Should I upgrade?

[Medusa]

Currently running on two Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti 6GB XTREME cards and I was thinking of selling the two and upgrading to a single 1080 Ti. 

 

I game occasionally and I edit a good amount of videos. I'm wondering if the 1080 Ti will give me worth while benefits over my two 980Ti's 

 

Edit: Found a benchmarking video that answered my questions... 

 

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[LienusLateTips]

Nah, 980Ti = ~1070 and 1070 SLI is kinda comparable. 

[DarkBlade2117]

That's really only a question you can answer yourself. Are you getting adequate framerates and the settings you want? If yes then no need to upgrade.

[The Sloth]

6 minutes ago, JDE said:

Nah, 980Ti = ~1070 and 1070 SLI is kinda comparable. 

not really. 1070 easily can overclock higher than a 980ti can while consuming less power and stay cooler under load. 

[Medusa]

1 minute ago, DarkBlade2117 said:

That's really only a question you can answer yourself. Are you getting adequate framerates and the settings you want? If yes then no need to upgrade.

The 980 Ti SLI is dodgy at times but does give pretty good frames on the AAA games I play. Problem is, I don't know how much better a single 1080 Ti is in direct comparison to the 980 Ti SLI. I'd much rather have better frames and more stable performance. 

 

Also, I render videos on Vegas using CUDA so I don't know if the single card is better than two. 

[Guest]

I'd bet the SLI is faster then a single 1 gen above card.

[Not_Sean]

yeah its only 1 gen gap, I would stick with the SLI setup and if you want all the FPs than look at upgrading. I've found when you buy top level you can skip about two gens before it comes worth it. 

[Medusa]

1 minute ago, Not_Sean said:

yeah its only 1 gen gap, I would stick with the SLI setup and if you want all the FPs than look at upgrading. I've found when you buy top level you can skip about two gens before it comes worth it. 

 

Just found a benchmarking video between a single 1080 Ti and the 980 Ti SLI 

 

The 1080 Ti beats out the 980 Ti SLI by around 4-5 frames at times but the majority of the time, it's pretty much dead even. 

[Not_Sean]

3 minutes ago, Medusa said:

 

Just found a benchmarking video between a single 1080 Ti and the 980 Ti SLI 

 

The 1080 Ti beats out the 980 Ti SLI by around 4-5 frames at times but the majority of the time, it's pretty much dead even. 

There is your answer, Why I'm sticking with my 980 in my main rig.. and when it gets a bit slower i'll prob throw in another super cheap. 

 

Top cards are there for a reason.. look at my project, 1.5gb GTX580 and I'm really enjoying it at the moment its sitting at 900Mhz and 1200Mhz happily.