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    Quote Originally Posted by Krindor View Post
    It will probably be enough. The 970 is one of the cards with the best cost/performance and I recommend you to get it, even if it doesn't max out at 1440p the next in line is 980 which is close to double the price and 2 970s are therefore a better choice. So start with 1 970 and if that is not enough get another if your budget allows it.

    But considering that your GPU is a 480 the CPU might also be in need of an upgrade, but test out with getting one 970 first and depending on where the FPS is lying around you might wanna consider upgrading the CPU.
    SLI/Crossfire are only really worth it for insane resolution multiple monitor setups. Otherwise a single, more powerful GPU is better. On a single monitor you're setting yourself up to have to deal with sketchy or no SLI/Crossfire support in some games, microstutter and diminishing returns for no real reason.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vorpal_Spork View Post
    SLI/Crossfire are only really worth it for insane resolution multiple monitor setups. Otherwise a single, more powerful GPU is better. On a single monitor you're setting yourself up to have to deal with sketchy or no SLI/Crossfire support in some games, microstutter and diminishing returns for no real reason.
    Considering his name he is clearly Swedish, the current price for a gtx 970 is 2800 kr while the price for a gtx 980 is 5100kr 2x 970 is 5600 which is only 500kr more than one 980, so for less than 10% more of the price of one he gets about 40% more performance and considering we currently don't know how a 970/980 works at 1440p in dx11 it's better to start out with one cheaper GPU as if it works a better one is wasted. The only reason to get a 980 is if there's a lack of PCI slots or choosing between 3x 970 or 2x 980.

    But this is of course depending on how well the dx11 version will handle sli.
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    Last edited by Krindor; 12-27-2014 at 07:06 PM.