Nvidia GTX 960 SSC 4GB SLI vs. GTX 1070

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I had run into some money not long ago and decided to upgrade nearly my whole computer, except the graphics cards. at the moment i have the EVGA GTX 960 SSC 4GB and i planned on getting a second card for quite some time until now with the GTX 1070 released i was wondering if it would be smarter to invest for that card instead. When i checked benchmarks for both the 1070 and 960 SLI i could not seem to get a definitive answer as they both seemed very similar (ex. 2 different videos on each card both showed battlefield 4 running 110fps) and of course i am aware that not all games are optimized for sli, though i was wondering if anyone knew more specifically what the advantages/disadvantages of the two ways i could go about this would be. i will also post my specs below. Thank You for any help, it is much appreciated


ASUS Sabertooth Z170 Mark I
Intel i7 6700k
G.SKILL TridentZ Series 16GB 3200
EVGA geforce GTX 960 SSC 4GB
Corsair RM850x
 
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a 1070 is about= to two 970s in sli and sometimes the 970 is faster at 1080p but at 1440p and up the 1070 is faster than a 970 sli and 980 ti and a titan x in games that dont use 12gb vram (almost every game) and two 960s is a bit slower than a single 980 meaning that as a 1070 is faster than a 980 ti and a 980 ti is faster than a 980 means that a 1070 is the best choice
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Every benchmark I have even seen shows the 960 sli keeps up with a single 980, when the drivers support it. A single 1070 matches and can sometimes beat a 980ti. Given that, I can't imagine a scenario when the 960's would ever touch a single 1070. Also with the 1070 you have no sli support issues, less heat, less noise, and less power consumption. You also have 8gb of vram vs 4gb.
 
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a 1070 is about= to two 970s in sli and sometimes the 970 is faster at 1080p but at 1440p and up the 1070 is faster than a 970 sli and 980 ti and a titan x in games that dont use 12gb vram (almost every game) and two 960s is a bit slower than a single 980 meaning that as a 1070 is faster than a 980 ti and a 980 ti is faster than a 980 means that a 1070 is the best choice
 
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thanks for the info, as i do have a 1440p monitor that runs 144hz it is very important for me to achieve high framerates at that resolution, i will indeed try to sell my current card to upgrade. Thanks again
 
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two 960s with 4gb will run 30-40fps at 1440p
a 1070 will do 60-75 max settings but you need two for 144hz i know as i got two :p
 
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