Gtx 970 or GTx 970 Sli 2 way or Gtx 980?

[Bhavesh0723]

I m the kind of guy who plays both older games and newer games.
Newer games will have no problem with sli configuration.
but I want to know If Sli hurts old games performance?like micro stutter or some other problems

Older games I mean Nfs the run, Gta san anrdreas,call of duty modern warfare, gta 4, nfs carbon,etc.

In short games released between 2008 to 2013

So should I go for a single gtx 970 or 980 ?
or I will be very much beneficial with sli config?

for your information I will never play more than 1080p
also with max settings.

Thank you
All the help I can get

 

[CrimsonLuke]

Even the single 970 is overkill for 99% of games made before 2014. Go with that and you'll be able to get more than 60fps with max settings in 1080p

 

[RCFProd]

1x GTX 970 is enough for your purposes.

 

[Bhavesh0723]

My other concern is sli.
I mean does the sli config hurts performance in games that were released before 2013?If that s the case I will get gtx 970
any major performance hit comes when playing those games at 1080p with max settings in sli mode?

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

A GTX 970 will max out most games at 1080p, but it struggles with some games because of NVIDIA's clever idea of 3.5GB + 500MB VRAM.

 

[jerdle]

Lol @ 970.

You know, with AMD 4GB means 4GB.

 

[RCFProd]

Lol @ 970.

You know, with AMD 4GB means 4GB.

HURR DURR IM A NUT

 

[Sergeant_Sneaky]

Lol @ 970.

You know, with AMD 4GB means 4GB.

It's funny how the 3.5GB GTX 970 still beats the 4GB 290x in most games

 

[jerdle]

Not as funny as the R9 290x being over a year older and still beating the GTX 970 in modern 4k gaming 😀