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A second hand second Asus GTX 780 DirectCU II OC 3gb gddr5 (2 total SLI) or new card?

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What would you do if you already have a single ASUS GTX 780 DirectCU II OC 3gb gddr5?

 

Get a second hand second card so you have 2 ASUS GTX 780 Direct CUII OC 3gb gddr5 so you can SLI both of these cards or buy a newer: better card?

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1 minute ago, TheHappyJarhead said:

get a 1070.

is that better than a 2nd gtx780? I hoped to do SLI one day. But I dont know if it would be worth it.

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the thing is not every game has good sli scaling, take it from me, i have 970 sli and in some games i see no difference at all, 970 sli is about 980ti-titan x performance, a 1070 is just a tad better than a titan x, so a 1070 will be better than 780 sli.

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One stronger card will always be the better choice than two weaker ones because SLI/Crossfire just contains too many issues to have a seamless experience.

5 minutes ago, ramm said:

is that better than a 2nd gtx780?

When SLI is properly utilised, they'll be roughly the same in performance in comparison to a GTX 1070. That said, consider my points above. The GTX 1070 is the superior choice - the 3GB of VRAM will be a limiting factor.

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Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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Hmm. I wonder if I should keep my gtx780 then if I am gonna buy a 1070

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2 minutes ago, ramm said:

Hmm. I wonder if I should keep my gtx780 then if I am gonna buy a 1070

Better off selling it. It would be pointless to use it as a PhysX card and I can't think of any applications in which it would be useful.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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2 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

I wouldn't count on SLI or Crossfire

It isn't reliable now, so at best can only be taken as a future option.

How much do you have to play with, if you were to sell your old card?

well i saw them being sold for 150€ - 200€ so I guess i was wiling to put that much in a new card. Depends on how much the 1070 will cost

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