GTX780 6GB in Sli 2017

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I'm looking for some advice as I'm new to computers and I'm actually bundling my first one, I have the opportunity to buy 2x Evga 780 6gb cards in SLI , I was just wondering if they would still run all games at 1080p or would I be better going for a single 1060 or a rx480 8GB.

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You can reference to his thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3148057/gtx-780-gtx-1060.html

it has some answers too :D
Basically some people debate whether the 3GB vram is enough for the games in today's AAA game titles, which I think it is just enough in 2017, but might not hold itself in 2018 or later. Two 780s in SLI could yield you good performance, but would require a beefy PSU, as well as a motherboard that supports SLI.
Some people rather go with the 1060, as it's less complicated. Others would rather the 780 SLI as they favor the better performance.


However, it also does matter which game you play. Some games aren't optimized for SLI, and give you very little additional performance over a single card. Some...
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You can reference to his thread: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3148057/gtx-780-gtx-1060.html

it has some answers too :D
Basically some people debate whether the 3GB vram is enough for the games in today's AAA game titles, which I think it is just enough in 2017, but might not hold itself in 2018 or later. Two 780s in SLI could yield you good performance, but would require a beefy PSU, as well as a motherboard that supports SLI.
Some people rather go with the 1060, as it's less complicated. Others would rather the 780 SLI as they favor the better performance.


However, it also does matter which game you play. Some games aren't optimized for SLI, and give you very little additional performance over a single card. Some games are optimized for SLI, and do give you anywhere from a 150% to 180% performance boost. Maybe in some cases a little more than that, but never 200% or more.

You'll just have to decide if it's worth it yourself. 2-way 780s do require a good psu as it is a 250W card, and 2 of them would draw 500W at load. You would require ar least an 800W or more psu to be comfy, as well as get an SLI supported board.

However, the single card 1060 does have a much lower TDP, a quarter of what you would have with two 780s. (120W) And this allows you to get a 450-500W or more psu. Plus, it overclocks better and it doesn't require an SLI supported motherboard.
 
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Ginaaacoates95

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Thanks for the help,
I'm still conflicted with what I want to go for however.
It looks like the RX480 8GB is the best value for money ,
I could get the 780's for 200 pound complete with the SLI bridge but im just worried about future proofing


 
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Yea future proofing is a worry, with that 3GB. Most games in the future will probably run short in the future. Especially at higher resolutions. The RX 480 offers good DX12 performance, but loses by about 5-10% to the GTX 1060 in DX 11 performance. So it does kinda matter what game you play.
 
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SLI does not add your GPU VRAM. It will still be 3Gb for SLI 780s. Add to that the far greater power consumption and you have your answer.
Go for a single card 1060 6Gb as a minimum for future proofing. SLI does not scale well the past years, so choose better single cards instead.
 
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