780 ti sli or sell and get 980

[simpleneophyte]

so i currently have a 780 ti acx and im wondering if i should sli since there so cheap now or should i see mine and get a 980 ...i know theres not a big jump other then the extra gig of vram..or should i look to upgrade somthing else on my pc?

my specs are
cpu-fx 8150 black edtion
ram- 8gb of dominator gt
gpu- 780ti acx
240 ssd and 1 terabyte hdd
850 rm series powersupply
monitor is a asus 2560x1440p

this is a gaming system and my cpu is liquid cooled on a 120 closed loop rad

 

[simpleneophyte]

I would just stick with the 780 ti for now since its still pretty powerful for 1440p gaming.

so your saying just sli for not? if i sli ill just wait a few gens till maybe the 1000 series or 1100

 

[pomps74]

Yes I would reccomend upgrading to an i7/i5 from Intel because there will be no more bottlenecks, and it is more future proof than the FX series. It will last you 5+ years and won't bottleneck GPUs for several generations. The FX 8350 already bottlenecks the GTX 980 and even the GTX 970 in some games. You won't get the same FPS as an i7 or i5

ok cool let me ask you this then..would there be a noticable difference going from a 8150 to i7 for gaming

It will depend on the resolution and graphics card you are using. If you are doing 1440p, 2-way sli with AMD will not be the same as 2-way sli with intel. DX12 might change that when it comes out, but until then, newer GPUs will be too fast for that FX and they will be held back. SIngle 780 ti, though, maybe no difference, maybe 5-10 FPS difference. It depends on the games you play. Check out this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2361806/amd-8150-evga-gtx-970.html

 

[simpleneophyte]

Yes I would reccomend upgrading to an i7/i5 from Intel because there will be no more bottlenecks, and it is more future proof than the FX series. It will last you 5+ years and won't bottleneck GPUs for several generations. The FX 8350 already bottlenecks the GTX 980 and even the GTX 970 in some games. You won't get the same FPS as an i7 or i5

ok cool let me ask you this then..would there be a noticable difference going from a 8150 to i7 for gaming

It will depend on the resolution and graphics card you are using. If you are doing 1440p, 2-way sli with AMD will not be the same as 2-way sli with intel. DX12 might change that when it comes out, but until then, newer GPUs will be too fast for that FX and they will be held back. SIngle 780 ti, though, maybe no difference, maybe 5-10 FPS difference. It depends on the games you play. Check out this thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2361806/amd-8150-evga-gtx-970.html

im not seeing what im supposed to read in that link and what about sli what would be the fps diff and right now with one 780ti i have no issues just looking to upgrade.