GTX Titan or GTX 780 upgrade

Nedved85

Hi there,

I built a pc with the specs below about 4 years ago, pretty much top of the range then. Spec is:

Antec Twelve Hundred | Intel i7 975 Extreme | Gainward GeForce GTX 295 | Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 X58 | Corsair XMS3 1600MHz 12GB | 2 x Acer S240HLbid | Zalman PSU 850W | Corsair 120GB SSD | Seagate Baracuda 1.5TB | NEC DVD + RW |

- Its still doing extremely well playing BF3 at 1920 x 1280 on high settings (Not max). Im think of changing my gfx card to either the

GTX Titan (About €926):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeForce-Graphics-Express-Display/dp/B00BKV3EVK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376746403&sr=8-1&keywords=GTX+Titan

or to the GTX 780 (About €590 euro):

http://www.amazon.co.uk/MSI-N780-3GD5-Nvidia-PCI-Express-Graphics/dp/B00CY5GP26/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376746427&sr=8-1&keywords=GTX+780

and here for about €575 (Not sure of the differences..)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palit-GeForce-Graphics-Express-Display/dp/B00CYASE9I/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1376747140&sr=8-7&keywords=gtx+780

Just throwing it out there to see if anybody has any opinions on which one i should go for,

If i dont get too much benefit from the titan i would probably go for the 780 as money is not all that flush

Iv no plans at present to upgrade my monitors - This may happen in the long run however (12 - 18 months)

Cheers

Gumbi

Have you got that processor overclocked? It could well be limiting you in certain games. You could buy a Hr02 macho to achieve that (and it would be queiter than the stock cooler too).

As for graphics card, what you want is definitely a 780. The cheaper model you linked is the one with a reference cooler. You wouldn't want that at all, no overclocking headroom.

I would buy from Hardwareversand.

The Windforce 780 has a good cooler. I'd go for that one.

If you are only playing on 1080p a 780 is way overkill. A 770 would do...

Nedved85

Gumbi wrote: »

Have you got that processor overclocked? It could well be limiting you in certain games. You could buy a Hr02 macho to achieve that (and it would be queiter than the stock cooler too).

As for graphics card, what you want is definitely a 780. The cheaper model you linked is the one with a reference cooler. You wouldn't want that at all, no overclocking headroom.

I would buy from Hardwareversand.

The Windforce 780 has a good cooler. I'd go for that one.

If you are only playing on 1080p a 780 is way overkill. A 770 would do...

The cpu is not overclocked at present - I have done it before - must set it up again. I didnt have any additional coolers/fans running when i bumped up the cpu's speed and didnt run into any issues - is the Hr02 macho recommended so (Just did a quick google - not that expensive)

I think i would be going for the 780 over the 770 at a minimum - I would like this gfx to see 3 years at least so dont mind spashing an extra bit for that (The 295 has served me extremely well even though it cost a good bit 4 years ago)

Hardwareversand seem to be a bit dearer than amazon from what i can see for the 780.. Iv used them before and they are generally cheaper to be fair.

bladesofglory

Gumbi wrote: »

Have you got that processor overclocked? It could well be limiting you in certain games. You could buy a Hr02 macho to achieve that (and it would be queiter than the stock cooler too).

As for graphics card, what you want is definitely a 780. The cheaper model you linked is the one with a reference cooler. You wouldn't want that at all, no overclocking headroom.

I would buy from Hardwareversand.

The Windforce 780 has a good cooler. I'd go for that one.

If you are only playing on 1080p a 780 is way overkill. A 770 would do...

Unless your running ultra high setting over 3 screen the titan wouldn't be worth the investment. They over-clock very well though

Nedved85

bladesofglory wrote: »

Unless your running ultra high setting over 3 screen the titan wouldn't be worth the investment. They over-clock very well though

Can both the 780 and Titan dual 3 screens out of the box - My 295 can only do dual screens.

bladesofglory

Nedved85 wrote: »

Can both the 780 and Titan dual 3 screens out of the box - My 295 can only do dual screens.

Yes both cards can run 3 screen out of the box, I currently have both cards, great products.

