What graphic card(s) can be pair with GTX 1070

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hello everyone,

according to my knowledge you can crossfire a two different AMD cards together and make it works. However, I wonder is NVIDIA's gpu works the same way ? I am new to NVIDIA card and I currently owned an gtx 1070 evga sc. So can I pair this card with my brother's GTX 980TI ? or what card(s) can I pair with to make sli works ? Thanks

here is the link to the Crossfire chart:
http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Crossfire-Chart.aspx
 
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Your performance is always going to be the best with a single, more powerful card.

Second to that, would be SLI 2x the same card - at least for games that support it.

At the moment, EMA / Explicit Multi Adapter is a distant third place.
It's a cool concept, but at the moment, only a single game supports it (Ashes of the Singularity). It does require quite a bit of reworking from the developers, so there's no guarantee it's going to be supported on a significant scale going forward.
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With the latest cards, you can pair non-matching cards together.
I don't believe that aspect is called SLI, I think there's another term for it. You don't use an SLI bridge for this function....I can't recall the name offhand. SLI still speaks to 2x same model cards.

You can essentially pair any cards together (even nVidia + AMD). I've seen a couple of videos online where you do need your most powerful GPU in the 'top' x16 slot (nearest the CPU) for optimal performance though.

I'd question why you'd actually want to do this though? I understand having an older, spare card. Considering the advantages are not huge, and there's minimal support for it at the moment....... I feel that would be a waste of a 980TI that's still more than capable of being the cornerstone of it's own gaming rig...

EDIT: It's DX12 based. "Explicit Multi Adapter" -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqcfg5-S15M
 
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Differing cards can work with DX12, but that support is not here yet for either amd nor nvidia
If you want sli, you are looking at a second GTX1070.

If you want better performance, I would opt for selling the GTX1070 in favor of a single stronger card.
 
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Hi, thank you for your reply, I want to know because I am curious, also sometimes in the future if I want to SLI or pair with the new card I know what to buy or what to expect. Because gtx 1070 is still kinda expensive compare to older cards. thanks
 
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sell my Gtx 1070 ? no way man, I just got it tho, haven't even try to game on it yet :p . But thanks for the reply and the awesome idea tho. I am really appreciate it. Yeah I know the gtx 1080 is better but it is just too expensive for the working man like me. :)
 
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Your performance is always going to be the best with a single, more powerful card.

Second to that, would be SLI 2x the same card - at least for games that support it.

At the moment, EMA / Explicit Multi Adapter is a distant third place.
It's a cool concept, but at the moment, only a single game supports it (Ashes of the Singularity). It does require quite a bit of reworking from the developers, so there's no guarantee it's going to be supported on a significant scale going forward.
 
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