Another question on SLI vs Single card

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blarf

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Hi Guys,

I'm currently running a Overclocked 6700k and a s2716dg 144hz monitor (2k).
As far as gaming goes, I mostly play the battlefield series (BF4 and soon BF1).
Would you recommend me to get 2 1070 in SLI or 1 1080 card in order to play BF4 and BF1 in 2k with high FPS?

Thanks

Blarf
 
I go with 1080 since you are willing to afford two 1070 for SLI. It just less issues you will run into and better game experience than SLI which may or may not work.
 
IMO SLI or Crossfire is overrated...I've been using it over the years and the extra costs aren't really worth it. Just buy the fastest single GPU video card you can afford.
 
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Algrim said:
Buy the best performance you need or can afford and go SLI only if you simply cannot buy the performance you need in a single card (so, ya, the 1080).
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This.

As someone who has had many, many multi card setups... Stick with a single card if you can, and only go dual if no single card exists at the time of purchase that will give you the performance you're looking for.
 
2 1080s will give you upper 144-200fps in games at 2560x1440.

Makes it feel snappy as well with cutting the frame times in half.

The prob comes with cooling sli cards. Would want fe cards in sli as its the best with air cooling but you'll be dealing with louder fans.

Custom cards work best with there large coolers but only with a single card. Add 2 and it's cooking.

Hybrid coolers if you have the room for the 2 single rads with fe cards would be great.

Best would be custom 1080s and custom water loop.

If one don't want to go threw all that then a single Titan XP or just a single 1080.

And man I hope that bf1 works with sli once it's released! Prob will as before was just a beta when people were using it.. Nvidia is good about new game support with there drivers when newe games hit.

I'm currently instslling a new build with evga classified 1080s with ek 780 classy water blocks as they fit them perfectly. Hopefully havery it runing in the next few days.
 
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Now, with the possibly leaked info about the 1080ti......Would you go 1070 and then possibly upgrade to a used 1080 (and/or maybe to a new 1080ti) OR would you just say screw it, YOLO and get a 1080 right now and possibly (or not) upgrade to a 1080ti???
 
The 1080Ti isn't going to be as good as the Titan so you kind of know the upper bounds on the performance of the Ti. If that level of performance is not what you need I'd get the 1080 and call it a day.

You can endlessly speculate about future cards but that's a losing game. Eventually something better (either performance or value-wise) is going to come out and if you second-guess your purchase decisions you'll never be happy with what you have.
 
Algrim said:
You can endlessly speculate about future cards but that's a losing game. Eventually something better (either performance or value-wise) is going to come out and if you second-guess your purchase decisions you'll never be happy with what you have.
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Preach it!
 
so let's live to the present and enjoy what's out there now....1080 it is.....thanks for your help guys
 
silent-circuit said:
This.

As someone who has had many, many multi card setups... Stick with a single card if you can, and only go dual if no single card exists at the time of purchase that will give you the performance you're looking for.
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Agreed but from the opposite side. I have been very close to get SLI / Crossfire on many occasions up till my current card. The bugs and non support games just make it not worth the hassle for me. I would rather put that into the single best card I can afford and enjoy it for many years.

You cant go wrong either way really, just do some research into the games you play now and the type of games you enjoy playing to see how well supported multi GPU play is and enjoy!
 
blarf said:
Any brand/model of 1080 you guys recommend?
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Evga classified if your case can hold it.. it's a very tall card! Largest heatsink if your going to stick with air cooling. Max tempt I had was 59c but thats with the fans maxed out.

I've gone water cooling as with 2 of them blowing heat into the case the top card will cook.

If going sli think water cooling and hunt for custom cards that have blocks available.

I got lucky as the evga 1080 classified uses the same pcb as the older 780 classified so I grabbed 2 of those blocks while I could.

Evga has the best customer support out there period so there a safe bet.
 
Supercharged_Z06 said:
And if that front loaded qualifier holds, then of course the Titan X Pascal enters the mix as a choice as well. :D
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I'll stick with the 1080.....looking at EVGA and MSI at this time. Will look into Zotac.....Seems like (from reading reviews) that all these cards perform somewhat similar.....
 
SLI works fantastic in BF4 and the BF1 beta. I'm sure people are right, not every game will work well, but the Battlefield series works flawlessly. As far as 1080 vs 1070 SLI that's up to you OP, all the info you need to make a decision is out there. I've been really happy with my 1070 SLI setup.

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BF1 beta did not work with SLi.
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SLI did not work with the nvidia 'game-ready' drivers but it worked great with previous drivers.
 
I went with 1080.

Less hassle getting it to fit my setup (long story), and scaling at 1440p is atrocious enough that GTX 1080 is almost better for the money than 1070 SLI.

I probably wont SLI 1080 down the road, but I figured, better have that option than no with SLI 1070 instead.
 
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The best dual card experience I ever had was the 1gb gtx460. I think that was the golden age for SLI/CF both companies seemed to be on top of updating profiles.

It seems to have gone down hill since then.
 
ok, Now I'm between the 1080 sc acx 3.0 and the 1080 FTW....any advice and/or comment??? and it will be only 1 card
 
Hybrid card is like a couple of bucks more then a fe card. Grab it. Or end up spending hundreds more in a custom loop later wishing you grabbed a hybrid at a bargin.
 
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ok, Now I'm between the 1080 sc acx 3.0 and the 1080 FTW....any advice and/or comment??? and it will be only 1 card
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I went with the SC, simply because it was the only one available at the time (2nd or 3rd week they were out, it was a dogfight to get a card.) IMO the differences are negligible.

PrecisionX nullifies the slightly higher clock speed on the FTW, RGB lighting being worth it is your call (SC is white, exactly what I was looking for) and I'm skeptical the bigger power phase is strictly for the RGB, can't speculate further on that. Theoretical higher OC perhaps? From everything I read how well you can OC is heavily based on temps. Both have the same ACX 3.0 coolers on them, I think the FTW's might be a touch larger, so take measurements in your case. Dual bios's on the FTW if you like to tinker with that kind of stuff, modded BIOS's and whatnot.

Honestly I didn't see it being worth the extra 30 bucks at all, I think it boils down to do you want pretty colors in your rig, but there's a few things for you to think about too :)
 
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