1080 ti Replacing 2 980 Ti's with a single 1080 Ti for Ultrawide Gaming in Ultra

[ApexTypeA]

I currently run 2 980 Ti's in SLI on a Ultrawide GSync monitor where I currently get about 65 to 75 FPS on Witcher 3, Ultra everything (including Hairworks). I want to replace those cards with a single 1080 Ti and would like to know your opinion if it would keep up with the performance of 2 980 Ti's under those circumstances. Appreciate i!

 

[Moress]

6 minutes ago, ApexTypeA said:

I currently run 2 980 Ti's in SLI on a Ultrawide GSync monitor where I currently get about 65 to 75 FPS on Witcher 3, Ultra everything (including Hairworks). I want to replace those cards with a single 1080 Ti and would like to know your opinion if it would keep up with the performance of 2 980 Ti's under those circumstances. Appreciate i!

 

From what I can find, 980tis in sli would be more or less equal to a single 1080ti. But the single 1080ti would use less power and have more Vram to play with. I wouldn't do it, but if you have the spare money, and can get good prices if you sell the 980tis there is a good argument to do so.

[Ryoku]

13 minutes ago, Moress said:

From what I can find, 980tis in sli would be more or less equal to a single 1080ti. But the single 1080ti would use less power and have more Vram to play with. I wouldn't do it, but if you have the spare money, and can get good prices if you sell the 980tis there is a good argument to do so.

I agree with Moress, pretty much a side grade, but you'd have less hassle without sli.

[ApexTypeA]

15 minutes ago, Moress said:

From what I can find, 980tis in sli would be more or less equal to a single 1080ti. But the single 1080ti would use less power and have more Vram to play with. I wouldn't do it, but if you have the spare money, and can get good prices if you sell the 980tis there is a good argument to do so.

 

When I overclock both cards I pull about 750 W for the whole system, playing 1 or 2 hours or so pulling so much power can rack up the electric bill quite a bit. Plus SLI is not as smooth as I thought. I just don't want to loose quality on games. Ultrawide is not quite 4K but it is pretty hard to drive. 

[dizmo]

19 minutes ago, ApexTypeA said:

When I overclock both cards I pull about 750 W for the whole system, playing 1 or 2 hours or so pulling so much power can rack up the electric bill quite a bit. Plus SLI is not as smooth as I thought. I just don't want to loose quality on games. Ultrawide is not quite 4K but it is pretty hard to drive. 

It shouldn't....

Unless you live in Hawaii or something.

[GirlFromYonder]

Just now, ApexTypeA said:

I currently run 2 980 Ti's in SLI on a Ultrawide GSync monitor where I currently get about 65 to 75 FPS on Witcher 3, Ultra everything (including Hairworks). I want to replace those cards with a single 1080 Ti and would like to know your opinion if it would keep up with the performance of 2 980 Ti's under those circumstances. Appreciate i!

 

go for it

[Moress]

11 hours ago, ApexTypeA said:

When I overclock both cards I pull about 750 W for the whole system, playing 1 or 2 hours or so pulling so much power can rack up the electric bill quite a bit. Plus SLI is not as smooth as I thought. I just don't want to loose quality on games. Ultrawide is not quite 4K but it is pretty hard to drive. 

As far as GPU power goes you should probably gain about %10 using a 1080ti. And the additional cost from wattage usage is way overblown these days.

[Remixt]

2 hours ago, Moress said:

As far as GPU power goes you should probably gain about %10 using a 1080ti. And the additional cost from wattage usage is way overblown these days.

It could be more depending on the use cases. I agree about the wattage comment. 

 

 

IMO the 1080ti is one hell of an upgrade. Don't forget that you will get alot better thermal/noise values as well if you are using a single card.