Hello, I would like to take advantage of all the experts surrounding this site so I can get an opinion. Sorry if is not the place to. I have an old Asus Formula III (x58, PCI express 2.0) with an i7 990x OC to 4.3 Ghz and 12 G of RAM at 1600 Mhz, I am planning to get the Asus ROG Swift and given that the CPU is not the bottleneck but the PCI express 2.0 might affect performance, is it worth to sli 2 custom GTX 980 to feed the monitor with 120 FPS? Or it would be better to get 2 custom 970? or my system is too old for this monitor and GPU's? (sorry for my English, it’s not my native language )
Are you are running 1920x1080 120hz? 970SLI will max out nearly any game at 120fps, costs a lot less money, use less power and produce less heat than 980SLI. The difference between PCIE 2 and 3 is probably 5% max. No brainer as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks, I'm going to get the ASUS ROG SWIFT so it will be 2560x1440 at 120 hz with no AA, or maybe just FXAA and the idea is keep those cards for about 2 or 3 years. I haven't tried 120 hz and I worried that my board can not keep with those cards
Thank you, so I guess it would be better to get the 980's for the long term, lets say 3 years... And yes I am planning to upgrade the CPU next year although I haven't see that it bottleneck, it may be the PCI 2.0 the main problem right?
Very sorry to revive this, but I am new here and I still don't have the 15 minimum posts to replay a private message that I just received, so I am posting the answer here. This is to @Stevethegreat: Hello, he he that's quite a coincidence! glad that I' am not alone in this matter. I've doing some research and one thing that I want is to buy a couple of cards that last at least 3 years, I am not into buy a sell every year, in my country that would be very difficult. So from what I have read I thing I am getting to a conclusion: the cpu it's not going to bottleneck, because of the 120 fps requirement, but our PCI-E 2.0 it's going to cost us a 5% give or take, so to compensate that, I think 2 customs 980's will be the right choice, remember that I want it to last 3 years. I It's true that there is no much difference in performance between the 980 and 970 but I haven't spend a dime in GPUs in 4 years so I am going to spoil myself. I am waiting for reviews of the EVGA 980 FTW... Yes we have a deal,please give me your thoughts on my plan
Really? one 980 will be enough to push 120 fps in BF4 at 2560x1440, ultra settings and no AA, for example?
According to Hilberts 970 review no... but it's still pushing 65fps with 2xMSAA. not bad for a single card at that resolution. For 120fps you'll need SLI 980's or 970's.
