SLI GTX 980 Ti - Can I and should I?

[Brady Jones]

Hi guys,

I've just bought and installed a EVGA 980 Ti onto my oldish system to extend its life a little while I wait for the next gen intel chips and EVGA have offered me 50% their whole range. 50% is alot so now I'm thinking I should use it

Replace my corsair 850GS psu?
Buy another 980ti and SLI?
Will my comp benefit or bottle neck?

My comp:

i7 - 3770k 3.5ghz
16G DDR3
Asus p8-z77 dlx
Corsair 850Gs PSU
EVGA GTX 980 Ti
Samsung 850 SDD
Boring HDD
24 Asus VG248QE 3D LED Monitor (the g-sync up-gradable one)

Thanks !!!!!!!!!!

 

[bl@dy]

wait what? you can buy new gtx 980ti for 50% price?

 

[Brady Jones]

So this is embarrassing

Upon double reading the small print - what they mean by their whole range is: Whole range of PSU's -.-

 

[RAZER Gamer]

Wait so not 2 980's but 2 980 Ti's!

 

[RAZER Gamer]

Don't replace your PSU, it's fine. I would either buy a new CPU, like the Intel i7-4790k and overclock it to 4.7Ghz, that is a great gaming cpu. 2 980 Ti's may bottleneck your system a little.

Please view this video by JayzTwoCents (famous and reliable tech youtuber) about how much graphics card power you need:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-VVBl9_2Xw

 

[Brady Jones]

Thanks for the input RAZER gamer - very informative video and so I went on a bit of a marathon on the guys youtube.

My method of madness was, I could take my duel 980 Ti's with me when I build a new comp for skylar chips.
I don't think their is any games that are too much for my 3770k at the moment and with the next gen on the horizon - I would rather wait.

 

[RAZER Gamer]

Ok fair enough, the 3770k is fine for gaming and yes you sure could take 2 980 Ti's in your system.

Hope I helped and good luck with your build