Should I go for dual 970's? or a single 1070?

msb160600 · Jun 13, 2016

Now I know a single card with similar performance is always the better option for temperature and it stops the issue with games not having multi-GPU support, BUT I already own a 970 and I bought it quite recently so it seems like a bit of a waste to be replacing it so soon and my friend who is upgrading has offered me the card for between £50-£75 so I was looking for opinions on whether I should sell my current 970 and buy the new 1070 or just go SLI? and it would be great if someone could find a comparison of benchmarks with the two GPU solutions.. Thanks!

PC Specs:
I7 4790
2x4Gb HyperX fury
970 G1 gaming edition
Z97s SLI krait edition MSI Motherboard

cukpok · Jun 13, 2016

wait rx 480...

WiiUMasterGman · Jun 13, 2016

Either wait for the RX 480 or go for a single 1070

Gingerbread · Jun 13, 2016

Single 1070 definitely. Less power, no troubles with SLI (cause sli doesn't always work), better performance, better driver support.

Quixit · Jun 13, 2016

I'd just keep the 970 until you actually start running into performance issues in games you play. There really is no point in upgrading just for the sake of upgrading.

Tripplex 95 · Jun 13, 2016

Keep the 970 and wait till amd releases their gpu then compare and buy.

Rookie_MIB · Jun 13, 2016

Agreed with waiting. Your 970 isn't obsolete by any stretch, and it's a perfectly good GPU. Meanwhile, AMD is getting ready to release their Polaris GPU (RX 480) and soon after their Vega GPU (? on what they're going to call it but it's going to be a monster). If the RX 480 is as potent and as cheap as they say it may be, then you can compare specs and reviews and see if it might be worthwhile to upgrade.

As for SLI, the GTX 1070 is -powerful-. Remember, it's been reviewed as being faster than a freaking Titan and a GTX 980ti. It will be most likely more powerful than twin 970s. You could sell the 970 easily for $300ish, then the net cost to upgrade to a GTX 1070 would be... $100-150.

So to recap:
cost to upgrade to a RX480 if they're powerful enough - Sell 970 for $300. Net cost: -100. (yay!)
cost to upgrade to twin 970s - $300ish (assuming buying slightly used 970)
cost to upgrade to 1070 - Sell 970 for $300, net cost: $150.

cukpok · Jun 13, 2016

Rookie_MIB :

Agreed with waiting. Your 970 isn't obsolete by any stretch, and it's a perfectly good GPU. Meanwhile, AMD is getting ready to release their Polaris GPU (RX 480) and soon after their Vega GPU (? on what they're going to call it but it's going to be a monster). If the RX 480 is as potent and as cheap as they say it may be, then you can compare specs and reviews and see if it might be worthwhile to upgrade.

As for SLI, the GTX 1070 is -powerful-. Remember, it's been reviewed as being faster than a freaking Titan and a GTX 980ti. It will be most likely more powerful than twin 970s. You could sell the 970 easily for $300ish, then the net cost to upgrade to a GTX 1070 would be... $100-150.

So to recap:
cost to upgrade to a RX480 if they're powerful enough - Sell 970 for $300. Net cost: -100. (yay!)
cost to upgrade to twin 970s - $300ish (assuming buying slightly used 970)
cost to upgrade to 1070 - Sell 970 for $300, net cost: $150.

nobody in this earth can offer virtual reality ready graphics card for 200$... just amd.

msb160600 · Jun 13, 2016

Rookie_MIB :

I can see the hype behind the RX480, but all the software that comes with NVIDIA (I think) outweighs the RX480's "perf per buck" even though it is a hella good sounding card. Also, I haven't seen any legit benchmarks of any sort about the RX480 so as far as I'm concerned it is a lot of speculation and guessing not concrete numbers and the fact that I'm able to get the 970 from my friend for about $70-$100 is significant and is the only reason I'm considering SLI as it means I don't have to sell my GPU which is probably going to be against tough competition who are also willing to sell their 970.

So to recap:
I'm concerned about AMD's lack of software development despite it's particularly low price range
I think that the price I can get the 970 at makes it a more competing factor
And I'm even more stuck between more GPU's

Openupitsdave · Jun 13, 2016

Buying another 970 would be the absolute worst thing to do because 970 perf/price ratio has dropped bigtime since series 10 gtx cards released. But if youre getting it for cheap then yeah..why not... I personally wouldnt pay any more than $150 for a 970 right now.

Buying a rx480 to replace your 970 would be pretty stupid too since they are (going to be, probably) similar in performance...But I suppose if you like new stuff, then rx480 would be cool, just not as an upgrade...

Definitely wait a few days for the $380 1070 vendor cards start coming out and sell your 970 now.

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