Is Crossfire/SLI actually necessary anymore though? For the past 5 years now a lot of the best games are becoming console ports, not to mention even the ones that were designed for the PC often don't employ the best engines because it's expensive on the company's behalf to write better code. Why not just avoid the whole stuttering issue altogether with a combination of patience and being content with framerates that matter?

No one is going to deny that you can get higher benchmarks with tri-sli GTX Titans. But at the same time, a single gtx titan will provide you more than enough horsepower for even 1440p - hell I game at 1440p with a 4850! Albeit I can't run the highest settings, but at that resolution you don't even need much AA; and eitherway I think a 7970 ghz edition should be more than an ample upgrade for what I want. If you don't have the money for a high end upgrade, then just do what I do and upgrade part by part on only major holiday sales. I get this is XS, but sometimes people forget on how to actually focus on the upgrades that will result in a visible difference.