Pathway toward 144hz 1440p: should I do 970 SLI or 980ti?

[npthaiduong]

Hello gentlemen,

I am having a dilemma and truly need you guys' insights and advice. I am upgrading my current system (specs are listed at the end) to the 144hz and 2650x1440p league. I am planning to buy the Dell Gaming S2716DG monitor, but I did some research and realized that my 970 will not handle 144hz at 2650x1440p well enough to fully utilize the monitor. I am torn between two options: buying another G1 970 for 970 SLI or buy a 980ti.

Which one is the best cost-benefit effective option for me? Since I am not a hard-core or competitive gamer, I just want to have a system that I can enjoy new games in at least 3-4 years down the road.

Thank you in advance for all of your inputs and opinions.

Core components of my system:

i5 6600k
Asrock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K6
16GB DDR4 2400
Gigabyte G1 Winforce GTX 970
ASUS Essence Xonar STX soundcard
EVGA 750W Gold plus PSU

 

[dsr07mm]

Not sure can 750w handle 2x970. If can, performanse should be same as single 980ti (perhaps slightly higher in SLI but keep on mind that SLI profiles are not provided for all games). Single 980ti will provide less power consumption aswel as less heat including avoiding all issues related to SLI.

If you like SLI go for it, but we are already hitting 4gb vram in 1080p, for 1440p I would recommend 980ti seriosly. Vram is not stacking on dx12 so some people buy SLI because of that. If you can find good deal go for 980ti.

I'm waiting my new 980ti on Saturday (620e), sold my 970 couple days ago for 300e. So basically you should be able to buy 980ti for same price.

P.S I'm not sure about 3-4 years on 1440p though, perhaps SLI 980ti at one point or new Pascal in 2017 (not first weaker models which will be slower then 980ti most likely). If you look at benchmarks you can already hit bottom 60's FPS with Nvidia GameWork features even in 1080p. If you can avoid those (as I can) then you should be good as long as PS4 is primary console with one gpu.

 

[coozie7]

Never been a fan of multi GPU setups, for me the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, so I'd go for a single GTX980Ti instantly.
Not sure how much you can sell the GTX970 for, prices, particularly on online auction sites, are always something of a lottery and the various fees can significantly eat into the money raised. You may do better selling to a friend/workmate or by the old fashioned local small ads.

 

[shawnsum]

If your looking to play current demanding games and so on at complete max settings take a look at this graphic nvidia has put out regarding The Division.

Keep in mind this is with everything absolutely maxed. Ultra and beyond with Nvidia exclusive settings. Here you go.

Nvidia Division Graphic

Furthermore they do state a single GTX 980 Ti is the preferred card to run on a 1440p display @ 60+ FPS on High Settings, not Max.

 

[dsr07mm]

If your looking to play current demanding games and so on at complete max settings take a look at this graphic nvidia has put out regarding The Division.

Keep in mind this is with everything absolutely maxed. Ultra and beyond with Nvidia exclusive settings. Here you go.

Nvidia Division Graphic

Furthermore they do state a single GTX 980 Ti is the preferred card to run on a 1440p display @ 60+ FPS on High Settings, not Max.

That is the sad thing. Most expensive/fastest gpu is running game under 60fps. It's 2016.. I guess they need to slow down and follow PS4 since there is not many more additions to release and create solid ground for new hardware.