Is slied 980's better than 1 titan x for 4k?

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I've been using 670 for a while now since at 1080p it ran pretty well, but now I've been planning of upgrading my gpu so i could run 4k games. I was wondering what the best value proposition from Nvidia would be for that particular use.
My specs are as follows
i7 4770k
16 GB corsair vengeance ram
SLI Krait edition motherboard
 
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This question was asked on Tomshardware many times already so might be best you search forum for the very same title but expect to see 2 different opinions. Some people will prefere 1 Titan even though it can't really handle 4K on it's own and others will tell you to go with 980s. There are pros to having 1 card instead of sli config such as heat, power, stability, drivers etc. if you go for 980s you...
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This question was asked on Tomshardware many times already so might be best you search forum for the very same title but expect to see 2 different opinions. Some people will prefere 1 Titan even though it can't really handle 4K on it's own and others will tell you to go with 980s. There are pros to having 1 card instead of sli config such as heat, power, stability, drivers etc. if you go for 980s you might wanna hold on for a bit and wait for the Ti to show up

 
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I know that using 290's would be good but i can't really have a noise computer at the moment, so AMD cards are mostly out of the race, also I meant 970 slied since it costs about 250 dollars less in Canada for pretty similar specs.
 
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The problem with the comparison, is that FPS is not the only metric. When in SLI or Crossfire, you will not get as good of an experience at the same FPS a single card does due to double latency and inconsistent frame times. Add in that many games don't work with both cards on launch or ever and you have to make a decision on what point SLI/Crossfire is actually better than a single card. My guess, based on 1st hand experience, that you'd want 40-50% better FPS on an SLI/Crossfire setup before you choose it over a single card alternative. You still have higher latency, but you get more points of input to off set that to some degree, and the added FPS should smooth out the frame time inconsistencies enough to be worth it.

A 980 SLI setup is not 40-50% faster than a Titan X, so I'd go with the Titan X between those two. The 295x2 is a more interesting offer, due to it being a lot cheaper and provides higher FPS than the Titan X. But that becomes a value choice, rather than which is best.
 
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Two 970s is faster than a Titan X....so is a 295X2

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_Titan_X/images/perfrel_3840.gif

I would say that 3 out of 4 builds we do today are SLI / CF

However, no 2 cards available today are up to 60 fps expectations at 4K.... I don't see 4k gaming being "a thing" until XMas 2016 or later.

980 Ti specs / performance are detailed here:

http://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-ti-pictured-glory-gm200310-powered-cost-effective-maxwell-graphics-card/
 
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