Core i7 4790K + 1070Ti SLI

[UcShrek]

I know some have said that 1 strong GPU is better than 2 lower tier cards in SLI, however I want to be able to play my games at 1440p x3, Nvidia Surround with 3 1440p monitors. I was reading this review about the 1070Ti in SLI, and the results were very impressive and is also much cheaper than 2 1080s or 1080Tis in SLI, and not even sweating for a second!

Here is the article:
http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/geforce-gtx-1070-ti-2-way-sli-review,1.html

So based on price and performance ratio in my opinion I think it's the best choice, I just want to make sure I am not going to have bottleneck issues or any other problems. All my games are FP Shooters and 2 Flight Sims such as:
- BF3, BF4 - and future BF Series titles but not BF1 for sure
- PUBG, Arma 3
- FSX:SE & LOMAC:FC3

My Gaming PC:
- I7 4790K OC'ed @ 4.8GHz
- 16 GB Ram
- Gigabyte Z-97X Gaming 5
- EVGA 750W PUS

As monitors I am going to upgrade to three of these monitors coming January:
- Philips BDM3270QP2 32 inch class LED-Lit monitor, 2560x1440 res, 4ms, 50M:1DCR, VGA, DVI, Display Port, HDMI, USB, Spk
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LXPX9I4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1

I want to be able to game at 60FPS with the best eye candy and taking all the video settings sliders to the max, can I achieve this with what I am trying to do here?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

your plan is not going to work and you are going to waste money for any combination of the following:
1. newer games (DX12 and Vulcan) do not support SLI, multi GPU must be implemented by developer. most are not doing so. The only game I know that has multi GPU support is Ashes of the singularity that no sane person plays.
2. Games on older API like DX11 do not always support SLI
3. Those that support:
3.1 not necessarily support from day one.
3.2 scaling is more likely to be 30-40% of a single card
3.3 with high probability will have crashes, stuttering, freezes
4. SLI increases input lag

And I have not even started to talk about playing shooter on 3 screens. Optimal screen size for PC gaming (shooters) is 24-27" for a normal distance.
I can tell you that my performance in shooters is significantly worse since i switched to a single 34" ultrawide from 24". i have to move my self very far to be able to see the whole screen (minimaps and other shit in corners).

Bottom line, you will have a nightmare with described setup for shooters.

 

[UcShrek]

Quote: "Ashes of the singularity that no sane person plays" lol!

I am going to guess that you are not trying to start a flame war, however it seems subconsciously like you actually are; I can tell you are speaking from you own experience, however you are being extremely negative about it, I never mentioned I am going to play any game from any developer, I have mentioned certain previously released games, games that have already developed the support and patches and updates that actually have SLI support, with the exception of PUBG, which it doesn't scale well at all with NVidia Surround nor SLI for that matter, I can care less about PUBG because is not where my money is right now.

My interest is and always be on the BF series titles, EA/DICE have been pretty supportive with their titles all the time, if it is for the sake of arguing I can show you that, other gamers in different forums have also wrote about their personal experiences and it has been very positive, just with different setups than mine; I just want to say that when it comes to certain games, there is a pattern, and as I mentioned before, I don't play any single game out there, I stay within certain type of games or with certain criteria, and most of the times, since BF series was able to work with Surround or Eyefinity that I can remember, they have always provide support through updates and patches, I am just hoping this is going be the same pattern for future series titles.

As far as scaling issues or stuttering in the BF titles, they did have issues but only for some short time at the beginning, and got taken care of afterwards; and for Flight Sims, they don't evolve very much nor change a lot and they are bounded more to CPU than the GPU, once they get support it stays that way almost permanently even with new GPUs.

There are so many videos on YT about NVidia Surround and 2 GPUs in SLI mode, also there are so many videos on YT that support the 1070Ti in SLI doing pretty well with some BF titles, pretty much the reason for my post is to find out if, for the type of games that I already play, as well as future titles from the same developers and based on their history for support, if my CPU and optional GPUs: 2 x 1070Ti in SLI, if is something that can work with, considering my current PC setup.

 

[jr9]

If you are absolutely dead-set on 3 displays then the 1070 SLI setup is a good route to take. Getting good 4K on a single card isn't easy but a single card does mean you aren't opening the door to the numerous issues SLI can have. Dice is pretty good when it comes to SLI support.

If you haven't tried actually playing a shooter on 3 displays you should definitely try it before you pull the trigger on such an expensive investment of two cards and three displays. I tried it once and I found I couldn't process everything accross the giant canvas of displays and just ended up getting killed over and over. It's great for games where you don't have to process what's going on quickly though.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

no flame wars at all - just trying to explain the implications of your plan - after all, you can do whatever you want with your money
just for the record, the CF (from the red team) is same no go as SLI from green team.
The main point is that you don't need SLI since shooters are not really playable on 3 monitors. It looks great, but it's unplayable if you want to be useful. If you go into battle to have a visual orgasm and die like a bot - well, 3 monitors can be an option. It is really fun for very slow strategy games or some simulators.
As for the games, if you are going to be happy with existing games - sure you can do the SLI. but the experience with SLI is worse than with single card.
If you don't mind higher input lag, occasional wait for patches that might fix crashes/stuttering, or playing some games with SLI disabled - you can do it.
Again, SLI is available on older APIs like OpenGL 4 and DX11. I can't tell you exactly when the games will not have the option to run on older API, but it will happen within a year or two. So future BF games might be DX12 only - no SLI support. If you are fine with it and don't care to have 2 unused monitors and 1 unused card for 90% of your gaming - sure go for it.

technically, the CPU can handle well over 100FPS in games where it is important.
3x1080p@144Hz monitors can be handled by 2x1070Ti.
3x1440p@144Hz monitors, would require 2x1080Ti to run well.