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Started by Braiden Claypool | | 7 answers
780TI SLI Worth the trouble?
I'm about to start buying parts and building my first pc, but I honestly cannot decide if the 780TI in SLI is worth the trouble.

When I say trouble, I mean, I constantly see people complaining about drivers and games not working, is this really such a problem?

I pretty much plan on playing Battlefield 4, battlefield 3, minecraft, GTA IV, GTA V, league of legends, World of warcraft, Payday 2 and just other games that will come out in the future.

I'm really unsure right now.
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August 9, 2014 6:22:18 PM

Why only 1080? At 1080p there's really no reason to run 780 SLI, a single card can handle anything at 60fps@1080p except perhaps for metro. If you go SLI then invest in a higher rez, otherwise it's like putting a V8 into a honda civic... you'd just be wasting potential!
August 9, 2014 4:46:41 PM

nandapanda said:
Personally, I've been using a 680 SLI setup for the past year and have encountered 0 problems with it's use, as have my friends with SLI rigs. I think there's unfortunately still a lot of stigma relating to microstutter, bad drivers etc. Obviously if you plan on playing a new game on release day you may encounter one or two problems, which as renz said might just be the game itself. When BF4 came out I had trouble running it, but that wasn't due to the SLI setup. I've never had a problem relating directly to SLI. SLI is no where near as broken as people say it is so my advice would be to go for it. Really depends on the resolution that you plan on using. If it's 1440p 780ti would be overkill, 770 or 780 sli would be sweet. IF you plan on utilizing a 4k display then 780ti sli would be the goer, also keep in mind that they're releasing 6gb ti's soon.


Honestly, 1080p is probably all i'd game at. Maybe I'll do 780 SLI.

The 780 I'm looking at now. http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681...

I'm guessing if i do SLI, I'm going to need an airflow optimized case, any suggestions? I plan to have ab H100i in my rig.
August 9, 2014 3:47:31 PM

Personally, I've been using a 680 SLI setup for the past year and have encountered 0 problems with it's use, as have my friends with SLI rigs. I think there's unfortunately still a lot of stigma relating to microstutter, bad drivers etc. Obviously if you plan on playing a new game on release day you may encounter one or two problems, which as renz said might just be the game itself. When BF4 came out I had trouble running it, but that wasn't due to the SLI setup. I've never had a problem relating directly to SLI. SLI is no where near as broken as people say it is so my advice would be to go for it. Really depends on the resolution that you plan on using. If it's 1440p 780ti would be overkill, 770 or 780 sli would be sweet. IF you plan on utilizing a 4k display then 780ti sli would be the goer, also keep in mind that they're releasing 6gb ti's soon.
August 8, 2014 1:14:54 PM

Thanks for the help guys, I'll go with the single 780ti, and If i really want to, I'll buy another one later on.

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a c 149 U Graphics card
August 8, 2014 1:08:23 PM

multi gpu is not for people that expect everything will work out nicely. in fact it is better to have "expect trouble in every games" mindset if you really want such setup. and sometimes the troubles are not from the drivers but the games itself.
a c 163 Î Nvidia
a c 428 U Graphics card
August 8, 2014 12:54:29 PM

My advice without knowing resolution and the rest of your specs would be get one card, and see the performance, if you need more then SLI.
SLI isnt supported by all games, but it is with most. I would say its worth it, but only resolution dependent.
a b U Graphics card
August 8, 2014 12:54:06 PM

what res are you using?

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