Hi Folks,

I'm thinking of moving on from my Titan X SC SLI to a single 1080Ti FTW3.

What do people think, will I notice a or how much of a drop in performance will there be? Will the brute force of the SLI'd Titan's outdo the single 1080Ti by a lot? Using with an X34 Predator monitor.

Am I crazy or should i go for it?

Thanks in advance...



Disclaimer: New tech upgrade lust is causing this issue. ;o)

The Titan X SC was a Maxwell GPU? So, a bit better than the 980 Ti? The 980 Ti is a little faster, or slower depending on the game, than a 1070. Two 1070s are quite a bit faster than a 1080 Ti depending on the overclock and whether or not SLI / mGPU is supported.
 
If all of what you do works with SLI / mGPU then it is more of a sidegrade. If a lot of what you do doesn't work with SLI / mGPU then it would be a huge upgrade in not only performance, but power draw and heat reduction as well.

Unless you're playing games with shotty SLI support *cough*PUBG*cough* I wouldn't bother. The 1080 Ti is beast, however 2x Titan X cards, especially when overclocked should still outperform a single 1080 Ti by a small margin, given a game has proper SLI support.

Thanks all for the replies, much appreciated.

To fill in a bit more detail it's mainly if not wholely for gaming tbh. 3440 x 1440 on the X34 but very interested in getting the new X35 Acer or Asus when it arrives.

Been hanging on to this build since late 2013/early 2014 and just upgrading cards as I go. Current setup is:

i7-4770K. Oc'd slightly.
H100i aio cooling.
Asus Maximus VI Formula.
16GB DDR3 SDRAM.
EVGA Supernova 1000 P2 PSU
2 x Titan X SC 12G-P4-2992-KR. SLI.

I'm obviously long past meeting the sweet spot to move the Titan's on but just think maybe get rid now and go back to a single card. Or do I wait for Volta early (hopefully but who knows) next year if it ever appears?

Choices, choices... :o)

I have to agree with Dr. Death
IF you have 2 titans sli'd (and they actually work), then its just throwing money away getting the 1080.
Wait until you actually need to upgrade, like when a game you REALLY like doesnt play well, or you can only run games on medium settings.
 
Also, when you let them go, let me know.
I might be able to talk my dad into letting me borrow some money to get 1 of them (unless I have sold mine by then, lol).
Maybe your 1 good titan and my bad one will make for a good sli if my bad one is the second one, not the main one?
;)

you could use this to compare / mix and match
 
like your cpu   [I never use ''K'' cpus for this cause any overclocking will sway any ''card'' scores ]  be looking at any OC'ing involved and how it couls affect any scores 
 
with a 1080ti [ Number of GPUs  = 1 or 2 ]
 
top 2 card sli  = 26524  single card  = 21619
https://www.3dmark.com/search_old#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1605/1127/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4770K&gpuName=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
 
titanx
top 2 card sli  23974 - single card = 18467
https://www.3dmark.com/search_old#/?mode=advanced&url=/proxycon/ajax/search/cpugpu/fs/P/1605/1018/500000?minScore=0&cpuName=Intel Core i7-4770K&gpuName=NVIDIA GTX TITAN X
 
how much is a 1080ti ftw ??   like near 800 bucks ??? I don't see it 
 
threadripper  1950x
 
2 titanx  27847
 
single 1080ti  = 26157  2 sli  ''33026''
 
then figure your cost for to get that  that $$$$$$$$
 
then with the 4770k  results go to a scores details  form each and see the graphics score and then the physics score  and see the cpu don't change much but the card is the difference 
 
4770k 2xtitan sli   Graphics Score [card] 40 562    Physics Score [CPU] 12 968
 
4770k 2x 1080ti   Graphics Score [card] 53 937    Physics Score [CPU] 13 141
 
you can kinda see the CPU used [4770k] is not a big  factor if any   [better CPU can and should = better results ]   look at the thread ripper 1950x  Physics Score  = 29 417 that's handling it in the physics dept. and also a 900$$$ chip] 
 
 
then like I said any overclocking bertween the 2 / all results makes any differences   overall 
 
anyway just some examples on using that firestrike bench to look at different combos used  to compare to   , now what you get in real life at your house  ??????
 
sometime in this stuff a fool and there money are soon parted as they say
 
 
 

we all get that lust  and the wants  bad  for something  then look it all over good and see the real facts through the hype and sales smokescreens  . how many get that fancy hot new card to come in and say ''my new card don't do any if much better then my old card did like said in all them reviews ''   yup, that's right  you got hyped
 
in the end all you can do is what you think is best for you  . not for me ,him, or the guy down the road
 
good luck