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4 or 2 GFX Cards?
- Thread starter KnowYourPC
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KnowYourPC :
Is it better to buy:
2 Titan X's
or
4 980 ti's
Feedback is appreciated!
2 Titan X's
or
4 980 ti's
Feedback is appreciated!
for gaming: 980 ti = titan x
anytime you go beyond 2 cards, you returns on investment will go down - along with compatability as well -
two 980 ti's is the sweet spot
TheConsiderateIlliterate
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Wouldn't mess with more than 2 in SLI for anything. 980ti yields nearly the same FPS as Titan X.
Highly recommend waiting until Pascal.
Highly recommend waiting until Pascal.
TechyInAZ
Titan
4 980 Tis is actually one of the stupidest things you can do (it has nothing to do with money). It has to do with how SLI works:
SLI for some reason will NOT use all the power out of 4 cards, this is why 2 way SLI is pretty much the max you'd want to do for an optimal expereince. 3 way and ESPECIALLY 4 way SLI brings in a lot of latency issues, and the 3rd and 4th cards aren't even at 50% load at any given time.
SLI for some reason will NOT use all the power out of 4 cards, this is why 2 way SLI is pretty much the max you'd want to do for an optimal expereince. 3 way and ESPECIALLY 4 way SLI brings in a lot of latency issues, and the 3rd and 4th cards aren't even at 50% load at any given time.
jimmysmitty
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@TechyInAZ
That is true even with CFX. It is just the diminishing returns of multi GPU setups. Nothing over two cards is normally worth it.
That is true even with CFX. It is just the diminishing returns of multi GPU setups. Nothing over two cards is normally worth it.
TechyInAZ
Titan
NEmpire95 :
I agree with everyone else. 2x 980 ti. The only reason I would go with two titan X's is if you for some reason need/want the 12GB of vram.
Which is pointless since those GPUs are incapable of using all 12GB of vram for gaming (even in 2 way SLI, 3 way SLI maybe if your playing a game at 4k from 2017). The only use for that 12GB I can see is for hardware accelerated encoding.
Plus, if you truly want a good 4k ready gaming machine, then wait for Pascal, it will be more than worth the wait.
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