2xGTX970 SLI

[Macko939]

I have 2 questions:

 

Do you think its worth doing or should I try to save up some more money and go for a single 980?

 

also

 

If I already have Gigabyte GTX970:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-NVIDIA-Edition-Graphics-Express/dp/B00NQ862GY

 

could I run this GTX970 from msi:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-GTX-970-Graphics-1076MHz/dp/B00NY23VY8/ref=sr_1_10?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1457515390&sr=1-10&keywords=gtx970

 

In SLI? I mean a 970 is a 970, right? Or does the manufacturer matter?

[David_K]

Does not matter. it would only look stupid, g1 and an MSI Gaming.. that blue windforce with the red MSI .. 

[KettyKoala]

You should get slightly more performance out of 2 970's than a single 980ti

[Shadow5679]

Brand doesn't mean anything, just look at Linus' dream build log...

It was... interesting, to say the least

[blu4]

Single 980ti is around 2x 970 SLI in terms of horsepower without the scaling issues. Go with 980ti.

[Macko939]

Just now, blu4 said:

Single 980ti is around 2x 970 SLI in terms of horsepower without the scaling issues. Go with 980ti.

Thing is, I already have a single 970 in my PC so I'd have to get an extra one to get the SLI.

 

For a 980 I'd have to save up for a new card. Idk.

 

I mean in Black Desert in high end mode I get about 40-50 fps which is not exactly what I'd like to see.

[matrix07012]

1 minute ago, Macko939 said:

Thing is, I already have a single 970 in my PC so I'd have to get an extra one to get the SLI.

 

For a 980 I'd have to save up for a new card. Idk.

 

I mean in Black Desert in high end mode I get about 40-50 fps which is not exactly what I'd like to see.

Modded SLI, but I have no experience with it.

[racer243l]

2 minutes ago, Macko939 said:

2 minutes ago, Macko939 said:

Thing is, I already have a single 970 in my PC so I'd have to get an extra one to get the SLI.

 

For a 980 I'd have to save up for a new card. Idk.

 

I mean in Black Desert in high end mode I get about 40-50 fps which is not exactly what I'd like to see.

 

So then buy a second 970 if you have the money for it. A single 980 isn't that much faster than the single 970.

[IAcKI]

I currently have 2x 970's and although in the games I play I get around a 15% better performance than a 980Ti at 1440p. I wish I'd sold one and gone for a single 980ti. The issues I end up having are horrendous. To sum it up I will be selling both and getting a Pascal card. 

[Castdeath97]

5 minutes ago, Macko939 said:

Thing is, I already have a single 970 in my PC so I'd have to get an extra one to get the SLI.

 

For a 980 I'd have to save up for a new card. Idk.

 

I mean in Black Desert in high end mode I get about 40-50 fps which is not exactly what I'd like to see.

Sell yours and buy a 980ti. If you can only afford the 980 after selling, I wouldn't bother with the 980 and just get another 970 or a single fury (non-X)