Upgrade from 980

[mariobros]

Should I upgrade from my 980 to sli it or 1080 or 2x 1070 ?  Those 3 options will be more or less the same price since I would sell the 980 if I don't sli it . I play with 3 1080p monitors or some games 1 144hz 1080p

[Alexzz_]

1x 1080 is very close to 2x 980 but the 980's still win by a few frames in most cases. however this is not the case if the game doesnt have good sli support. also i would recommend the 1080 because of its features and because you can sli that card later without much trouble as you would have with 3 980's

[DioOmicida]

I would not upgrade at all. A 980 is by no means a weak card and hasn't lost its performance.
I think you would to better and wait for a 1080ti and purchase that when it drops instead. 

[mariobros]

1 hour ago, DioOmicida said:

I would not upgrade at all. A 980 is by no means a weak card and hasn't lost its performance.
I think you would to better and wait for a 1080ti and purchase that when it drops instead. 

I thought about the 1080\70 the 8 GB with 3 monitors

[Imakuni]

6 minutes ago, mariobros said:

I thought about the 1080\70 the 8 GB with 3 monitors

If you intend to run surround, then definitely go for the 1080 rather than an SLI. Sell your 980 and buy a 1080 / 1070.

[Simon771]

GTX 1080 or wait for Ti.

[MilfShake]

I think in the guru3d 1080 review they already had these 3 options compared in chart.

 

Find that and take a look at that and see which is superior.

[mariobros]

On 5/31/2016 at 4:46 PM, MilfShake said:

I think in the guru3d 1080 review they already had these 3 options compared in chart.

 

Find that and take a look at that and see which is superior.

couldnt find it

On 5/31/2016 at 3:40 PM, Imakuni said:

If you intend to run surround, then definitely go for the 1080 rather than an SLI. Sell your 980 and buy a 1080 / 1070.

yeah i thought about selling it and getting 2 980ti or 2 1070 since it seems more fps per $

 

[Imakuni]

8 hours ago, mariobros said:

couldnt find it

yeah i thought about selling it and getting 2 980ti or 2 1070 since it seems more fps per $

Do NOT get 2 980ti if you intend on surround. Get 2x1070.

[mariobros]

40 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Do NOT get 2 980ti if you intend on surround. Get 2x1070.

ok why?

[Imakuni]

1 minute ago, mariobros said:

ok why?

Because Pascal has features that enhance surround, compared to Maxwell.

[mariobros]

7 minutes ago, Imakuni said:

Because Pascal has features that enhance surround, compared to Maxwell.

true but some early benchmarks i saw said that the ti is faster

[Imakuni]

3 minutes ago, mariobros said:

true but some early benchmarks i saw said that the ti is faster

The 1070 is marginally better. It loses slightly in some games, but most of the time, it is a tiny bit better than the 980ti.

 

Also, as I said, you are doing surround, which alone makes the 1070 a better choice.

[Alex Brod]

10 hours ago, mariobros said:

 

yeah i thought about selling it and getting 2 980ti or 2 1070 since it seems more fps per $

 

The only way this upgrade makes sense at all is with a very high budget.  You are already past the level of hardware where there exists a good value for money proposition.  

 

2x 1070 is not viable as it is $750 (less what you can get for a 980) for what would be not even a clear upgrade in all cases.  The level of expenditure implied by your considering this upgrade path indicates you would outgrow the dual 1070s rapidly.

 

I would wait for a 980 price drop or get the 1080 if the enhanced surround (it compensates for the monitors being at different angles) is compelling to you.

 

Getting a higher res center (or all 3) monitor is also worth looking in to.

[reptileexperts]

If your setup works.. use what works. Don't buy into hype.

 

I run triple 144hz monitors in surround with SLI 970 overclocked to 1575 / 8100 @ 1.275 volts and there is little I can't do. As appealing as it would be to sell my cards and jump on a 1080 to SLI in the future, I am content. So my question is, if you're content, why change?

[Bondy3]

I just bought a 960 and I am happy with it, I cant imagine wanting to upgrade from a 980