EVGA GeForce GTX 960 SSC in 2-way SLI

[HEXUS]

Can a pair of 960s match a single GTX 980?

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[Roobubba]

Curious results. The Bioshock Infinite result is clearly CPU limited (or at least not GPU limited) at lower resolutions, so the 960 SLI certainly can't be said to beat out the 980 in that test, it just reaches the same bottleneck that the weaker cards can't quite reach.
The same can't be said of the Rome: Total War benchmarks, were the cheaper cards in SLI do appear to have the beating of the 980 at lower resolutions until that pesky frame buffer screws things up at UHD.

Now if someone puts out a 3 or 4GB version of the 960 without it costing too much more, I guess we'd see if it's the frame buffer or the bandwidth that's really hamstringing the SLI setup... That could be a very potent SLI config then.

I should say I have the 980 super jetstream - although this doesn't have me 'worried' - I have a micro ATX case as I take my gaming rig with me when I'm away at another work site a lot, and I can't fit in another graphics card. The 980 Super Jetstream so far is absolutely phenomenal.

[plexabit]

Plus, in my mind, the $150 price difference is pretty much justifiable to go for the 980, and definitely justifiable to go for a 970 since in a lot of games it's still better. That 128 bus and the 2GB frame buffer just slows things down too much. Sure, it beats the 970 in a few games, but games overall aren't going to start using less memory. Long story short: If you plan on playing older games, the 960x2 is great. But hey--who's going to be playing old games?

[TRUTHnTRINITY]

If a 4Gb version of this comes out count me in for 2 of these! Impressive performance for a little more than half the price of the 980. The 970 still holds best for price but 2 of these with 4Gb ("4GB means 4GB") and you're rocking and rolling a nice rig.

[Darkrage]

One question - why there are no 290/290x entries in the tables? Seems pretty ****ty to omit those just for the purpose of your review, especially when the 970 is priced against the 290x.

[jimmyd1964]

I agree with Darkrage, where is the R9 290X? Price points of competitors are an important comparison.

[ysluxus]

Maximum Performance, Performance/Cost and Performance/PowerConsumption are important to consider.