GPU Upgrade?

[Greg99456]

Hey Everyone!

 

So I recently picked up a PG279Q ROG Swift for my setup (coming from 1080p 60hz cap TV). Huge difference. Didn't make sense to upgrade sooner due to lack of space in my old apartment.

 

Regardless, now I have this awesome monitor and I'm enjoying some solid 1440p gaming with moderate to high FPS depending on the title. There are some that seem to bring it down to a (admittedly still playable) 30-40hz. Which is still fine, but what's the point of having a monitor capable of 165hz if you can only push 40! Plus it makes me wonder as to how long my 970 will be able to perform as well as it does with newer/future titles.  

 

So here's the debate. Pick up a cheap 970 and Sli. Sell my 970 and pick up a 1070. Or sell my 970 and pick up something like a 980ti. I'd love to pick up a 1080, but the $900 + price tag is hard to swallow right now as I feel that much money might be better spent upgrading my processor/mobo in the next year or so. My plan was not to exceed $350 CAD, or $350 + $250 for selling my 970.

 

My other concern is even running Sli on my existing Mobo. 3 PCI slots which are fairly close, and I need one for my WiFi card.

 

Here's my build

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/yP2QZ8

 

Any and all input welcome.

[HKZeroFive]

Since the nature of SLI and Crossfire is somewhat a PITA, I'd advise selling the GTX 970 and getting a single, beefier GPU. Either the GTX 980Ti or GTX 1070 will work. If both are the same price, the GTX 1070 would the better choice.

[Nutshell]

I would suggest GTX 1070, even though 980Ti price is dropping, atleast on UK now, and 1070 is out of stock. It really depends if you can wait for 1070. I personally am going for 1070, not only because of pascal and its new feature about taking incredibly detailed screenshots with super resolution. 

[MaxBunny]

1070 if you're staying with 1440p 140-160hz. There doesn't seem to be much point in buying a 1080 unless you're going for 144hz at 4k resolutions since it's a 4k card. Especially if you're keeping your monitor and I don't know how good that DSR would look on a 27".

[thetechygamer15]

1070 sounds good. If u need to, u can wait for the price to drop a little because the cost of lots of 1070's are above MSRP

[roylapoutre]

40 minutes ago, MaxBunny said:

1070 if you're staying with 1440p 140-160hz. There doesn't seem to be much point in buying a 1080 unless you're going for 144hz at 4k resolutions since it's a 4k card. Especially if you're keeping your monitor and I don't know how good that DSR would look on a 27".

GTX 1080 is not a 4k card. It can't handle ultra 60fps, and I'm sorry, but you don't buy a 1080 to play on medium... That's a total waste. It's the best single GPU option for 4k at the moment but it's not enough. The 1080 is a more solid card for 1440p 144hz,not overkill AT ALL! 

[MaxBunny]

3 hours ago, roylapoutre said:

The 1080 is a more solid card for 1440p 144hz,not overkill AT ALL! 

That would be pretty sad if it were true. There'd be no reason to buy one then.