Gumbi

Also, unless you go water, 780s actually match and beat Titans when overclocked.

bladesofglory

Gumbi wrote: »

Also, unless you go water, 780s actually match and beat Titans when overclocked.

Very true

BloodBath

Alternatively you could pick up a pair of 7950's or 760gtx for about €500. You have a good board and power supply for crossfire/sli.

A pair of either would smoke a 780 if you don't mind the higher energy costs.

bladesofglory

BloodBath wrote: »

Alternatively you could pick up a pair of 7950's or 760gtx for about €500. You have a good board and power supply for crossfire/sli.

A pair of either would smoke a 780 if you don't mind the higher energy costs.

the disadvantage of buying mid-range cards is that you have no upgrade path afterwards, with the 780 you can always add another 1,

Plus not to mention the 780 is a superior card, noting the power consumption, more heat, compatibility issues with the 760. depends on your budget my friend.

BloodBath

I wouldn't call a 7950 or a 760 a mid range card. He wouldn't have to upgrade as soon as he would with the 780 either and at that stage his cpu and board are going to need an upgrade anyway. A pair of 780's would be total overkill for 1080p anyway. A pair of 760's or 7950's are overkill even. I'd throw in a 1440p monitor as well since you were considering a titan

Of course the 780 is a superior card. It costs more than twice as much but only performs 50% better than a single 760 or 7950. Less with a decent overclock on the 7950. What are the compatability issues with the 760? The pair of cards will hold their value more than the 780 will as well with their much higher price performance ratio.

I'm just throwing it in there as an option anyway. It's worth considering since he has a good board and psu already. It has up and downsides. If a slightly higher energy bill (around 150w extra power consumption over the single 780) isn't a problem then I'd go with dual 7950's and a 1440p monitor.

bladesofglory

BloodBath wrote: »

I wouldn't call a 7950 or a 760 a mid range card. He wouldn't have to upgrade as soon as he would with the 780 either and at that stage his cpu and board are going to need an upgrade anyway. A pair of 780's would be total overkill for 1080p anyway. A pair of 760's or 7950's are overkill even. I'd throw in a 1440p monitor as well since you were considering a titan

Of course the 780 is a superior card. It costs more than twice as much but only performs 50% better than a single 760 or 7950. Less with a decent overclock on the 7950. What are the compatability issues with the 760? The pair of cards will hold their value more than the 780 will as well with their much higher price performance ratio.

I'm just throwing it in there as an option anyway. It's worth considering since he has a good board and psu already. It has up and downsides. If a slightly higher energy bill (around 150w extra power consumption over the single 780) isn't a problem then I'd go with dual 7950's and a 1440p monitor.

cards like the 780 with over 2.5k cores, even more than 2 x 760 are not been utilization in games at the moment, that goes for the VRAM also, if he is running far greater resolution across a surround display he will gain from the vram been offered in the 780. One of the biggest problem with the 760 is the plastic chassis meaning high temps are regular.



but do keep in mind, a pair of GTX 760s is going to run a lot louder than a single GTX 780 and also have less headroom to work with for future games THAT will require far great spec and more vram

BloodBath

cards like the 780 with over 2.5k cores, even more than 2 x 760 are not been utilization in games at the moment

Bollox. Why would they not be utilised? Higher performance = higher frame rates. Utilisation remains the same.

that goes for the VRAM also, if he is running far greater resolution across a surround display he will gain from the vram been offered in the 780.

7950's also have 3gb of vram and so far there are 0 games using more than 2gb even at 1440p.

One of the biggest problem with the 760 is the plastic chassis meaning high temps are regular

Are you crazy? Who said anything about getting a stock one with a ****ty cooler? The cooler on the third party ones like the Asus model is far superior to the titan or 780 stock cooler.

but do keep in mind, a pair of GTX 760s is going to run a lot louder than a single GTX 780 and also have less headroom to work with for future games THAT will require far great spec and more vram

Debateable but that is part of the reason I recommended the 7950's over the 760. How loud they run is entirely dependant on what cooler the card has, what case airflow is like, overclocked or not, level of overclock, fan profile ect. If you went with 2 asus models with a conservative overclock there is no reason for them to be any louder than a single 780.

