"Upgrade?" to GTX 980 Ti from MSI GTX 970 4G Gaming 2-Way SLI

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I've been looking through reviews and forums (to include Tom's) and debating on whether to ditch my current MSI GTX 970 2-way SLI setup for a single GTX 980 Ti or not... I also know that 2 970's normally hand a single 980 Ti it's @ss.

I've narrowed down the Ti models to the following listed below. If I were to do this, these three represent what my own research shows as being both reliable and OC friendly while doing so:

1- MSI GTX 980 Ti 6G Gaming
2- Gigabyte GTX 980 Ti Xtreme Windforce
3- EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified Gaming ACX (better pwr phase than FTW)

I know some have the "logic" of "just wait for Pascal cards to arrive..." The waiting game is not an issue, I CAN wait... However, the issue at hand is that I am beginning to notice some micro-stutter. Not terrible, but it's there, noticeable and has an effect I don't like and alters gameplay in enough titles I own to cause concern.

I currently play at 1080p on an Asus VG278HE 27" and have it OC'd to 150Hz. I know that's not earth-shattering, but I'll take what I can get. I use DSR on most titles @1440p w/settings cranked as the 970's can handle per title and have no intentions of upgrading my monitor at the moment.

Any suggestions to which the GPU's I've listed above is the "best" will be greatly appreciated. My budget is $700 USD.

Thanks guys!
 
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micro-stutter at 1080p with 2x970?

Sell one. Problem solved. There's very little a single 970 can't handle at 1080p, put your cash + card sale towards pascal.
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Do keep in mind that two GTX 970s have similar performance or slightly better sometimes, compared to a single GTX 980 Ti.

For games that support SLI, the upgrade would be virtually useless. However, for games that do not support SLI or have bugs with SLI an upgrade to a better single card would solve minor issues and provide full compatibility for every program.

Personally, i would still wait for Pascal, as i said before the upgrade will yield minor improvements unless you know that the program/games you play has issues/incompatible with SLI.

Anyways, if you still want to get a GTX 980 Ti, check out the GPU Manufacturer's Tier List on the bottom right of this reply.
Out of those three the Classified is an excellent choice. However, if you aren't going for high overclocks a Gigabyte G1 is great quality, overclocks well and is economically friendly.
 
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I think this would be a complete waste of money. As you have already pointed out, SLI 970s are faster than a single 980Ti. You would be spending $650 to slightly downgrade your hardware.

It's your money and only you can decide how to spend it. I think it would be insane to spend nearly $1400 on 900 series GPUs just to play at 1080p though.

 
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Thanks all... I'll probably just hold on to them for the time being, do a clean-install of drivers and wait on any GPU upgrade path, until more info and/or actual Pascal products are released. Thanks again!
 
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interesting theories where others say wait for pascal aka as x80 the x80 ti or the x80 titan the x80 compares to the gtx 980 ti the x80 ti has 8 gigs of vram and the x80 titan has 16 gigs of vram , anyone that was watching the pricing of NVidia they're outrageous at 1st as
time goes on it lowers
 
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