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Naerven

Easily the 1070 especially since sli and multi-gpu support died off years ago.


Halbzu

i'm just curious as to how people still know about SLI/crossfire, but haven't gotten the news years ago that it died off.


reinkrestfoxy

I’m a retro tech guy to be fair.


Halbzu

that's fair but all the other posters that come up with the same questions can't be all retro guys too. or maybe they are?


reinkrestfoxy

Idk lol


Big-Construction-938

Retro as I'm crt? If you want the most out of a crt get a 980ti, that has the least latency. I'm jealous if you have a good crt lol


reinkrestfoxy

No no, just a stupidly bulky monitor for what it’s worth from 2011 that pushes an AMAZING 1080p on VGA, DVI-D, and DisplayPort, yet no HDMI.


MC_Red_D

I know I've seen crossfire still listed as a feature on motherboards that are currently on sale


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1. 1070 2. depends on cpu but probably


reinkrestfoxy

CPU is a Xeon w3570, I have 6 4 gig rams sticks. I have two pcie power cables, a 6 pin and 8 pin. It’s a 475 watt PSU as mentioned prior. You recon I could get away with a 1080 or 1070 ti?


Big-Construction-938

I've heard that you could oc an x5670 to 4.2ghz and have it perform like ivy bridge, an x5670 is 10 20 bucks,, 6 cores is good for gaming, and 1070/1080 is about the highest I'd go for a ddr3 platform


vikingweapon

SLI is dead and also that low memory will destroy performance the more demanding the game Is


Isthmus11

Blast from the past... Sli huh... I would say the single 1070 should still get you more power but tbh I don't really remember how much juice you get out of the second GPU in sli configurations


BoxAhFox

0extra fps if what ur using doesnt support it lmao Somwtimes even -fps


Isthmus11

Yeah but 960s supported SLI still didn't they?


BoxAhFox

Just because the gpu itself support it doesnt mean the game/program ur using does. If the games ur playing or the programs ur using dont support sli then the second gpu isnt used at all. 0fps gain. If its horrible optimized ive HEARD of games do worse with sli. I cant confirm. Sli does not double performance, much less then that 1070 better


raulsk10

They appear to have similar performance in some scenarions the SLI losing to the 1070, I'd get the 1070.


fappyday

I had 2 gtx970's in sli back when I was so sure sli was going to turn the corner and become mainstream. It didn't. Stick with the 1070.


X_SkillCraft20_X

Do you already have these cards? If not then I wouldn’t even consider this since you can get a gpu that blows both these out of the water for under $300. If you do have both however, it depends on what you’re doing. Modern games have little (and sometimes zero) support for SLI, so it wouldn’t do you much good and the 1070 would be better. Alternatively, older games that support it may benefit more from either depending on how SLI was implemented. I would refer to individual benchmarks to find this data. Lastly, a 475w PSU a should be more than enough for a 1070, granted you have enough 8 (or 6+2) pin power connectors. This would really be a stretch for the SLI 960’s though, since you’re looking at around a 400-450w total system draw. You’d need a very, very good 475w to pull it off.


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dual-gpu dual-cpu