Sell 970 sli & buy 980ti

[rumpleforeskin]

I have some SLI related issues with my current setup that are making me consider selling my 2 GTX 970's and getting a 980ti.

My top 2 complaints are:
When enabling 3d vision SLI does not work with many titles.
DSR does not function with SLI enabled

Both of these issues relate to having a G-Sync monitor (ROG Swift) which I don't want to get rid of.

My other minor gripe is the 3.5gb memory constraint which has only affected me on a couple of titles. With a single card i'd run out of GPU grunt long before I could enable options that would cause me to hit the memory limit. With SLI I have had to reduce the AA to keep below 3.5 or experience instances of FPS tanking into single digits.

The main reason to stick with the 970's would be that I have already paid for them and in titles where SLI scales efficiently they really do perform well.

Edit: spelling

Anyways its quite easy to talk oneself into or out of making a purchase when you only have yourself to bounce ideas off so I though i'd make a post here and have some objective opinions from outsiders.

 

[jackstar7]

I say if you can get a deal on a good 980ti, and can recoup most of the cost via sales of those 970s, then do it. Single-card setups just limit the number of headaches by a significant factor.

I went from crossfire to a single 980ti and am glad for having done it. My setup is different from yours a bit, but I just think single-card is the best option these days. nV have not kept up SLI well enough (should be xdma by now) and crossfire has its own issues.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Get a 980 Ti and overclock it. You'll have more consistent performance across all games, more VRAM, less power draw, no SLI issues.... it's just a better way to go.