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gtx 780 sli or gtx 980 sli

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September 26, 2014 11:10:08 AM

hello i would like some help with this, so i do not know wither to buy two or three ASUS Direct CU II Thermal Design with Direct-GPU Contact 10mm Copper Heat Pipe Graphics Card GTX780-DC2OC-3GD5 going for 329.99 right now or two gtx 980 for 549.99, i will have three 27in moniters at 60hz ips. for the price i can get three asus gtx 780s or two 980's for about the same price, and i know the 780 is discontinued

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September 26, 2014 11:14:07 AM

Two 980s. The performance boost as you add more cards to SLI drops quickly after you have two cards already.
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September 26, 2014 11:25:24 AM

One GTX 780 for 330 bucks beats a 980 for 550 bucks. Two 780s for 660 bucks are way more productive in Price : Performance ratio than a 550 bucks 980.

Two way SLI is optimal. 3 way SLI does not bring much and more than often decreases performance. Most games that support SLI do not scale well and a lot of times they don't scale at all if you have more than 2 cards.

Either buy 2 780s for $660 or wait till 980TI shows up. 980 is not really a bargain when you can get a 780 for almost half the price.
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September 26, 2014 11:32:44 AM

Pair of 970s is also an option. Certainly the lowest power/most powerful dual card config.
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September 26, 2014 11:39:19 AM

tri set up with 780s still drop even with a x99 mobo and a 5820k cpu with 28 pci lanes. Would any of that make a difference or its just on the games and we don't know if there will be a ti yet
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September 26, 2014 2:15:52 PM

Tri setup with 970s would again be lower power the three 780. With 28 lanes you would end up with 8x/8x/4x which would work. Bump up to the 5830k and you get all 40 lanes for 16x/8x/8x.

Two 980 would work just fine though.

Just depends on power supply and the case how you want it setup.
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