SLI Dual 980s

[zachwest23]

Hi, in my future rig I'm planning on using dual EVGA GTX 980s with SLI on 3 monitors. My question is, do I output to the three screens from one GPU or do I have no SLI and output one card to 2 screens and the other to one? Sorry if that was confusing but thanks!

[DioOmicida]

You would only connect to one card. But honestly you should just wait till Pascal cards are released and purchase a single one of those instead. 

[ChrisCross]

5 minutes ago, ZachS said:

Hi, in my future rig I'm planning on using dual EVGA GTX 980s with SLI on 3 monitors. My question is, do I output to the three screens from one GPU or do I have no SLI and output one card to 2 screens and the other to one? Sorry if that was confusing but thanks!

it doesnt matter. but i would highly recommend to wait for next gen and then go with one higher end gpu.

there are numerous issues with sli. 

[zachwest23]

4 minutes ago, DioOmicida said:

You would only connect to one card. But honestly you should just wait till Pascal cards are released and purchase a single one of those instead. 

Sorry, but what are Pascal cards? Are they more expensive than dual 980s?

[DioOmicida]

2 minutes ago, ZachS said:

Sorry, but what are Pascal cards? Are they more expensive than dual 980s?

They are the new Nvidia cards slated to be released this year to replace the 9xx series cards.

[zachwest23]

1 minute ago, DioOmicida said:

They are the new Nvidia cards slated to be released this year to replace the 9xx series cards.

Thanks!

[BrightCandle]

You could use ports from both cards. However on Nvidia's website they have a setup guide for using surround if that is what you intend to do and it tells you which ports are valid.

[WhiteManito]

3 minutes ago, ZachS said:

Sorry, but what are Pascal cards? Are they more expensive than dual 980s?

Nvidia will just realease some new mid and high range cards this 2016, and they will be (I guess) more powerfull, so you'd better wait some months,

[zachwest23]

3 minutes ago, WhiteManito said:

Nvidia will just realease some new mid and high range cards this 2016, and they will be (I guess) more powerfull, so you'd better wait some months,

Ok thanks! I was planning on buying the 980s soon but thanks for changing my mind!

[WhiteManito]

Since you were going to buy dual 980's I guess you don't really have money problems, so being based on that, I would recommend you going into the new gtx 1080, or dual, depending on price, but you may wait until someone makes a review so you see if that's what you're looking for.

 

[zachwest23]

3 minutes ago, WhiteManito said:

Since you were going to buy dual 980's I guess you don't really have money problems, so being based on that, I would recommend you going into the new gtx 1080, or dual, depending on price, but you may wait until someone makes a review so you see if that's what you're looking for.

 

Ok thanks agn

[wolfsbane3083]

With SLI enabled you'll only be able to use the ports from the top card. When SLI is enabled the second card becomes slave to the first and the ports are disabled.