GTX 980 Ti OR GTX 980 SLI ?

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Hi!

My System:

i7-4790k (4,4GHz)
16GB RAM 1600 MHz
250GB SSD Samsung EVO
GPU: 2x MSI GTX 980 Gaming 4GB SLI (OC 10%)

My question is:

Should i stay with the GTX 980 SLI or sell them to go to ONE GTX 980 Ti SC+ from EVGA to get rid of the SLI "disadvantages" but get a little lower performance?
 
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You will win synthetic benchmarks with sli GTX980.
If you have sli issues with the games you play,, then a single GTX980ti may well be a good change.
A single GTX980ti can give good performance on a 1440P monitor.
On a 4k monitor, fast action gaming might be better with sli GTX980.
For strategy games like civ or skyrim, I get a steady 60fps on a 4k monitor.

My suggestion is to buy your 1440P monitor and see how you do.
You might try running on just one GTX980 to get a better idea of what a GTX980ti might do.
And... keep your old monitors as side monitors. They add no load if you are gaming on the single primary monitor.
Can only answer if you share what monitor(s) you're using (or thinking of upgrading to...e.g. 4K) and what your main computer purpose is.

For example, if you are doing lots of video editing or CAD on a 4K monitor, the extra RAM on the Ti will be very beneficial. If gaming on multiple HD monitors, I'd stick with what you have.
 
I got 2 monitors right now. 1 BENQ 1080p 120 HZ Monitor as main and one 1080 60 HZ as second monitor. But im thinking of upgrading to ASUS ROG Swift or ACER XB270HU.

So you think i should stay with my 2 GTX 980 right now and maybe upgrade to next gen (GTX1000?) single card then?

And what do you think of upgrading to 2560x1440 from my Full HD setup?
 
2x GTX980 is faster than a single GTX980Ti, as long as the 4GB VRAM is sufficient.
For 2560x1440p, no need to pump up the VRAM to more than 4GB.
I would stay with your 2xGTX980.

Upgrading from 1080p to 1440p is quite amazing I must say. :)
Get it if you can afford it.
XB270HU is my pick, I actually have it.
PG278Q is also not bad but I kinda want an IPS for me.
Be careful with the bad QC of XB270HU, you might need 2-3 RMAs to get a working one like my friends, only I was lucky enough to get a perfectly working XB270HU out of the first box.


 
Ok so i should stay with the 2 GTX980 and just get me a nice 1440p g-sync monitor right? :)

do you have experience with a second monitor in terms of losing performance? some times when im watching a video on my second monitor it feels like i got FPS drops or micro-stutter :/

 
wait wait!
You are playing high-end games on ultra on the 1st. monitor while watching full-HD movie on the 2nd. monitor at the same time? Choppy on the movie?
I think it should be choppy, if you do that.
The GPU and other resources are working already perhaps to max serving only the the game.
 
You will win synthetic benchmarks with sli GTX980.
If you have sli issues with the games you play,, then a single GTX980ti may well be a good change.
A single GTX980ti can give good performance on a 1440P monitor.
On a 4k monitor, fast action gaming might be better with sli GTX980.
For strategy games like civ or skyrim, I get a steady 60fps on a 4k monitor.

My suggestion is to buy your 1440P monitor and see how you do.
You might try running on just one GTX980 to get a better idea of what a GTX980ti might do.
And... keep your old monitors as side monitors. They add no load if you are gaming on the single primary monitor.
 
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