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2x RX 480s or 1x 1070? 

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assuming its for gaming, the 1070 no question. crossfire/sli isnt worth the hassle. its needs explicit support and has all the little issues like microstuttering. if you are solely rendering/folding/mining that doesnt require crossfire to be enabled, then the 480 would be a more justified purchase

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You should go for 1060 sli Kappa.

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Just now, bughtoo said:

You should go for 1060 sli Kappa.

You can't sli 1060's?

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12 minutes ago, Polylactic said:

You can't sli 1060's?

Notice how he said Kappa. 

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2 hours ago, Polylactic said:

You can't sli 1060's?

no they dont have any sli teeth or port or how do you call it :) You cant plug an sli cable inside.

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