Do I need SLI?

[bigpak]

Alright, I'm looking to upgrade my two 980s to a 1080, but I am running a 144hz 1080p monitor, and don't plan to do 4K within the next year or two, but I want to be able to achieve 100-120 fps in games, will I need to get two 1080s? I get pretty good fps with two gtx 980s, but it could be better.

 

games I play

 

fallout series

 

borderlands series

 

skyrim

 

half life series

 

portal series

 

minecraft

 

arma 2

 

call of duty series

 

 

 

 

[Xx_MadJack_xX]

i personally think 1 1080 for 1080p will be fine but to be honest i would stick with the 2 980's 

 

others can help me on this but i dont think 1 1080 beats 2 980's in SLI all the time please coreect me if im wrong 

 

but if ya want to upgrade 1 1080 should way more than enough 

[Guest]

Do you really need to include minecraft and half life in the list ?

 

Yes if an upgrade then you should get 1080 in SLI as a single 1080 will not be a big increase

 

There is no 980 SLI on the list but it should be somewhere near 1080 if not more

[MoraisGT]

you will get roughly the same performance with a 1080, the advantages being that you won't get scaling issues with SLI, and you will greatly reduce power consumption and heat output.

 

I'd advise you to whait for the 1080Ti.

[bigpak]

Any idea when the 1080ti is going to be out? Are we even sure there will be one?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, bigpak said:

Any idea when the 1080ti is going to be out? Are we even sure there will be one?

We don't know but 1080 Ti should be release

780ti

980ti

so there should be a 1080ti

[bigpak]

So I would see a performance drop in most games going from two 980s to one 1080?

[Guest]

Just now, bigpak said:

So I would see a performance drop in most games going from two 980s to one 1080?

No. But the performance increase won't be much too and isn't noticeable

[bigpak]

So let's speculate that the 1080ti is released, if I were to upgrade then and ditch the two 980s for a single 1080ti, I would most definitely see an increase then?

 

How often should you upgrade your graphics card?

[Guest]

Just now, bigpak said:

So let's speculate that the 1080ti is released, if I were to upgrade then and ditch the two 980s for a single 1080ti, I would most definitely see an increase then?

 

How often should you upgrade your graphics card?

Yes 1080 ti will increase in performance but we have no specs for a 1080ti. Keep 980's for a while

[bigpak]

Alright sounds good, one last question is, how long will a graphics card last before dying? Will these 980s last another year or two?

[Reflecting]

The life span of a gpu depends largely on their environment and well, sheer luck. Any over clocked has a lower life span do to heat build up and such. With any electronics though, a time line can never truly be counted on as anything can happen.

 

As for upgrading the sli 980 setup is pretty decent over all. I think you would have an ok increase, but not worth the money you would spend. 

 

Your question about when should you upgrade. Well that depends on you and your goals. You should upgrade when ever it suits you and your budget.

[Darkseth]

1 1080 should be around 0-7% faster than 980 SLI.

 

Can be even more in cases, where 4gb Vram isn't enough.

 

 

However.. 1080 sli for 1080p? that's ridiculous ^^

 

Keep your 980s, and upgrade to a 1080 ti if you "need" to.

 

But keep in mind. a Titan X pascal is NOT able to utalize it's whole perforance in a laughable 1080p Resolution. it's just SLIGHTLY faster than a 1080.

However, in 2160p, the Titan X runs away.

 

The 1080p resolution itself would bottleneck a Titan X (pascal) / 1080 ti.

 

But i suggest, if you need more fps, to just put 1-2 settings one level down? I don*'t see the problem here. ^^

 

What CPU do you have? If it's an i5, there you have it. i7 can hold 120-144 fps better than an i5. Up to 60 fps it doesn't matter much, but holding 144 fps... it's not easy. Even for an overclocked i5.

[Aurummorituri]

Even at 1440p my Titan Xp bottlenecks in cpu-intensive titles like GTA 5 on a 6700k at 4.5GHz. Barely 10fps better than a 1080. You really need that i7 for the torrent of draw calls at that refresh rate. 

[bigpak]

CPU is definitely not the bottleneck as I have an i7 6950x. Not only do I game but I also do video editing and 3D rendering, but am not ready to jump into Xeon processors and quadro cards.

 

 

I'm thinking I'm going to go for a 1080ti and if that isn't enough go for 2 of em.

 

 

I just wish we knew more about it, like, if it's even going to exist, and when it will be released.

[Crunken]

16 hours ago, bigpak said:

Alright, I'm looking to upgrade my two 980s to a 1080, but I am running a 144hz 1080p monitor, and don't plan to do 4K within the next year or two, but I want to be able to achieve 100-120 fps in games, will I need to get two 1080s? I get pretty good fps with two gtx 980s, but it could be better.

 

games I play

 

fallout series

 

borderlands series

 

skyrim

 

half life series

 

portal series

 

minecraft

 

arma 2

 

call of duty series

 

 

 

 

You won't need to upgrade, two 980's is overkill for those games at 1080p and a gtx 1080 wouldn't be worth it at all

[bigpak]

And when they die I definitely will need to upgrade. I'm just scanning the market to see what is available and figuring out what I will need. I do plan to play new games, just haven't decided what ones yet. and really, two 980s is not overkill for borderlands series, as physx takes a massive chunk out of the framerate.

[jjohnthedon1]

U have that much gpu power atm just wait fir Volta and get a decent jump in performance for a decent price dude