1 Titan X or 2 1080 for maximum visual quality gaming?

[The remee]

Hi.

 

I was wondering in terms of maximum visual quality gaming if it would be better to get 2 1080-graphic cards, instead of 1 Titan X, for an at least 60 fps monitor at 1080p(Keep in mind that it's "the best for the lowest prices mentality")?

 

This came to mind specially, because I found out that GTA 5 requires at least 8.3 GB of VRAM, when every setting is set to maximum quality(Both Normal and Advanced graphics).

 

I hope that someone can help me.

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

2 minutes ago, The remee said:

Hi.

 

I was wondering in terms of maximum visual quality gaming if it would be better to get 2 1080-graphic cards, instead of 1 Titan X, for an at least 60 fps monitor at 1080p(Keep in mind that it's "the best for the lowest prices mentality")?

 

This came to mind specially, because I found out that GTA 5 requires at least 8.3 GB of VRAM, when every setting is set to maximum quality(Both Normal and Advanced graphics).

 

I hope that someone can help me.

A single GTX 1070 specifically will keep you satisfied for years to come. Also GTA 5 doesn't use nearly that much VRAM at 1080p, it doesn't even fill up my 1060's 6GB frame buffer at max settings.

[The remee]

1 minute ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

A single GTX 1070 specifically will keep you satisfied for years to come. Also GTA 5 doesn't use nearly that much VRAM at 1080p, it doesn't even fill up my 1060's 6GB frame buffer at max settings.

If you set everything to maximum quality it will(Advanced graphics must be set to maximum as well)... I've already checked it.   

[rn8686]

2 1080s for 1080p? Way, way overkill. A 1060 (6Gb) can easily max it out (As can a 8GB 480). Even if it used more than 8Gb  of VRAM (Which it doesnt), SLI wont help much as you still only have access to 8Gb of VRAM. Dont waste you money on this for 1080p, you dont need it. 

[Jacktastic-Mofo]

Just now, The remee said:

If you set everything to maximum quality it will(Advanced graphics must be set to maximum as well)... I've already checked it.   

I was just running GTA V like two days ago at complete maximum settings at 1080p, and it used like five or so gigs of VRAM.

[johnt]

5 minutes ago, Jacktastic-Mofo said:

I was just running GTA V like two days ago at complete maximum settings at 1080p, and it used like five or so gigs of VRAM.

It will use more if it has the capacity to. Just like Rise of the Tomb Raider. Runs great on almost every card, but it uses nearly 7 GB of vram when you turn up every single little detail at 1080p. I confirmed this with my new 1070.

[SCHISCHKA]

i remember when GTA4 required 1.5Gb for max settings but medium-high was achievable on 512mb. don't go through the expense trying to get max settings. All you will achieve is maxing out the draw distance. Buy a 1070 and save your money for a new card next year.

[The remee]

Just now, JohnT said:

It will use more if it has the capacity to. Just like Rise of the Tomb Raider. Runs great on almost every card, but it uses nearly 7 GB of vram when you turn up every single little detail at 1080p. I confirmed this with my new 1070.

That is what I mean. When I cranked up every single detail it showed that it needed at least 8.3 GB VRAM.

[johnt]

17 minutes ago, The remee said:

Hi.

 

I was wondering in terms of maximum visual quality gaming if it would be better to get 2 1080-graphic cards, instead of 1 Titan X, for an at least 60 fps monitor at 1080p(Keep in mind that it's "the best for the lowest prices mentality")?

 

This came to mind specially, because I found out that GTA 5 requires at least 8.3 GB of VRAM, when every setting is set to maximum quality(Both Normal and Advanced graphics).

 

I hope that someone can help me.

You really have to ask yourself if you need to turn up every little detail in GTA V. It's going to cost you around $1,600 to buy two GTX 1080 cards. And the fun doesn't stop there. SLI/Crossfire suck in a lot of system memory and CPU resources. I know when I had Crossfire, my cpu usage was high and my system ram was hovering around 14 GB in Need for Speed. With one card it was around 9 GB.

[johnt]

2 minutes ago, The remee said:

That is what I mean. When I cranked up every single detail it showed that it needed at least 8.3 GB VRAM.

I don't own GTA V yet... is this an in-game estimate based on your settings? Rockstar provided something similar with Max Payne 3

[The remee]

If you mean that I own and play the game, then yes. My current graphic card is an ASUS Geforce 980 STRIX with an Intel Core i7 5820K cpu.

[johnt]

1 minute ago, The remee said:

If you mean that I own and play the game, then yes. My current graphic card is an ASUS Geforce 980 STRIX with an Intel Core i7 5820K cpu.

I'm asking how you determined GTA V will use 8.3 GB of vram? I don't own the game so I don't know if there is an in-game estimator.

 

That CPU won't bottleneck dual 1080's. How much ram do you have?

[The remee]

I have 16 GB ram

[noobs guid to marsterrace]

all you need is 1 1070 an 1080 alone would overkill but if you must 2 1080s 

[johnt]

Just now, The remee said:

I have 16 GB ram

No problem there.

 

Hey man if you have the money, go for it. But is it REALLY worth that much money?

[The remee]

Well I've checked the prices and the result is that the 2 1080's costed around $1.475(around the same price for 1 Titan X) which isn't that big of a deal for me, I just wanted to know which choice would be more valuable/the best.

[johnt]

But you are aware that SLI scaling doesn't superimpose video memory, right? So even if the game will use 8.3 GB, it doesn't matter how many cards you use, if the 1080 has 8 GB of vram available, that's the total vram you're going to have (only 8, not 16).

 

Something else to consider too

[ThinkWithPortals]

21 minutes ago, JohnT said:

I don't own the game so I don't know if there is an in-game estimator.

There is, yeah. It's a little readout at the top of the settings menu, that gives estimated video memory usage based on the graphics settings you have currently selected. How reliable or accurate the readout is, that I don't know.

[The remee]

1 minute ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

There is, yeah. It's a little readout at the top of the settings menu, that gives estimated video memory usage based on the graphics settings you have currently selected. How reliable or accurate the readout is, that I don't know.

It is really reliable, because it doesn't only show how much VRAM it's using at a sertant setting, it also a shows a scale that goes from green to red depending on how much quality is used compared to how much VRAM you have. Now you can go beyond the numbers but even if you get to 8 GB you will most likely not even get to 30 fps.

[johnt]

4 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

There is, yeah. It's a little readout at the top of the settings menu, that gives estimated video memory usage based on the graphics settings you have currently selected. How reliable or accurate the readout is, that I don't know.

It's probably pretty conservative. But that's why it's video memory and has such a large bandwidth... clear memory and add more. ~300 MB over 8 GB is not enough to justify $1,600 on video cards.

[The remee]

$1475 *

[johnt]

2 minutes ago, The remee said:

$1475 *

After tax?

[The remee]

Yes. 

[The remee]

Well it's calculated from the Danish currency to the American currency

[johnt]

Just now, The remee said:

Well it's calculated from the Danish currency to the American currency

Isn't there a 25% VAT/tax in Denmark?