SLI GTX 980 Ti Or SLI Titan X?

[Spineworld_23]

I am building a Beast build and I cannot decide which to get 4 Titans or 4 GTX 980 Ti's.
I will be Heavy gaming and also Heavy Video Editing along with picture and animation. Please help I need to build the PC soon.

 

[Bossyfins]

Stick with 2 980 tis and see how it works out.

 

[middlemarkal]

maybe 2 980ti for gaming and 2 quadro for video editing

 

[Spineworld_23]

maybe 2 980ti for gaming and 2 quadro for video editing

I can have 2 different cards in the same build?

 

[Spineworld_23]

Stick with 2 980 tis and see how it works out.

I was gonna get 4 one.

 

[Bossyfins]

Why? The scaling is poor with more than 2 way and the returns are diminishing for the value.

 

[Spineworld_23]

Why? The scaling is poor with more than 2 way and the returns are diminishing for the value.

Okay you no more than me so thanks.

 

[Bossyfins]

May I ask what resolution your also playing? This rig seems very expensive.

 

[sanwokie]

SLI TITAN X's are almost never a good idea and for what you're wanting to do you would be better off with a pair of SLI MSI GTX 980Ti Gaming http://www.amazon.com/MSI-GTX-980TI-GAMING-6... cards. The only difference between the two cards is VRAM and unless you are gaming at more than 4K resolution there is no reason to need that VRAM (other than specific programs that can utilize that extra memory).

The MSI version runs extremely quiet and very cool with some nice clocks right out of the box.

 

[hatib]

to play gta 5 at ultra settings with 8xmsaa and fxaa you need 15gb vram so getting titan x in sli is better

 

[rcald2000]

If you were only gaming, I'd suggest two 980 Ti's in SLI.

But with GPU rendering you'll need to temporarily disable SLI scaling, which will allow you to get near perfect 99%+ GPU utilization on each card. Therefore I'd suggest four 980 Ti's. Normal recommendation for four 250 TDP cards is 1,350 watts. However, the rendering is going to push the limits of power usage. I'd recommend a 1,500 - 1,600 watt PSU with platinum or titanium efficiency ratings. You need to make sure that the circuit that this workstation is on, is devoted to this workstation alone. The machine can easily pull 1,250+ watts.

EVGA 220-T2-1600-X1 80 PLUS Titanium 1600 W 10 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular
$429.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438041&cm_re=evga_1600_t2-_-17-438-041-_-Product

EVGA 220-P2-1600-X1 80 PLUS Platinum 1600 W 10 yr Warranty ECO Mode Fully Modular
$384.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438037&cm_re=evga_p2_1600-_-17-438-037-_-Product

*** power requirements for graphics cards ***
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

 

[rcald2000]

@Spineworld, what do you think about my recommendation above? Also, are you all set on the rest of the build, or do you need suggestions for that as well. If so, then you'll need to provide a lot more detail. If I were building such a machine the minimum CPU I would buy is an i7-5820K but I could certainly see myself going up to a 5960X. If you're going to spend $2,600 - $4,000 on GPUS, you might as well spend an extra $700 on the CPU to go from 5820K to 5960X. Also, you'll obviously need a full ATX case and very good CPU cooling. How much storage and what type of storage are you planning? I've never had a 4 GPU setup, but I'm pretty confident that a 4 GPU setup needs to be planned much more meticulously than a common 2 GPU setup, due to heat dissipation and power consumption.