patseguin Global Moderator Posted September 19, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2016 I bought a 1070 card a while back and LOVE it. I am playing Doom, WoW, Witcher 3, and a ton more on it. I bought a 4K monitor and while not quite as smooth, it seems to play fairly well. I was in Best Buy today and had another one in my hand to do SLI but put it back. I haven't decided yet. Do you guys think I will see a big enough improvement in 4K gaming to justify the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Well the game has to support SLI as well, but the increase is not "double". http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2474-gtx-1070-sli-benchmark-vs-gtx-1080-and-gtx-1070/page-2 Some GTX 1080 FE vs GTX 1070 SLI vs GTX 1070 single benches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted September 19, 2016 Global Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2016 9 minutes ago, patseguin said: I bought a 1070 card a while back and LOVE it. I am playing Doom, WoW, Witcher 3, and a ton more on it. I bought a 4K monitor and while not quite as smooth, it seems to play fairly well. I was in Best Buy today and had another one in my hand to do SLI but put it back. I haven't decided yet. Do you guys think I will see a big enough improvement in 4K gaming to justify the price? It seems to scale pretty well (not double of course) I guess and gives adequate FPS at 4K ... from a quick glance on a couple of review sites. Honestly, I would do a google for 1070 SLI Review ... and see what a couple of tech sites report, games they benchmarked ... etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circaflex Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 Honestly, if you have the money and time to burn, go for it. I for one, will never again run SLI or XFIRE because the bugs and glitches just were not worth the time spent fixing them. I ran a highend SLI setup and XFIRE, and some games it ran great, some games you had to disable dual-card setups for them to run smoothly. I just got tired of constantly having to fiddle with various settings to get the games to work. I also enjoy overclocking, which became much more difficult with two cards compared to one. I dont know the improvement would be worth the price. I mean consider this, even the 1080 has some trouble maintaining fluid gameplay at 4K. Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted September 19, 2016 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2016 Before this 1070 I had dual 670's for a long time so I'm wondering if they will give me that kind of longevity. I suppose I can buy it and try it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan R. Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I would sell the 1070 and get a 1080... SLI just isn't worth it. There's a reason nVidia is limiting support for it. xendrome 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I run 2 1070's in SLI and it works great. I say go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthGate Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 (edited) As the owner of a pair of 1070's and playing 4K I saw a huge improvement in all the games I have, and that's quite a broad range of titles. There's nothing I haven't been able to max out yet and keep at a solid 60 FPS though I do sometimes have to drop and reduce anti-aliasing as it does have quite an overhead but you don't really notice the 'jaggies' at such res. There's a lot of talk about SLI problems, but through years of using SLI I've never really noticed or experienced any problems with any game I've played. Initially I only bought a single 1070 but then I had a laptop under warranty from the same store that died on me. I hardly used the laptop so instead of a repair they offered me store credit for the value but wouldn't do a cash refund, so another 1070 it was. CPU-Z valiated proof of onwership here: http://valid.x86.fr/y1g6t8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 I don't get the point of spending a total of $850 for a 5-10% increase over a single $649 1080 GTX, SLI is only going to work in a few games, it's going to increase PSU load and case temps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan R. Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 1 minute ago, xendrome said: I don't get the point of spending a total of $850 for a 5-10% increase over a single $649 1080 GTX, SLI is only going to work in a few games, it's going to increase PSU load and case temps. You beat me to it. Additionally, when you upgrade, you'll have two cards to get rid of. xendrome 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted September 20, 2016 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2016 I thought that 2x 1070's would far outperform a single 1080? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 21 minutes ago, patseguin said: I thought that 2x 1070's would far outperform a single 1080? Look through this review - http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2474-gtx-1070-sli-benchmark-vs-gtx-1080-and-gtx-1070/page-2 When SLI is supposed in the game, it's marginal. and it looks like DX12 suffers over SLI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fusi0n Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 10 minutes ago, xendrome said: Look through this review - http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2474-gtx-1070-sli-benchmark-vs-gtx-1080-and-gtx-1070/page-2 When SLI is supposed in the game, it's marginal. and it looks like DX12 suffers over SLI. 32 minutes ago, patseguin said: I thought that 2x 1070's would far outperform a single 1080? 14 hours ago, Bryan R. said: You beat me to it. Additionally, when you upgrade, you'll have two cards to get rid of. 14 hours ago, xendrome said: I don't get the point of spending a total of $850 for a 5-10% increase over a single $649 1080 GTX, SLI is only going to work in a few games, it's going to increase PSU load and case temps. I see a nice difference in Battlefield 1, Battlefront, Battlefield 4, Doom, Rainbow Six Division, and Rainbow Six Seige. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted September 20, 2016 Author Global Moderator Share Posted September 20, 2016 So would I be better off trying to sell my 1070 and just buy a 1080 for my 4K gaming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorak Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 24 minutes ago, patseguin said: So would I be better off trying to sell my 1070 and just buy a 1080 for my 4K gaming? Yes, but even so... 4K gaming at 60+ FPS is just not quite feasible now. I am staying at 1440p for that reason. In games that do support SLI or CrossFire, the performance still varies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open Minded Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 33 minutes ago, patseguin said: So would I be better off trying to sell my 1070 and just buy a 1080 for my 4K gaming? Yes. Bryan R. and xendrome 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odom Member Posted September 22, 2016 Member Share Posted September 22, 2016 It will be interesting to see what performance the GTX 1080 Ti brings. I for one am waiting for those to upgrade my GTX970. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theyarecomingforyou Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 On 19/09/2016 at 11:21 PM, xendrome said: I don't get the point of spending a total of $850 for a 5-10% increase over a single $649 1080 GTX, SLI is only going to work in a few games, it's going to increase PSU load and case temps. On 20/09/2016 at 1:41 PM, xendrome said: Look through this review - http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2474-gtx-1070-sli-benchmark-vs-gtx-1080-and-gtx-1070/page-2 When SLI is supposed in the game, it's marginal. and it looks like DX12 suffers over SLI. You're picking out the worst case scenario. Look at this review and check out the various games for a more representative picture. A quick summary for those who don't have the time. 4K Far Cry Primal 62fps - GTX 1070 SLI 44fps - GTX 1080 41% gain Thief 74fps - GTX 1070 SLI 52fps - GTX 1080 42% gain Tom Clancy's The Division 54fps - GTX 1070 SLI 44fps - GTX 1080 22% gain GTA V 82fps - GTX 1070 SLI 58fps - GTX 1080 41% gain Battlefield Hardline 65fps - GTX 1070 SLI 42fps - GTX 1080 55% gain Alien Isolation 111ps - GTX 1070 SLI 86fps - GTX 1080 29% gain Middle Earth: Shadow Mordor 66ps - GTX 1070 SLI 42fps - GTX 1080 57% gain That means you're looking at an average gain of 41% going for the GTX 1070 SLI versus the GTX 1080. There are some games where SLI scaling is poor but they are few and far between and I say that having used SLI with GTX 680s and GTX 970s. TL;DR - The OP is better off adding a second GTX 1070 than having to go to the effort of selling off their current card and buying a GTX 1080. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S. Veteran Posted September 29, 2016 Veteran Share Posted September 29, 2016 Better get used to turning down the resolution or other settings. Not even a 1080 or dual 1070s will consistently maintain 60fps at 4K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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