gpu 1070 or 1080?

[BobyTheDragon]

Before I start I take a long time to reply because I have a life and also I will take recommendations to go to AMD but I kinda got scared away with the small faults here and there with AMD... *Cough Cough* Just Cause 3

 

At the moment I'm running with these specs

i7 6700

16gb (2x8gb) ram

Gtx 960 2gb

750 watt PSU

 

And as a lot know... A GTX 960 will have a "interesting" time running VR games  so what I plan to do is buy a GTX 1070 or a 1080. What would be better in the long run? one 1070 and maybe get another 1070 (In SLI) later or just a 1080?

My Budget is $1600 (New Zealand) I can afford a 1070 and the 1080 and I know the 1080 is better but I heard 1070 in SLI is better for VR (But I don't believe it). I'm going with a HTC Vive and I also don't just game I do some rendering as well but I think that's just CPU bound.

 

So In a nutshell. I need a GPU that can Handle 3 Monitors (1080p, Possibly one might be 1440p), VR and rendering.

 

 

[AresKrieger]

Well if your going 3 1080p/1440p monitors I'd say 1080 if you have the money to do so, also I agree with the idea that SLI isn't better for VR mostly due to nvidias new software that renders once displays twice.

[Thony]

For the long run the answer is ALWAYS : "Get the best you can right now"

[LeapFrogMasterRace]

According to the steam vr benchmark  all you need is a 980, a 1070 will suit your needs and should be good for some time, you could also sell it when Vega comes out or the 1080ti, I don't think AMD will be as good as Nvidia in VR though because of the new technique used to render frames for each eye basically doubles fps (supposedly I have yet to see it). If you want to game on 3 monitors at once then sure get the 1080

[Phoenix721]

if you need the 1080's performance, get the 1080.

[Kryptyx]

980TI or 1080 IMO.