mhz along with a single GTX970 and a CoolerMaster V700 PSU.

Should I upgrade my PSU or will I be fine?

Personally I think it will be fine but I though I should ask and find out what others think first.

Also is the frame time variance that bad in SLI? I heard it can be pretty bad but I've also heard it's not that bad either...

Stop worrying.

 

Nice system all things considered.

 

You should be more than fine.

 

There was a guide stickied =D.

 

Frame time variance is not bad at all and only happens on a couple rare games. Microstutter is generally not present unless around 35fps or below.

 

Do not SLI your 970s. Buy a single 980Ti and sell your current 970. Or keep the 970 and run extra monitors off it and use it as a PhysX card for Killing Floor 2 and the Batman games.

[orangecat]

I want a 980 Ti but I think in the end SLI 970s might be cheaper.