stick with 670 sli or move to 780 ti?

tougas · Mar 6, 2014

I'm upgrading my system and well itll essentially be a fresh build. I'm getting the Asus maximus VI formula with a 4770k. I'm wondering if I will see substantial performance with a single 780 to move the 670's in sli. Any input?

Also if I upgrade what do you think I could get for the 670's

ubercake · Mar 6, 2014

You'll get better performance with the two 670s.

The 780 ti will perform just under these in most titles. If you did not already have the 670s, I'd say go for the 780 ti.

tougas · Mar 6, 2014

Even with 2 x8 vs 1 x16?

nickbachu · Mar 6, 2014

sli is only in certain games i would recommend going on a single 780ti
i have sli also it was a waste of money only battlefield 3 and 4 use sli that i know off that i play

tougas · Mar 6, 2014

See this is why I asked. I have both of your opinions as part of my thought process and I can't decide. But I'm kind of favoring holding out for the full line of Maxwell GPUs

nickbachu · Mar 6, 2014

that would be good also
but if you are going with the 700 series i recommend the gtx 770 or higher
i wasted my money on the 2 gtx 760s

tougas · Mar 6, 2014

Yea I started with the 560ti then upgraded to the 670 then to sli so my next logical step would be 780 or 780ti. If I do get a new one I'm leaning to the 780ti its just too much money to make an uninformed decision.

nickbachu · Mar 6, 2014

i would wait until maxwell best choice less power compustion and more performance

ubercake · Mar 6, 2014

nickbachu :

You're kidding, right?

I don't know of one gaming title worth playing that can't take advantage of SLI. In fact the only titles I've found where there isn't some advantage to having an SLI setup are some play-for-free MMOs. And if they get popular enough, you can be sure a driver release will be available to optimize SLI performance.

Why spend your money? Save it for the GTX 800 series which should be arriving within the next six months.

I could see going from current performance to better performance, but I see no reason to go from current performance to a little bit lower performance.

nickbachu · Mar 6, 2014

no im not i have sli and only in battlefield 3 & 4 i really see it working
my friend has a 7850 from amd and he sir passes me in everygame and that card is 2 years old i believe should of went amd

ubercake · Mar 7, 2014

Something is not right with your setup if your friend's rig with a single 7850 runs better than yours with two 760s. I'm sure you'll find consensus from anyone else who cares to comment. In a nutshell:
"You're doing it wrong."

Mousemonkey · Mar 7, 2014

nickbachu :

What other games have you tried? What is the rest of your PC's specs? SLi'd 760's being slower than a single 7850 would suggest a really weak CPU or something else badly amiss. Every AAA game I've tried since 2005 has been SLi enabled either at launch or within a few days of launch so your comment about SLi only working in certain games is correct if you mean practically every AAA game out there.

nickbachu · Mar 7, 2014

i have an intel i7 4770k @4.7ghz
and no most of the games dont support sli since 2005 its only if the game developers decide to opt in for the support from nvidia
i only really see it work in battlefield 3 & 4

Mousemonkey · Mar 7, 2014

What other games have you tried? I have playing many games on different SLi rigs since 2005 which is why I know that most games do work with SLi.

nickbachu · Mar 7, 2014

euro truck simulator 2
batman arkham orgins
bioshock infinte
dirst 3
splinter cell black list
and more but i cant remember the rest

Mousemonkey · Mar 7, 2014

nickbachu :

Bioshock Infinite uses SLi IIRC, I don't have my SLi rig out at the moment but I'm pretty sure that's one of the games I got last year and the Batman one should be as well. Are these legal copies that you have?

nickbachu · Mar 7, 2014

yes on steam and origin
never download iilegal
and no its so easy too do its just we have the same setup besides the graphics card
sli only works in ceartain games work really good with sli but others just dont they work like its 1 card

ubercake · Mar 7, 2014

I've played all the Batman games with SLI (they are nice in 3D as well):
http://www.geforce.com/games-applications?title=arkham&sort_bef_combine=+

Splinter Cell Blacklist uses SLI:
http://www.geforce.com/games-applications?title=splinter&sort_bef_combine=+

ubercake · Mar 7, 2014

SLI review with 680s and Dirt 3:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/4666/palit_jetstream_geforce_gtx_680_4gb_video_cards_in_sli/index11.html]
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-680-sli-overclock-surround,3162-8.html

@nickbachu- That about covers all the games you can remember.

nickbachu · Mar 7, 2014

gtx 760 is not in those links and the nvidia ones dont link properly
please relink

Mousemonkey · Mar 7, 2014

nickbachu :

Who mentioned the GTX750? Which is not SLi capable by the way.

nickbachu · Mar 7, 2014

sorry miss type fixed it

Mousemonkey · Mar 7, 2014

The 760 does not need to be in those links, they show that SLi works in the games you say it doesn't proving that the problem lies with you and you setup not the games.

ubercake · Mar 10, 2014

nickbachu :

The nvidia links work fine and show the games working in SLI.

You mentioned that an SLI setup offers no benefit when running most games.

We're not simply talking about a 760, we're talking about whether or not all the games you mentioned benefit from SLI. Every one of the games you mentioned, with the exception of the truck driving game (not sure how popular this is?) shows a substantial benefit to running an SLI setup.

This is all supported in the links to professional review sites and by the links on the Nvidia Geforce site. I referred to the 680 SLI reviews because: 1) They are abundant and readily available. 2) They show reviews of the games you mentioned (some on your list are last gen games not included in newer reviews).

Based on the information you've posted, I highly doubt you've ever run an SLI setup and even if you have, based on what you've said about the performance, something is definitely not right with your setup. I'm not trying to belittle you, but you might want to take your rig to a computer shop and have someone look at why you're getting such poor performance.

jeremyp79 · Mar 10, 2014

I have to second what ubercake is saying, until last night, i was running 2 770's in sli, and played every game youve listed, other than the euro truck simulator, and saw a big improvement over using a single 770. The only way sli wouldnt make these games run better is if youre running them in windowed mode for some reason, as SLI or CF doesnt get utilized correctly unless the application is fullscreen

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