Do you recommend Quad 690 or GTX 980?

[alz3abi]

Hello,


I have the following setup :

Intel 3930
ASUS rampage IV extreme
16GB DDR3
690GTX

and i want to SLI (Quad 690) or to buy single 980GTX , what do you recommend ?

I found good offer on 690 used (350$) but i can pay 600$ for 980GTX single if its better than 690 Quad.


I have 1080P monitor but im using the new Nvidia Driver which allow to upscale to 4K (DSR)

 

[cowboydude99]

I'd go for the 980 over quad cards.
For 1080p the 980 should be excellent.

My 970 is excellent and I've used 4k DSR pretty nicely. I use VSYNC and see like 70% gpu usage on the highest game settings.

So the 980 will be slightly better. If you want to save $200 get the GTX970.

 

[bjsm]

A single card is ALWAYS better than multiple cards. I would not go for 4 x 690 (very power consuming, wont get a performance boost you want). And for money reasons, sell your 690 and buy 1 980. btw 2 x 690 does not equal 2 times better quality, nor 3x 690 nor 4x 690. Using 2 x 690 your looking at a max 1.5 times better performance than a single one.