Is dual GTX 770's better/equal to a single GTX 980 ti?

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980 all the way................................................................................. newer and no sli limitations makes it your proper choice.................................................................................

980 all the way......... newer and no sli limitations makes it your proper choice.........

980 all the way......... newer and no sli limitations makes it your proper choice.........

Most people should buy the best single card they can afford (or are willing to spend). Only after you have maxed out the performance of your single card, should you then consider buying two. This has a lot to do with basic ROI, flexibility, and longevity of your choice.

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If you're using two monitors going dual 770's might be better however if you are only using one monitor you will benefit much more from using a single GPU. Though most Triple A titles now a days support SLI not all of the smaller game developers do. Some of the perks of going single instead of dual is less power consumption, less heat generated because you only have a single GPU generating heat at max temp- not two, and less chance of CPU bottle-necking.

Maybe, your criteria is performance? Well couldn't be anything else, barely, and it needs SLI library designed into the game in question, so I wouldn't call that better.

980 all the way. Newer and no SLI limitations makes it your best choice.

Go for GTX 980 Ti the power consumption will be lower, fps are almost equal.

When selecting a video card, there are some general guidelines:

1. Most people should buy the best single card they can afford (or are willing to spend). Only after you have maxed out the performance of your single card, should you then consider buying two. This has a lot to do with basic ROI, flexibility, and longevity of your choice.

2. You should have some idea of what performance level you need before you buy anything. What will you do if you go with two 770's and then find it is not enough to play the games you want at the settings you want? Go for three? After knowing what you want, then size to meet your need and budget.

3. There are three reasons to go with a multi-card setup:

a. you want absolute top of the line performance. From your question this would mean buying two 980ti and going SLI mode.

b. you want to extend the life of your current system by two or three more years in order to delay a significant purchase till later. This is a very legitimate reason to buy a second low end card to partner with an existing card, and is used by many gamers who want to wait another year or two till the next cycle of technology comes out. For example, maybe you wanted a 980ti, but you wanted one that was factory overclocked with liquid-cooling. So you buy another low end card to match the one you already have. This gives you 80% more FPS and lets you play games better for another year or two and while you wait, woohoo! Gigabyte provides the waterforce. Congrats and good choice.

c. you are trying to save 100$ on a build without sacrificing video performance. This usually backfires if you envision a future where you will need any additional horsepower.

4. You should always shop around. You will find that a) different sites often have different prices for the same component sometimes 5%-10% different, which in the case of a 700$ video card is a big deal, b) different sites sometimes offer different promotions like free games so you can get a little more for your money that way too.

Good Luck. Hail Flavius!

Sli of gpu shows better performance than a single gpu but in this case the gtx 980 ti is a better performance single gpu

Depending on how well the game can handle SLI scaling the GTX 770 SLI will range from almost as good as the 980 Ti to be completely dominated by the 980 Ti. If these are 2GB cards nothing will make up for the memory difference. If they are 4GB cards only the highest settings which need more than 4GB VRAM will limit them.

The GTX 770 is slightly faster than the GTX 960. As I can't find a direct comparison with the GTX 980 Ti. You'll have to infer that a GTX 770 SLI would fall somewhere between a GTX 960 SLI and GTX 970 SLI vs a single GTX 980 Ti. Really it would likely fall very close to where the 960 SLI lies.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-960,4038-4.html
http://www.ocaholic.ch/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=3890
http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/2246-gtx-970-sli-vs-gtx-980-ti