970 sli or 980ti

[muddychicken]

Good morning. Currently I use a 1080p 144hz monitor. I can get sli 970 for $598 or a single 980ti for $576. Both brands are evga. Possibility of jumping to a 1440p res soon. What is the better value between the two? 

[Fassive]

980ti, sli support is pretty shitty on a lot of games

[Mazeman03]

A 980ti is like 2 970's and with out sli became sli sucks in game 

[ZetZet]

970 sli is sliiiiightly faster assuming everything works and you don't run out of VRAM.

 

But looking at recent trends you need more VRAM. Get 980Ti.

[Mkander99]

960ti dude SLI blows

[ToniBamboni]

Single 980ti

[Narnash]

single 980 ti

[Praesi]

980ti. Single GPU is better.

[Fluffinator]

It seems as though the community is pretty divided on this one.

[i_build_nanosuits]

Single 980ti any day of the week...even dual GTX 980 i wouldnt do it.

[muddychicken]

Thanks everyone, the answer is clear.

[Narnash]

1 minute ago, Fluffinator said:

It seems as though the community is pretty divided on this one.

SLI can cause trouble or isn't even supported, only under perfect conditions the GTX 970 SLI would be 'better' than the 980ti itself, two gtx 970 cost more Power (maybe another PSU) and 2 cards more needed space (less air flow) ....

 

I think the GTX 980 ti is better in nearly every condition

[Goat]

It is always better to get a single, more powerful gpu, than two weaker gpus.

[SteveGrabowski0]

980 Ti easily. Cheaper, less power draw, no issues with SLI scaling, more VRAM for if you like to mod games heavily, and the 970 SLI usually only wins in synthetics like Firestrike; otherwise in well optimized games the 970 SLI and 980 Ti perform pretty much the same.

[Praesi]

13 minutes ago, muddychicken said:

Thanks everyone, the answer is clear.

Have Fun. The 980ti will slaughter games at 1080p without mercy ?

[Fluffinator]

8 minutes ago, Narnash said:

SLI can cause trouble or isn't even supported, only under perfect conditions the GTX 970 SLI would be 'better' than the 980ti itself, two gtx 970 cost more Power (maybe another PSU) and 2 cards more needed space (less air flow) ....

 

I think the GTX 980 ti is better in nearly every condition

Ok? We all know this 

[SteveGrabowski0]

6 minutes ago, Goat said:

It is always better to get a single, more powerful gpu, than two weaker gpus.

Not always. It was the right move before the 980 Ti when everyone was buying 970 SLI instead of a single 980.

[Narnash]

Just now, Fluffinator said:

Ok? We all know this 

sorry I wrote it 35+ bevor but don't posting it (Im at work and write if I have some spare time)