Dual 970 v.s. single

[MutantMike]

Thought I posted here last week so pardon me if I am starting a new thread


Getting my son an Alienware and has a question


Dual GTX 970's v.s. a single v.s. a GTX 980


The dual 970 will be about $350 extra and the 980 will be $300 extra thoughts?





So far we have this built


1. i7 5820k Processor 15 MB cache overclocked to 3.8 Gh

2. 2 TB HDD

3. 8 GB Ram 2133 Mhz

4. GTX 970 4 GB GDDR5

5. 850 Alienware Power Supply

 

[nsafreak]

For 1080p a single GTX 970 or 980 will be sufficient. For 4k I could see SLI 970s otherwise they aren't needed.

 

[MutantMike]

For 1080p a single GTX 970 or 980 will be sufficient. For 4k I could see SLI 970s otherwise they aren't needed.

What is SLI


He only games at 1080 so I guess a single is fine


He keeps trying to tell me dual is so much better and a 980 is twice what a 970 is but I tried to explain it technically is but he will not be able to tell

 

[Hauk]

when you say dual 970, that's SLI, two cards working together to render.

A single 980 is very decent for 1080p resolution, enough from a performance standpoint. 970 SLI would be overkill to most

 

[MutantMike]

when you say dual 970, that's SLI, two cards working together to render.

A single 980 is very decent for 1080p resolution, enough from a performance standpoint. 970 SLI would be overkill to most

OK thank you

So for another $300, is it worth going to a 980 vs the 970?


I mean for 2 years he has been getting along fine with a 660 up until Far Cry 4

 

[n0x1ous]

OK thank you

So for another $300, is it worth going to a 980 vs the 970?


I mean for 2 years he has been getting along fine with a 660 up until Far Cry 4

No its not worth it. 980 is only about 10-15% faster than the 970. If you want to spend the extra money regardless then the two 970's is more bang for the buck.

 

[MutantMike]

No its not worth it. 980 is only about 10-15% faster than the 970. If you want to spend the extra money regardless then the two 970's is more bang for the buck.

Great thanks!!

 

[rgallant]

just saying
if it was me for gaming
4790K [save some $$????]
gtx 970 sli
500gb fast ssd [samsung pro /evo class]
1t hdd
new monitor down the road

 

[Shmee]

Ya you are going to want an SSD.

 

[MongGrel]

Ya you are going to want an SSD.

Yeah, pop a SSD in there for starters for the OS, cheapest fastest improvement over the large HDD, use that HDD for storage, and then look at what it does.

Even a smaller than 500 just for the OS, have a couple older Sammy EVO 120's in RAID here, but they have dropped enough a 256 is pretty cheap now.