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dual 970 vs 1070

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I just got the gtx 970 a year ago. feel bad upgrading already to a $400 1070 card. it's much cheaper to do dual 970. what do you think? I would try to sell the 970 on ebay if I get 1070
 
and I don't plan on doing 4k or anything. I heard that's why a lot of people get pascal
 
What are you playing that the 970 isn't handling well enough? What resolution are you running? 1080P, 1440P, something else? Are you looking to run max or near max settings, or willing to turn some things down to keep it fluid? Is this just a case of upgrade itch, or is there a definite reason behind it?

You can probably get around $200 for the 970, so the cost of buying a 1070 and selling your current card vs. buying a second 970 is basically the same, apart from the time and hassle of dealing with eBay.

The 1070 will give better performance across a wider range of titles with much lower power draw, heat, and noise. It also has more video RAM available to it -- 8GB vs. the 970's 4GB, 3.5GB of which is faster than the last 512MB (which can cause issues in situations where you're filling it all up). SLI doesn't always work, often requiring a patch or driver update to enable, and for some titles it's just never supported. Most AAA type games will support it, but even then it's a case of some better than others. It may require some tweaking to get working -- some are more bothered by this than others. Scaling effectiveness varies widely, some titles giving almost double performance, many others little more than a 20% boost vs a single card. Microstutter (the cards serving frames slightly out of sync) can make higher framerates achieved via SLI feel slower than the same framerate from a single, more powerful card.

With all the issues inherent in SLI (and Crossfire on the AMD side of things) I never recommend multi-GPU setups unless a single card doesn't exist that will give you the performance you're looking for. As a result it should only ever even be considered with top end or near top end cards. At the moment, that would mean anything less than a 1080 or Titan XP is off the table. Not everyone agrees with this reasoning, of course.
 
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SLI that 970 and enjoy higher frame rates on games that have been programmed by professionals.
 
silent-circuit said:
What are you playing that the 970 isn't handling well enough? What resolution are you running? 1080P, 1440P, something else? Are you looking to run max or near max settings, or willing to turn some things down to keep it fluid? Is this just a case of upgrade itch, or is there a definite reason behind it?

You can probably get around $200 for the 970, so the cost of buying a 1070 and selling your current card vs. buying a second 970 is basically the same, apart from the time and hassle of dealing with eBay.

The 1070 will give better performance across a wider range of titles with much lower power draw, heat, and noise. It also has more video RAM available to it -- 8GB vs. the 970's 4GB, 3.5GB of which is faster than the last 512MB (which can cause issues in situations where you're filling it all up). SLI doesn't always work, often requiring a patch or driver update to enable, and for some titles it's just never supported. Most AAA type games will support it, but even then it's a case of some better than others. It may require some tweaking to get working -- some are more bothered by this than others. Scaling effectiveness varies widely, some titles giving almost double performance, many others little more than a 20% boost vs a single card. Microstutter (the cards serving frames slightly out of sync) can make higher framerates achieved via SLI feel slower than the same framerate from a single, more powerful card.

With all the issues inherent in SLI (and Crossfire on the AMD side of things) I never recommend multi-GPU setups unless a single card doesn't exist that will give you the performance you're looking for. As a result it should only ever even be considered with top end or near top end cards. At the moment, that would mean anything less than a 1080 or Titan XP is off the table. Not everyone agrees with this reasoning, of course.
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Think this sums it up pretty well. As a 970 SLI user, I would get a better single card. Planning on 1080Ti myself, be glad to be done with SLI.
 
silent-circuit said:
What are you playing that the 970 isn't handling well enough? What resolution are you running? 1080P, 1440P, something else? Are you looking to run max or near max settings, or willing to turn some things down to keep it fluid? Is this just a case of upgrade itch, or is there a definite reason behind it?

You can probably get around $200 for the 970, so the cost of buying a 1070 and selling your current card vs. buying a second 970 is basically the same, apart from the time and hassle of dealing with eBay.

The 1070 will give better performance across a wider range of titles with much lower power draw, heat, and noise. It also has more video RAM available to it -- 8GB vs. the 970's 4GB, 3.5GB of which is faster than the last 512MB (which can cause issues in situations where you're filling it all up). SLI doesn't always work, often requiring a patch or driver update to enable, and for some titles it's just never supported. Most AAA type games will support it, but even then it's a case of some better than others. It may require some tweaking to get working -- some are more bothered by this than others. Scaling effectiveness varies widely, some titles giving almost double performance, many others little more than a 20% boost vs a single card. Microstutter (the cards serving frames slightly out of sync) can make higher framerates achieved via SLI feel slower than the same framerate from a single, more powerful card.

With all the issues inherent in SLI (and Crossfire on the AMD side of things) I never recommend multi-GPU setups unless a single card doesn't exist that will give you the performance you're looking for. As a result it should only ever even be considered with top end or near top end cards. At the moment, that would mean anything less than a 1080 or Titan XP is off the table. Not everyone agrees with this reasoning, of course.
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I agree except for getting $200.00 for a 970...its a $150.00 card all day long.... no one in their right mind would pay close to $200.00
 
Crosshairs said:
I agree except for getting $200.00 for a 970...its a $150.00 card all day long.... no one in their right mind would pay close to $200.00
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Fair enough. I don't keep up with used prices any more.

Granted, some of those eBay people are legit crazy... many seem to think middle-of-the-road Z77 boards are worth $250 for some reason.
 
is it only worth $150? Jeex. I got it for more than $300 a year ago. and it is selling for at least $400 on Amazon today new, and $270 used.
 
search completed listings on eBay...I see plenty that have sold for $150-$160...some sold a bit higher...but what you paid is irrelevant as far as value is concerned .
 
silent-circuit said:
Fair enough. I don't keep up with used prices any more.

Granted, some of those eBay people are legit crazy... many seem to think middle-of-the-road Z77 boards are worth $250 for some reason.
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Just like X58 chipset mobos. I have been trying to find one for a i7-920 I have collecting dust, I have everything but the board. But people are wanting easily $125+ if it can run a damn 6-core Xeon. I don't care about that, just need one to run a damn i7-920 LOL *and* not be stupid $$$.
 
ir0nw0lf said:
Just like X58 chipset mobos. I have been trying to find one for a i7-920 I have collecting dust, I have everything but the board. But people are wanting easily $125+ if it can run a damn 6-core Xeon. I don't care about that, just need one to run a damn i7-920 LOL *and* not be stupid $$$.
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Look for a server board..I bought an HP server board for $30.00 that runs my 6 core Xeon splendidly....should do just as well with your 920 :)
 
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