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What Set up would you buy for a 1440p 144hz/1440p UW 100hz screen.

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Cant wait for the 1080 TI anymore, suggestions on what to buy to get enough performance.

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#1 ·
I am going to be buying a 1440p 165hz monitor or 1440x3440 100hz and i was gonna wait for a 1080 TI to come out but i don't wanna wait anymore.

Iv been thinking about 1080 SLI, but at a cost of about 1400 dollars is it really worth it over 1070 SLI for around 800?

Im pretty sure both sli setups can run a 1440p 165hz screen or even 1440x3440 at 100hz. Is the 15-20% performance gain over 1070 SLI really worth the extra 600 dollars?

And from what iv seen both SLI setups beat out a 1200 dollar titan XP.

And from all the benchmarks iv been seeing only 1 out of many games had stuttering problems so im not worried about that.
 
#2 ·
If you're already willing to spend that kind of money on SLI and high end monitors, then there's no reason to settle for X70 tier GPUs. You obviously want top end stuff, so anything lesser would be a compromise.
 
#3 ·
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Originally Posted by Shaded War View Post

If you're already willing to spend that kind of money on SLI and high end monitors, then there's no reason to settle for X70 tier GPUs. You obviously want top end stuff, so anything lesser would be a compromise.
Good point, but an extra 20% performance for 600 dollars is even hard for me to swallow.

Guess 1080 SLI would last me longer.
 
#4 ·
1080 SLI.
If your even thinking about 1070 SLI youd be better off getting 980ti SLI since you can get them cheaper and they are faster once overclocked.
 
#5 ·
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Good point, but an extra 20% performance for 600 dollars is even hard for me to swallow.
A single 1080 is already 20% faster than a 1070 to begin with. Starting with 1070's is going to limit you in every game that doesn't support or work well with SLI.

I would try out a single 1080 first, then decide weather to SLI. I think for the most part, it would do the job. I'm running BF1 Ultra on 3K resolutions with only one setting (SSAO) lowered from Ultra.

Either that, or just go for gold with the Titan XP that is a good 25% faster than the 1080, or 55-60% better than 1070. I personally hate crossfire and SLI, so I would just go Titan XP if I had that sort of budget.
 
#8 ·
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Originally Posted by Shaded War View Post

A single 1080 is already 20% faster than a 1070 to begin with. Starting with 1070's is going to limit you in every game that doesn't support or work well with SLI.

I would try out a single 1080 first, then decide weather to SLI. I think for the most part, it would do the job. I'm running BF1 Ultra on 3K resolutions with only one setting (SSAO) lowered from Ultra.

Either that, or just go for gold with the Titan XP that is a good 25% faster than the 1080, or 55-60% better than 1070. I personally hate crossfire and SLI, so I would just go Titan XP if I had that sort of budget.
That makes a lot of sense to buy a 1080 and see how it does then decide if i need another one. Im use to 290 Cf so SLI should be fine for me if i do get two. I was gonna buy the screen first but one of my 290's bricked along with coincidentally a 7870 in another pc last week. Bad month for stuff breaking i guess. Every AMD GPU i have bought over the last like 6 years has ended up bricking due to vram falling or black screens with no signal.
 
#9 ·
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Originally Posted by ozlay View Post

1080 classified sli
Can i ask why you suggest classifieds? Been looking at cards all night and i kinda like the FTW cards.
 
#10 ·
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Originally Posted by ozlay View Post

1080 classified sli
Can i ask why you suggest classifieds? Been looking at cards all night and i kinda like the FTW cards.
Not a thing the vendors have done can make them OC any better than the reference cards. So just buy whichever one you think looks nice and has decent cooling.

I ended up with a Zotac Amp because they came in stock for about 5 mins when 1080's were still hard to come by, and it turned out to be a good cooler and the cheapest 1080 at the time.
 
#11 ·
Titan Pascal.
 
#15 ·
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Originally Posted by whitrzac View Post

Titan xp

No reason to mess with SLI.
this
 
#16 ·
1080, 1080SLI, Titan XP, or Wait for 1080Ti.

1070 not worth at this moment, especially they have problem with micron memory card, Officially killed GTX 1070 imo.

Can't wait? seriously I'm waited for 5 years upgraded to GTX 1070 from 560Ti.
 
#17 ·
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Originally Posted by zipper17 View Post

1080, 1080SLI, Titan XP, or Wait for 1080Ti.

1070 not worth at this moment, especially they have problem with micron memory card, Officially killed GTX 1070 imo.

Can't wait? seriously I'm waited for 5 years upgraded to GTX 1070 from 560Ti.
Nice, ya you all have convinced me to get a 1080 for now and one later if i really need the power. Was going to get a EVGA ftw, but seeing the thread about the VRMs hitting 108C makes me not want it. Now i need to deside what 1080 i wanna buy.

Been looking at the GIGABYTE extreme gaming card. Has a 4 year warranty.
 
#19 ·
1080ti will be half of the price and prob. be better than the txp
 
#21 ·
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Originally Posted by outofmyheadyo View Post

What makes you say that, the 980ti wasn't half the price of the titan, it wasn't better either.
Where I live when 980ti came out it was $1200-$1300, The TitanX was $2000.
 
#22 ·
1080 SLi given the choices. Note that SLi does not work in many latest games including:
- Forza Horizon 3
- Gears of War 4
- Mafia 3
- BF1
and quite possibly Titanfall 2
 
#23 ·
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Originally Posted by KickAssCop View Post

1080 SLi given the choices. Note that SLi does not work in many latest games including:
- Forza Horizon 3
- Gears of War 4
- Mafia 3
- BF1
and quite possibly Titanfall 2
Hmmm,
Forza Horizon 3, and BF1 it works for me.
Only game Iv bought this year that it hasnt is doom.
 
#24 ·
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Originally Posted by bmgjet View Post

Hmmm,
Forza Horizon 3, and BF1 it works for me.
Only game Iv bought this year that it hasnt is doom.
I will double check then. Last time I checked it wasn't working.
 
#26 ·
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Originally Posted by outofmyheadyo View Post

1080s would hold their value better than titan XP aswell if you buy em and still decide to go 1080ti, or you could always go single 1080 and wait for ti.
Titans will always hold more value considering they are dual use cards (much faster FP64).

To clarify, I paid $1000 for each of my maxwell titans and just sold them for $800/ea.

980's are selling for ~$250 (~$550 back when they were sold new).

20% depreciation on the Titan X (maxwell)
45% depreciation on the 980
 
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