970 SLI Yes or No

[michaelocarroll007]

Alright,

 

TLDR: Which would you choose currently 

970 SLI $150 

1070 $400

1080 $500

 

so i have a 970 in one of my computers right now. i have 2 4k screens which the 970 obviously struggles a bit.

i have the option to buy a second 970 for $150 which from some research should put it at 980ti/1070 levels of performance. if scaling was good it should beat them. 

 

a 1070 is about $400 is it really worth it to spend $400 or spend $150 and go SLI for now and wait it out till i can get something more on the level of a 1080ti or 1080 in the future or whatever comes after them at similar perf. 

 

 

my main game i play is PUBG 

 

Pubg i play with a few items on hight like textures and most on medium/low at 4k with 70% scale so UI and everything is 4k but really im playing at 2688x1512 Approx. just over 1440p. and i get about 50fps avg games pretty jumpy sometimes though from 35-90fps kinda just pubg.

[TVwazhere]

I'd sell your 970 for $150, and use that towards a new GPU. 

[McHox]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

I'd sell your 970 for $150, and use that towards a new GPU. 

^what he said

 

sli just isnt worth it 

[SquintyG33Rs]

what's your CPU clocked at? did you try overclocking that more before anything? i've found pubg to be very weird on CPU, it doesn't use more than 2 cores but it wants them to be as fast as possible. otherwise the game doesn't really take much GPU power (though this is 4k)

 

also pubg doesn't support SLI at all so forget about that option

[ARikozuM]

I'd go 1080.

[michaelocarroll007]

Just now, SquintyG33Rs said:

what's your CPU clocked at? did you try overclocking that more before anything? i've found pubg to be very weird on CPU, it doesn't use more than 2 cores but it wants them to be as fast as possible. otherwise the game doesn't really take much GPU power (though this is 4k)

 

also pubg doesn't support SLI at all so forget about that option

 

i5-4690k Yeah overclocking it helps a lot at 4.1ghz  This game is overly CPU Bound for most people. when i play at 1080p high/medium my GPU usage wont even hit 100% at some areas as my CPU is the bottleneck.  Higher resolution my framrate drops and GPU becomes bottleneck again as it should.

 

I Might be mistaken but i thought there was updated drivers that gave some support to SLI PUBG from my research its been pretty hit or miss no straight asnwer though 

[michaelocarroll007]

Just now, ARikozuM said:

I'd go 1080.

 

3 minutes ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

what's your CPU clocked at? did you try overclocking that more before anything? i've found pubg to be very weird on CPU, it doesn't use more than 2 cores but it wants them to be as fast as possible. otherwise the game doesn't really take much GPU power (though this is 4k)

 

also pubg doesn't support SLI at all so forget about that option

 

9 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I'd sell your 970 for $150, and use that towards a new GPU. 

 

Seems like the General Opinion is get a $400-500 GPU. I personally do also always say no to SLI when someones doing a new build 100% of the time. But i figured maybe the $150 vs $4-500 had some more weight in the topic.  Currently i will probably wait untill i can afford to drop $500 on the 1080 but wont be  for a while hopefully a new 70/80 series card drops by then. But who knows maybe ill get impatient and just Splurge dumbly lol i really want more Perf. 

[SquintyG33Rs]

8 minutes ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

 

i5-4690k Yeah overclocking it helps a lot at 4.1ghz  This game is overly CPU Bound for most people. when i play at 1080p high/medium my GPU usage wont even hit 100% at some areas as my CPU is the bottleneck.  Higher resolution my framrate drops and GPU becomes bottleneck again as it should.

 

I Might be mistaken but i thought there was updated drivers that gave some support to SLI PUBG from my research its been pretty hit or miss no straight asnwer though 

if you're only at 4.1 push it. i have the game running on a g3258 in my side system flawlessly because it's overclocked to 4.5 and it's only a pentium. granted it's at 1080p, that's why i said i didn't know how 4k would change that since i haven't tested it.

[IKnight]

1 great GPU will always be better than 2 good GPUs. 

SLI (not to mention Xfire) never worked and never will work properly. 

[michaelocarroll007]

Just now, SquintyG33Rs said:

if you're only at 4.1 push it. i have the game running on a g3258 in my side system flawlessly because it's overclocked to 4.5 and it's only a pentium. granted it's at 1080p, that's why i said i didn't know how 4k would change that since i haven't tested it.

when i Run 1080p at decent settings my AVG is above 60  typically hovering at 85-105fps  at this framerate my CPU becomes the bottleneck around 100FPS in the areas the GPU can get it that high they are very equally trading blows with whos the bottleneck.  (Excluding spawn island That shit Murders my CPU and i get like 40FPS and my GPU is way below 100.

