SLI Or Whole New Graphics Card?

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i recently upgraded my old computer and here are the current specs
MSI GTX 970 (only thing i didnt upgrade)
16 GB DDR4 RAM
MSI Z270 SLI PLUS
Intel Core i7 7700K
although i rarely experience any drops in frame rate i would like to upgrade one last thing and that would be the graphics card. i saw the msi SLI bridge was only like 13 bucks on newegg heres the link https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999039
im really just looking for the best option. i was thinking about getting a VR headset like the oculus or something so i want to be able to play games without getting motion sickness since i read online the best way to prevent motion sickness is with a high frame rate and i did a lot of vr compatibility test things and they say that the minimum require is a 960 or sometimes even a 970 and if i have a 970 im just barely meeting the requirements. ive been looking at the 1080 for a while but 500 -
600 bucks is a bit much imo but if i need to thats fine. thanks for the help!
 
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with the 9xx series, twin 970s was pretty much a "no brainer" The 2 cards were cheaper than and 40% faster than a 1080 even with games the didn't support SLI or didn't scall well factored in. For the last few generations nVidia has been trying to tip the scales away from this choice as it costs them money. They make more on one 980 sale than two 970s. With no competition from AMD at the high end for two generations now, SLI performance has been greatly de-emphacized as the only one hurt by good SLI performance in the 1080 and 1080 SLI. So while we still see decent scaling at 2160p, 1080p and 1440p performance us in the toilet.

So it's basically a cost decision.... a new MSI 1080 gaming will cost ya $560. An used 970 will costs...
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with the 9xx series, twin 970s was pretty much a "no brainer" The 2 cards were cheaper than and 40% faster than a 1080 even with games the didn't support SLI or didn't scall well factored in. For the last few generations nVidia has been trying to tip the scales away from this choice as it costs them money. They make more on one 980 sale than two 970s. With no competition from AMD at the high end for two generations now, SLI performance has been greatly de-emphacized as the only one hurt by good SLI performance in the 1080 and 1080 SLI. So while we still see decent scaling at 2160p, 1080p and 1440p performance us in the toilet.

So it's basically a cost decision.... a new MSI 1080 gaming will cost ya $560. An used 970 will costs ya about $137.

So spend $137 and go 45% faster ($3.04 per 1%) in Techpowerups current 18 game test suite ... or spend $560 and go 80% faster ($7.00 per 1% faster).

If planning to go 4k in January in near furture ... (wait till new 144 HZ screens arrive in Q1 2018), I'd consider a 1080 Ti. You'll need two of those to push those screens
 
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