Is a bottleneck more likely with 2 cards instead of 1 higher end one?

eravate · Feb 15, 2016

I have an i5 3570k and a 970 and I am wanting to purchase another 970 but I am scared that it will be a large bottleneck. Would it be less of a bottleneck if I got a single 980ti? or would it be the same since the sli would deliver similar performance?

gokitty199 · Feb 15, 2016

i would personally sell the 970 and grab a single 980ti(i always prefer single cards), but 2 970's in sli is a great contender and will perform as expected if the game supports sli. the word bottleneck is thrown around alot, your cpu is fine.

king3pj · Feb 15, 2016

I don't think SLI has anything to do with bottlenecks. An example of a CPU bottleneck is when you GPU is capable of putting out 60 FPS in a game but your CPU is only capable of putting out 45 FPS in that game. Your GPU would be bottlenecked by the CPU because it's getting a lower framerate than it could with a better CPU.

Your 3570k should not bottleneck SLI 970s or a 980Ti. SLI 970s are slightly better than a single 980 Ti in most games and it would cost you less money than selling your 970 and buying a 980 Ti would.

The only games where the 980 Ti would be better are the few AAA games that don't have SLI support. The vast majority of big releases do and the smaller games that don't will be fine on a single 970.

I am very happy with my SLI 970 setup on my 1440p monitor.

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