news 28 Posted September 23, 2014 <http://www.eteknix.com> 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/ -- Share this post Link to post