780ti sli or 980ti

[KingYodel]

So I currently have a MSI 780 ti gaming 3g graphics card and im trying to decide if I should throw my card into SLi with another 780ti or if I should try and sell it to get a 980ti or Fury X card. I game at 1080p but like to downsample. Thanks in advance

 

[HCSn]

I would try to sell the 780 Ti and get a 980 Ti. I doubt you'll have much trouble selling it, to be honest. 980 Ti is a beast of a card, has full DX12 support and enough VRAM to last you years at 1080p.

 

[i7Baby]

For 1080 I'd just keep the SLI 780Tis.

 

[Adamw0611]

Yah I'd take the 980TI, I just sold my 2 780 Ti's and upgraded.

 

[sizzling]

As you like to down sample and the fact a few games are already using 3gb+ VRAM at max setting at 1080p I wouldn't invest any more in a setup which only gives you 3gb VRAM, therefore I would go 980Ti. There are the other disadvantages of Sli such as some games don't support it and driver issues.

 

[HCSn]

For 1080 I'd just keep the SLI 780Tis.

He isn't using 780 Ti's in SLI, he's asking if he should buy another 780 Ti or get a 980 Ti. Frankly I don't think it's worth buying an older card when he can sell the card pretty easily and get a great single-gpu solution.

 

[i7Baby]

Heading: 780ti sli or 980ti

I'd go with 780Ti SLI.

 

[guanyu210379]

Let's do this differently. Take all of these and use it for your consideration.

How much does the next GTX780Ti will cost you? How cheap can you get it?

How good is the price you can get if you sell your current GTX780Ti?
and
How much do you need to pay more for the GTX980Ti after you sell your current GTX780Ti?

Do you have any plan of upgrading the monitor to 1440p or even 4k in the near future?

Are you aware that multi-GPU could have issues and might not be supported by all games?
Do you know that 2x3GB VRAM on SLI is still 3GB?
Do you know that GTX780Ti will gain only max 50% performance on SLI?

 

[KingYodel]

Let's do this differently. Take all of these and use it for your consideration.

How much does the next GTX780Ti will cost you? How cheap can you get it?

How good is the price you can get if you sell your current GTX780Ti?
and
How much do you need to pay more for the GTX980Ti after you sell your current GTX780Ti?

Do you have any plan of upgrading the monitor to 1440p or even 4k in the near future?

Are you aware that multi-GPU could have issues and might not be supported by all games?
Do you know that 2x3GB VRAM on SLI is still 3GB?
Do you know that GTX780Ti will gain only max 50% performance on SLI?

OK in order, im seeing 780 ti's go for about $330-$400
I think i could probably sell my current card for $300 pretty easily
If i sold my 780ti i would need about $180 which is about what i would need for a new 780ti
I doubt ill buy 4k or 1440 in the near future
i am aware of the driver issues, but i really only play mainstream games so im not concerned by it.
and lastly the 50% bump is why im here asking.

 

[guanyu210379]

If you really can sell your current GTX780Ti for USD300 and if a new GTX780Ti will cost you up to USD400, I think, selling your current card and buying GTX980Ti is the wiser choice, although you should pay a wee bit more.
With GTX980Ti, you are leaving the option to go 1440p or even 4k widely open a.k.a you can upgrade anytime you want, even if you do not have such plan today.
A single GTX980Ti consumes a lot less power than 2xGTX780Ti, if this is a concern to you.
A single GPU is than as usual free of all SLI's potential issues.
GTX980Ti scale quite a lot better (2xGTX980Ti has up to 80% more performance than a single GTX980Ti) on SLI compared to GTX780Ti (up to around 50%).

If you have the money, going 1440p 144Hz 27" IPS Monitor is incredible, I glad I bought the Acer XB270HU and now already thinking to get a second GTX970. In the next months, there will be more of those monitors from other brands plus the coming super monitors like ASUS 3440x1440 75Hz 34" IPS curve monitor. I would perhaps sell my current XB270HU and go for that ASUS monitor.
Yes, GSync is not important and does not really worth the premium price at the moment but any of those fast IPS monitors are really a nice upgrade to any 1080p or 1200p monitors. Yup, those kind of monitors are expensive even those without GSync but the prices should go down quite a lot in the next 1-2 years. You would really want to start planing for a monitor upgrade in the next 1-2 years.