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Testing Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 980 4GB Graphics Cards In ?= SLI

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Testing Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 980 4GB Graphics Cards In SLI

 

At eTeknix we were fortunate enough to have received a pair of GTX

980s for Nvidia's launch day so we thought we'd see what they have to

offer in SLI. When running a pair of the same GPUs in SLI it is ideal

to get identical graphics cards for the most consistency of cooling,

clock speeds, VRAM sizes and so on. In our case that wasn't possible

as we have one GTX 980 from Nvidia which is the reference model (check

our review of that here

<http://www.eteknix.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-4gb-maxwell-28nm-graphics-card-review/>

) and we have one GTX 980 from Gigabyte which is their flagship G1

Gaming model (check our review of that here

<http://www.eteknix.com/gigabyte-g1-gaming-geforce-gtx-980-4gb-graphics-card-review/>

).

 

For our SLI testing both the GTX 980s were driving an ASUS ROG

SWIFT PG278Q <http://www.asus.com/uk/Monitors/ROG_SWIFT_PG278Q/>

 display In our review of both GTX 980s we know a single GTX 980

graphics card is more than enough for a smooth 60 frames per second

(FPS) at 1440p in the vast majority of titles. However, if you want to

effectively use the 144Hz refresh rate of the ASUS ROG SWIFT, you're

going to need to churn out as close to 144 FPS as possible. In this

scenario SLI GTX 980s actually make sense because on their own one

GTX 980 is not enough to drive such a high frame rate. Of course, it

goes without saying you have to have deep pockets to afford a 144Hz

1440p monitor and a pair of GTX 980s – but even if you don't have

that kind of money seeing the numbers is still interesting.

 

URL -

http://www.eteknix.com/testing-nvidias-geforce-gtx-980-4gb-graphics-cards-sli/

 

 

 

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