Nedved85

bladesofglory wrote: »

cards like the 780 with over 2.5k cores, even more than 2 x 760 are not been utilization in games at the moment, that goes for the VRAM also, if he is running far greater resolution across a surround display he will gain from the vram been offered in the 780. One of the biggest problem with the 760 is the plastic chassis meaning high temps are regular.



but do keep in mind, a pair of GTX 760s is going to run a lot louder than a single GTX 780 and also have less headroom to work with for future games THAT will require far great spec and more vram

Cheers for all the info lads - I think I would go for the one 780 versus 2 SLI 760s just for personal preference.

Im presuming i could play BF3 and BF4 at max settings 1920 x 1080 with the 780...Thats my first priority

bladesofglory

BloodBath wrote: »

Bollox. Why would they not be utilised? Higher performance = higher frame rates. Utilisation remains the same.

You would believe that's the case, and in certain cases it can, but not all games allow the full activation of all cores in regular gaming, hence why you can buy a gpu for 1k and one for 500 and the difference in FPS are not Hugh increases.



7950's also have 3gb of vram and so far there are 0 games using more than 2gb even at 1440p.

The use of VRAM is increased when surface area of pixel is spread among many displays, So if he had a surround display he would gain from the more VRAM.



Are you crazy? Who said anything about getting a stock one with a ****ty cooler? The cooler on the third party ones like the Asus model is far superior to the titan or 780 stock cooler.

Do you have a titan?? or even a 780? As this debate is better answered when the person has actually used one or even seen one in real life.



Debateable but that is part of the reason I recommended the 7950's over the 760. How loud they run is entirely dependant on what cooler the card has, what case airflow is like, overclocked or not, level of overclock, fan profile ect. If you went with 2 asus models with a conservative overclock there is no reason for them to be any louder than a single 780.

again have you had a 760 or a 780?

bladesofglory

BloodBath wrote: »

Bollox. Why would they not be utilised? Higher performance = higher frame rates. Utilisation remains the same.



7950's also have 3gb of vram and so far there are 0 games using more than 2gb even at 1440p.



Are you crazy? Who said anything about getting a stock one with a ****ty cooler? The cooler on the third party ones like the Asus model is far superior to the titan or 780 stock cooler.



Debateable but that is part of the reason I recommended the 7950's over the 760. How loud they run is entirely dependant on what cooler the card has, what case airflow is like, overclocked or not, level of overclock, fan profile ect. If you went with 2 asus models with a conservative overclock there is no reason for them to be any louder than a single 780.

A - You would believe that's the case, and in certain cases it can, but not all games allow the full activation of all cores in regular gaming, hence why you can buy a gpu for 1k and one for 500 and the difference in FPS are not Hugh increases.



7950's also have 3gb of vram and so far there are 0 games using more than 2gb even at 1440p.

A -The use of VRAM is increased when surface area of pixel is spread among many displays, So if he had a surround display he would gain from the more VRAM.



Are you crazy? Who said anything about getting a stock one with a ****ty cooler? The cooler on the third party ones like the Asus model is far superior to the titan or 780 stock cooler.

A -Do you have a titan?? or even a 780? As this debate is better answered when the person has actually used one or even seen one in real life.



Debateable but that is part of the reason I recommended the 7950's over the 760. How loud they run is entirely dependant on what cooler the card has, what case airflow is like, overclocked or not, level of overclock, fan profile ect. If you went with 2 asus models with a conservative overclock there is no reason for them to be any louder than a single 780.

NTMK

Nedved85 wrote: »

Cheers for all the info lads - I think I would go for the one 780 versus 2 SLI 760s just for personal preference.

