980Ti

[Sabroo]

Hi,

I want to buy 2x980Ti to go for SLI but I'm not sure whether to buy MSI, ASUS and so on... What are your recommendations? I don't want to pay too much for them so no golden editions and things like that. Thanks for your help.

[Aytex]

just go with whatever you like asthetically

[aeroencychris]

1 minute ago, Aytex said:

just go with whatever you like asthetically

This but get backplates

[DakeDravis]

Instead of SLIing two 980 TI's, you might want to consider getting a Titan X, depending on what you're doing. And you'll save a little more money that way. But it looks way cooler if you have two cards in SLI. 

 

P.S. I personally think the sickest looking cards are either ASUS Strix cards or just the stock design from EVGA.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Just now, DakeDravis said:

Instead of SLIing two 980 TI's, you might want to consider getting a Titan X, depending on what you're doing. And you'll save a little more money that way. But it looks way cooler if you have two cards in SLI. 

 

P.S. I personally think the sickest looking cards are either ASUS Strix cards or just the stock design from EVGA.

i have the 980ti strix from asus and i would recommend something else...it does look sick but it's quite loud and it run fairly hot.

[Low_Battery]

My vote would be for either two Gigabyte G1s, Gigabyte Xtremes, or Asus Strix. 

[DakeDravis]

1 minute ago, i_build_nanosuits said:

i have the 980ti strix from asus and i would recommend something else...it does look sick but it's quite loud and it run fairly hot.

That's what I've heard. I think the EVGA ACX cards are up there in terms of quality cooling and near silent operation.I just don't trust something from MSI or Gigabyte as much as I would EVGA or ASUS in terms of graphics cards.

[Bajantechnician]

15 minutes ago, Sabroo said:

Hi,

I want to buy 2x980Ti to go for SLI but I'm not sure whether to buy MSI, ASUS and so on... What are your recommendations? I don't want to pay too much for them so no golden editions and things like that. Thanks for your help.

msi

and

asus

maybe the waterforce ones

[Sabroo]

Instead of SLIing two 980 TI's, you might want to consider getting a Titan X, depending on what you're doing. And you'll save a little more money that way. But it looks way cooler if you have two cards in SLI. 

 

P.S. I personally think the sickest looking cards are either ASUS Strix cards or just the stock design from EVGA.

I thought about that before but when SLIing 980Ti I get better performance in games.

[DakeDravis]

1 minute ago, Sabroo said:

I thought about that before but when SLIing 980Ti I get better performance in games.

Well i was just thinking in terms of saving a little money, but the performance shouldn't be that much different...although SLI technology is advancing, so I'm probably wrong.

[Sabroo]

Well, after reading all the comments: Don't go for MSI and Gigabyte, go for EVGA or ASUS but ASUS has got loud fans and cooling isn't very good, so should I go for EVGA?

[FunkieFalcon]

23 minutes ago, Sabroo said:

Hi,

I want to buy 2x980Ti to go for SLI but I'm not sure whether to buy MSI, ASUS and so on... What are your recommendations? I don't want to pay too much for them so no golden editions and things like that. Thanks for your help.

Two 980 Ti's will destroy a single Titan X. A 980 Ti is the cheaper high performing alternative to the Titan X. I have two 980 Ti's in SLI gaming at 1440p with no problems on any game at max. I personally would recommend the MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G. Hope this helps!

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127889

[Sabroo]

Well i was just thinking in terms of saving a little money, but the performance shouldn't be that much different...although SLI technology is advancing, so I'm probably wrong.

Well, that's right. I could save 400€ and the differnce isn't so big to be worth it.

[Qyoon]

I got the 980Ti SC+ Backplate from EVGA

oc to 1455 gpu / 1900 ram.

 

Imo go for FTW if you can , they have less power limitation.

 

The ACX isn't that silent...but not loud kind of average, it runs fairly cool

71°C max with oc in a room at 22°C ambiant.

 

[jasonc_01]

16 minutes ago, FunkieFalcon said:

Two 980 Ti's will destroy a single Titan X. A 980 Ti is the cheaper high performing alternative to the Titan X. I have two 980 Ti's in SLI gaming at 1440p with no problems on any game at max. I personally would recommend the MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G. Hope this helps!

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127889

I have the MSI 980ti as well, great card If it fits your build theme its a solid choice.

TBH there are SO many 980ti choices at this point and there all great cards.

 

Easiest way is decide whether you want an air cooled card or an AIO one and then choose the one that fits your build theme.

 

 

[i_build_nanosuits]

4 hours ago, DakeDravis said:

That's what I've heard. I think the EVGA ACX cards are up there in terms of quality cooling and near silent operation.I just don't trust something from MSI or Gigabyte as much as I would EVGA or ASUS in terms of graphics cards.

yeah the EVGA cards are pretty awesome and the FTW model happen to be at a very good price right now:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-video-card-06gp44996kr

 

But MSI with the twinfrozr 5 cooler is also up there amongst the best cards...much better than Asus and gigabyte:

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/msi-video-card-gtx980tigaming6g

A bit pricey but IMHO a very cool looking card and also rated as one of the best out there.

 

[Siman]

For Nvidia I like EVGA but recntly ive had a quality issue with them... Palit IMHO is hands down the best you can get on the market, but F the US.......................... They pulled the plug here a little while back... Ive also never had a problem with Zotac but i use there stuff less...