SLI or upgrade?

[HOPPS]

Hi boys and girls, hope everyone is well.
Pls could you share your opinion with me on a choice between SLI or a gpu upgrade.
Current setup is as follows....

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with 240m Liquid cooler​

ASUS ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING Mobo​

KLEVV BOLT X 32GB (16GB x2) DDR4 3200 mhz​

1x 1x 500Gb M. 2 with OS and main software​

1X 250gb SSD for games
1x seagate 2Tb hhd for games
2x seagate 2Tb hhd for backup and other general stuff.
750W PSU (80+)
and the GPU in question is a Asus strix gtx 970 4Gb.

I have only recently gone from a 32" HD ready TV as a monitor to a skyworth 55" 4k TV as monitor. Since doing so I find my GPU struggles a bit with such a big display. That said I can't seem to run gpu at 70% or more consistently without crashes 🤔. Unsure if PSU has a role in that as CPU and GPU don't run more than 65 to 70 degrees even when OC.
Rig is used for gaming 90% of the time and with games like fallout 4, skyrim se, to COD and Grid motorsports and fortnite etc. I want to find out should I look at a 2nd gtx 970 for SLI or should I go towards a single gpu upgrade? If so recommendations pls.
Admittedly pockets are not to deep so want a cost effective but value for money upgrade.
When I check compared gpu's benchmarks like even 1050 /1070 etc, my old 970 is not that far off so unsure if such a upgrade would be worthwhile?

Look forward to any feedback you may have.

 

[Valheru]

SLI is pretty much dead due to extremely limited support and the fact it does not scale linearly when it is available.

Have you considered maybe looking at some of the lower tier 30 series cards?

Disclaimer, I know they wont run 4K properly, and anything much higher than that would bottleneck that CPU and could be wasted.

 

[PaladinLaw]

SLI is pretty much dead due to extremely limited support and the fact it does not scale linearly when it is available

This.

Also, the size of your display does not impact whether the gpu can display it or not, the resolution does.

Step 1 would be to reduce the resolution down from 4k to maybe 1440 but 1080 would prolly be better. Upgrade the gpu to something that can handle 4k, 2070 super, 2080ti, 3060ti, 3070, 6700xt, etc. Then scale back up to 4k.

 

[JollyJamma]

Hi boys and girls, hope everyone is well.
Pls could you share your opinion with me on a choice between SLI or a gpu upgrade.
Current setup is as follows....

AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Processor with 240m Liquid cooler​

ASUS ROG STRIX B350-F GAMING Mobo​

KLEVV BOLT X 32GB (16GB x2) DDR4 3200 mhz​

1x 1x 500Gb M. 2 with OS and main software​

1X 250gb SSD for games
1x seagate 2Tb hhd for games
2x seagate 2Tb hhd for backup and other general stuff.
750W PSU (80+)
and the GPU in question is a Asus strix gtx 970 4Gb.

I have only recently gone from a 32" HD ready TV as a monitor to a skyworth 55" 4k TV as monitor. Since doing so I find my GPU struggles a bit with such a big display. That said I can't seem to run gpu at 70% or more consistently without crashes [emoji848]. Unsure if PSU has a role in that as CPU and GPU don't run more than 65 to 70 degrees even when OC.
Rig is used for gaming 90% of the time and with games like fallout 4, skyrim se, to COD and Grid motorsports and fortnite etc. I want to find out should I look at a 2nd gtx 970 for SLI or should I go towards a single gpu upgrade? If so recommendations pls.
Admittedly pockets are not to deep so want a cost effective but value for money upgrade.
When I check compared gpu's benchmarks like even 1050 /1070 etc, my old 970 is not that far off so unsure if such a upgrade would be worthwhile?

Look forward to any feedback you may have.

SLI isn’t a thing any more. It’s not supported by most games these days.

NVlink is the new SLI and it’s basically supported by benchmark “games” for world record holders.

Isn’t your GPU the 3.5gig model? The last 500megs of the RAM was unusable due to the interface structure.

That’s not going to help your gaming at higher res. You need a 1070 or 2060.

 

[mujeeb1]

@HOPPS Don't listen to these phoneys, I'm running SLAAi GTX 1050s and never been happier. Definitely better for gaming IM(H)O

 

[FrikkieDieSoldaat]

I have a GTX 970, its not a bad GPU. But upgrade would be the better option. The small gain with SLI is not worth spending your money. A new card with better performance will be much better, you can then sell your old GPU, to offset the money spent on the new GPU.