Woud you get a single 980, or 970 sli?
 
970 sli will cost be about 150$ extra, but worth it on 1080P, 144Hz?
 
 

just watch out Amazon.com and the EVGA EU shop, that's the best way.
if you don't need to max out everything in game even 1 GTX 970 could be enough for 1080p.

sahafiec
just watch out Amazon.com and the EVGA EU shop, that's the best way.
if you don't need to max out everything in game even 1 GTX 970 could be enough for 1080p.

I fold aswell, and i wont get anything slower than a singel 980 when running 144Hz, cracking down is not a option^^
 
Will watch out on the Eu site tho, Thanks! :)

I understand, the FTW+ SLI would be a good option for you.
I assume Amazon would get the card prior to EVGA EU, so watch Amazon first.
EVGA always ships newegg and Amazon first then it's own online stores. 

outlawii
So why are the FTW's faulty? 

They're not exactly faulty, they just do not deliver on the performance expectations that they should. They're good GPUs but are lacking in power draw and seemingly voltage as well. I've read about a few FTW cards not doing well even with voltage increase and my card has the issue as well. Seems the only thing the FTW owners got was a better heatsink for the cooler and that's it. The other problem is that the SSC is now outdoing the FTW, which is actually supposed to be under the FTW but isn't. I'd fully expect EVGA to allow the step up, but releasing the FTW as is to begin with makes me question what they're going to do or say about the issue.

Do you guys think the SSC or FTW+ would do well for 1440p IPS? Lots of people are telling me the experience of IPS is too good to pass over TN.

IAmTheNorwegianGamer
Woud you get a single 980, or 970 sli?
 970 sli will cost be about 150$ extra, but worth it on 1080P, 144Hz?
 

If you want to max everything out at 1080p; the single GTX 980 is probably enough investment to achieve that.
 
From experience with my 2x GTX 970 FTW, I can tell you that the default FTW values aren't enough to run Dragon Age Inquisition at 1440p @144Hz (ROG Swift user here). I need to crank up the power limiter, the voltage and raise the clocks a bit to keep the game consistently above the 50fps mark, with it staying between 30 and 75fps depending on the game area and stuff happening on screen. Granted that I'm running a i7 920 @ 4Ghz on a X58 mobo, and this could bottleneck a bit my fps, but still at least in my case, a single GTX 980 would have to make compromises to run 1440p games at a stable framerate.
 
Additionally, you must keep in mind if SLI is worth the headaches, as most games nowadays are released without support for it, and nVidia cares little to nothing about optimizing the drivers and cooperating with the developer to deliver a proper experience to SLI users. For instance... for how long is Dragon Age Inquisition out? The game still displays flickery textures in SLI, together with super absurdly dense fog areas, which are supposed to be a nice atmospheric touch, but are nothing more than a white mantle of whiteness. "Why don't you disable SLI?", you ask. Well, because I like to run my games with max graphical settings and didn't spend money in two cards to only make use of one. Not to mention I would need to tune down graphical options for the game to be playable...
 
Long story short, if I was playing at 1080p, I would definitely stay the hell away from SLI headaches as a gamer.
A single GTX 970 can run most games with few compromises, and a single GTX980 should run them without a sweat with exceptional compromises.
 
In the end, it's your money, your call; but as I said, if I wasn't on a 1440p monitor; I would be regreting not going for a single GTX 980 for 1080p gaming.
 
P.S.: Oh, and... greetings from Flisa. =P
 

Miko Ryukudo
Do you guys think the SSC or FTW+ would do well for 1440p IPS? Lots of people are telling me the experience of IPS is too good to pass over TN.

From what I've seen in Dragon Age Inquisition; it depends on what you want. If you plan on running games at max settings; staying around 60fps with a single GTX 970 may be somewhat challenging.

Morphevz

IAmTheNorwegianGamer
Woud you get a single 980, or 970 sli?
 970 sli will cost be about 150$ extra, but worth it on 1080P, 144Hz?
 

If you want to max everything out at 1080p; the single GTX 980 is probably enough investment to achieve that.
 
From experience with my 2x GTX 970 FTW, I can tell you that the default FTW values aren't enough to run Dragon Age Inquisition at 1440p @144Hz (ROG Swift user here). I need to crank up the power limiter, the voltage and raise the clocks a bit to keep the game consistently above the 50fps mark, with it staying between 30 and 75fps depending on the game area and stuff happening on screen. Granted that I'm running a i7 920 @ 4Ghz on a X58 mobo, and this could bottleneck a bit my fps, but still at least in my case, a single GTX 980 would have to make compromises to run 1440p games at a stable framerate.
 
Additionally, you must keep in mind if SLI is worth the headaches, as most games nowadays are released without support for it, and nVidia cares little to nothing about optimizing the drivers and cooperating with the developer to deliver a proper experience to SLI users. For instance... for how long is Dragon Age Inquisition out? The game still displays flickery textures in SLI, together with super absurdly dense fog areas, which are supposed to be a nice atmospheric touch, but are nothing more than a white mantle of whiteness. "Why don't you disable SLI?", you ask. Well, because I like to run my games with max graphical settings and didn't spend money in two cards to only make use of one. Not to mention I would need to tune down graphical options for the game to be playable...
 
Long story short, if I was playing at 1080p, I would definitely stay the hell away from SLI headaches as a gamer.
A single GTX 970 can run most games with few compromises, and a single GTX980 should run them without a sweat with exceptional compromises.
 
In the end, it's your money, your call; but as I said, if I wasn't on a 1440p monitor; I would be regreting not going for a single GTX 980 for 1080p gaming.
 
P.S.: Oh, and... greetings from Flisa. =P
 

Miko Ryukudo
Do you guys think the SSC or FTW+ would do well for 1440p IPS? Lots of people are telling me the experience of IPS is too good to pass over TN.

From what I've seen in Dragon Age Inquisition; it depends on what you want. If you plan on running games at max settings; staying around 60fps with a single GTX 970 may be somewhat challenging.

I see, Thank you.
 
I woud rather pay the 150$ now, they are only ``laying there if you understand^^
 
Its either gonna be 1 watercooled 980, or 2 aircooled 970`s.  I had 780Ti sli for a couple of weeks.had mine 780Ti, which is folding atm, and borrowed my dad`s card, had no problems with Sli issues as i play Bf4, Far cry etc.. Not smaller titles really.
 
Wouldent 970 sli give me a big advantage since i am getting a 144Hz monitor? G-synch though (and 1080P)
 
I woud def. not get another 980. So either single 980, dual 970, you still mean 980 is the best way to go now?
Saves me 150$ which i can use on a block for the 980. Thank you!
 
Hilsen Fra Kr.sand^^
 
 

980 is the best single GPU out, but a pair of 970s will absolutely destroy it.  Plus the price/performance on the 970s is much better.  I thought I was going to get a 980 before they came out; then I saw the performance of the 970 and it's price.  I ended up getting 2 970 FTWs.  I play on a 1440p with 120Hz and couldn't be happier because a single 980 would not be able to do that with max settings.

Morphevz
 
From what I've seen in Dragon Age Inquisition; it depends on what you want. If you plan on running games at max settings; staying around 60fps with a single GTX 970 may be somewhat challenging.

I see. Looks like it will be GM200/210 for me then. I want to stay single if possible. Going to have to spend at least $350 on a GPU to get the mileage out of my new 4790k anyways.