 

at 4k my cpu isnt the bottleneck at all its purely the GPU 

[michaelocarroll007]

5 minutes ago, IKnight said:

1 great GPU will always be better than 2 good GPUs. 

SLI (not to mention Xfire) never worked and never will work properly. 

Yeah seems to be the conclusion i suppose i will be sticking single 970 im just in the 1st world problem of i want something faster lol 

[IKnight]

Just now, michaelocarroll007 said:

Yeah seems to be the conclusion i suppose i will be sticking single 970 im just in the 1st world problem of i want something faster lol 

I just got a 970 and it's awesome. You really don't need anything better for 1080p.

[michaelocarroll007]

1 minute ago, IKnight said:

I just got a 970 and it's awesome. You really don't need anything better for 1080p.

Yes i Agree for 1080p its still a very great Card. I just turn it up to 4k see the visuals and then have to dial it back down and feel like im missing out lmao. 

 

There about the same Perf as the 1060 3gb and almost double the perf of the 1050ti which is still not a bad card for beginning gamers at 1080p

[IKnight]

Just now, michaelocarroll007 said:

Yes i Agree for 1080p its still a very great Card. I just turn it up to 4k see the visuals and then have to dial it back down and feel like im missing out lmao. 

Ah, the curse of the PC enthusiast. Always wanting the best even if they don't need it.  

[ARikozuM]

There's also the 1070 Ti with the performance of a 1080 once overclocked.

[michaelocarroll007]

10 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

There's also the 1070 Ti with the performance of a 1080 once overclocked.

Currently Pricing of 1070TI seems to be about $470-480 1080 ive seen go for $480-510.  I will keep an eye out when i actually but one but right now i dont think they make sense unless there right at that 450 mark.  Either way like ive said in the other Posts ill probably be deciding between $400-$500 and the 1070ti is in that range so it will get considered if i do buy one 

[michaelocarroll007]

24 minutes ago, IKnight said:

Ah, the curse of the PC enthusiast. Always wanting the best even if they don't need it.  

 Yeah exactly once you see whats possible you want it and chase it. lol  been trying latley to not do this as much but PUBG has gotten me into pc gaming a lot more lately maybe when i get bored of it ill stop wanting a better GPU who knows.  

[SquintyG33Rs]

1 hour ago, michaelocarroll007 said:

when i Run 1080p at decent settings my AVG is above 60  typically hovering at 85-105fps  at this framerate my CPU becomes the bottleneck around 100FPS in the areas the GPU can get it that high they are very equally trading blows with whos the bottleneck.  (Excluding spawn island That shit Murders my CPU and i get like 40FPS and my GPU is way below 100.

 

at 4k my cpu isnt the bottleneck at all its purely the GPU 

dude i get 80fps on spawn island with a pentium an 950......... and i'm not reducing resolution or settings for it

[michaelocarroll007]

24 minutes ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

dude i get 80fps on spawn island with a pentium an 950......... and i'm not reducing resolution or settings for it

80fps and a 950 sounds Ridiculously high and with a pentium.  But i get 85-105 like i said in game but in the crowd in spawn island the CPU gets Crushed.  if i walk away from the center it gose up a lot to regular amounts  but by the plane area its low. 

[SquintyG33Rs]

Just now, michaelocarroll007 said:

80fps and a 950 sounds Ridiculously high and with a pentium.  But i get 85-105 like i said in game but in the crowd in spawn island the CPU gets Crushed.  if i walk away from the center it gose up a lot to regular amounts  but by the plane area its low. 

I'll get a screenshot next time

[michaelocarroll007]

2 hours ago, SquintyG33Rs said:

I'll get a screenshot next time

Yeah im more intrested in this now i just havent cared about spawn island since i typically just wait still for the 1 minute to start anyhow. Im going to look into more if its my game only or its typical of most people i figured due to seeing all 100 people the CPU is working hard 

[Mick Naughty]

For pubg I'd say get a better card. Best you can. The game blows for performance. But something like bf1 or ww2 when the profiles comes out I'd go sli. My old Keplers still do better then my 1080. Everything should be tried once.