GPU upgrade?Post Date: 2016-04-10 |
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Nomad1970 
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 Topic: GPU upgrade?Posted: 10 Apr 2016 at 6:59am |
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As shown in my sig, my machine has 2 x EVGA GTX670, 4Gb GPUs. Both are working fine and I have no problems. I am gathering information about a possible upgrade. I am wondering if a single GTX 980 Ti Strix would be an upgrade, about even, or a downgrade to my current machine. I tend to play older games and some do not like SLI mode, so I was considering the single GPU road.
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016 at 8:00am |
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Hi Nomad..... I don't have any benches to prove it, but I think a single 980ti would be maybe 10-20% better than your sli 670's. If you moved up to a higher than 1080p resolution then the 980ti would pull further ahead.
It's not worth the upgrade for fps at 1080p but it does get rid of sli, probably be quieter and less draw on the psu and less heat to dispose of. Even a single 970 will almost max everything out there on 1080p. Depends on the monitor. If your gaming is still good, and I'm guessing the sli 670's are holding up, then keep them for awhile and see what the new generation cards can do sometime this year. Unless you want to get rid of sli. |
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Nomad1970
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016 at 8:37am |
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I should have indicated that I use a Dell U3014moniter at 2560 x 1600 resolution.
A part of this idea is that the new cards will be coming out sometime this year and the 980 prices should drop significantly. Edited by Nomad1970 - 10 Apr 2016 at 9:10am |
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016 at 9:48am |
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Yeah, lots of unknowns here. The strength of the new Pascal cards vs 980ti and how much AMD decides to price their cards, old and new, all determine what present cards will price at later on. I personally don't see the 980ti dropping significantly, but who can say.
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FrankW
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016 at 12:19pm |
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Well we can pretty much count on the top Pascal card beating the top AMD offering. So if AMD has a really good card ready to release, Nvidia well step up with something better. Gamers could really benefit.
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Nomad1970
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Posted: 10 Apr 2016 at 12:32pm |
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And if the new Nvidea cards are that much better, then I might just spring for one of those. I will just have to bide my time I guess, probably better anyway.
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