Im presuming i could play BF3 and BF4 at max settings 1920 x 1080 with the 780...Thats my first priority

you dont need a 780 to run bf3 (and probably 4 since its the same engine) @max at 1080 as a 780 will run it fully maxed at 1440p (which is a lot more demanding) and doesnt drop below 70fps

theres no point of buying a 780 unless your going above 1080

a 7950 will do fine
Benchmarks for it

bladesofglory

NTMK wrote: »

you dont need a 780 to run bf3 (and probably 4 since its the same engine) @max at 1080 as a 780 will run it fully maxed at 1440p (which is a lot more demanding) and doesnt drop below 70fps

theres no point of buying a 780 unless your going above 1080

a 7950 will do fine
Benchmarks for it

True, If you going high Pixels then get yourself the 780. if not then you don't require it.

BloodBath

again have you had a 760 or a 780?

Why would I have to have one? Do I need to own an Aston Martin DB9 to know what it's top speed or acceleration is? Or can I trust the word of the many professionals who have tested it and came to the same conclusions?

You would believe that's the case, and in certain cases it can, but not all games allow the full activation of all cores in regular gaming, hence why you can buy a gpu for 1k and one for 500 and the difference in FPS are not Hugh increases.

Total bollox.

The use of VRAM is increased when surface area of pixel is spread among many displays, So if he had a surround display he would gain from the more VRAM.

No ****. Nobody mentioned surround display and as I said already the 7950's also have 3gb of vram.

Do you have a titan?? or even a 780? As this debate is better answered when the person has actually used one or even seen one in real life.

I don't need to own one to understand the numbers and the benchmarks performed by professionals. You think you know more because you own one? Have you got a dbm meter and a sound proof room to test? Have you got all the other cards to cross reference and test against? I'll take their opinions over an ill informed troll with more money than sense. I've seen the benchmarks for those coolers and it's pretty obvious that they are inferior to the top third party coolers like the Asus Cu-2.

Oh look benchmarks backing up what I say.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_780_Direct_Cu_II_OC/30.html


I'm done even replying to you. It's pretty obvious that you are just trolling at this stage. I look forward to your forum ban.

bladesofglory

BloodBath wrote: »

Why would I have to have one? Do I need to own an Aston Martin DB9 to know what it's top speed or acceleration is? Or can I trust the word of the many professionals who have tested it and came to the same conclusions?



Total bollox.



No ****. Nobody mentioned surround display and as I said already the 7950's also have 3gb of vram.



I don't need to own one to understand the numbers and the benchmarks performed by professionals. You think you know more because you own one? Have you got a dbm meter and a sound proof room to test? Have you got all the other cards to cross reference and test against? I'll take their opinions over an ill informed troll with more money than sense. I've seen the benchmarks for those coolers and it's pretty obvious that they are inferior to the top third party coolers like the Asus Cu-2.

Oh look benchmarks backing up what I say.

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/GeForce_GTX_780_Direct_Cu_II_OC/30.html


I'm done even replying to you. It's pretty obvious that you are just trolling at this stage. I look forward to your forum ban.

The fact is im employed in this field while I don't believe you are even employed. Th facts and what is shown to the public are two different things when it comes to bench marks, i have tested many of the best gpu currently in production many they are simply for super computer use, so you could say I do actually know what I'm talking about.

You claimed the build of the titan/780 is of a less quality, or the chassis, and you haven even seen or used one, ha.

Fact is lad you can sit there all fecking night talking about cards that you fundamentally don't understand and keep claiming benchmarks but out of you and I, Im the one that is using these cards everyday for WORK and general use.

also over-clocking can be dependent on many factors not everyone is able to maintain a stable over-clock. The simply fact here for a single display use go for the 760, for multi go for 780

So please go back and play with your V-tech

Baked.noodle

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Solitaire

bladesofglory wrote: »

The fact is im employed in this field while I don't believe you are even employed.

So please go back and play with your V-tech

BloodBath was attacking your posts. You are directly attacking him, not the content of his posts, and that is unacceptable - as is your penchant for starting a fight in almost every thread you post in. I've been very lenient to you over the last few weeks but your behaviour is not improving, so in future you can be expecting Infractions rather than just warnings when you step out of line. Please, if you disagree with something someone says then attack what they're saying and do it preferably with actual proof backing your own view up. Don't try to win an argument by lobbing insults at people, that is just pure childishness.

Leaving your post up unedited as a good example of how to earn a shiny yellow card around these parts, as few folk actually manage to do so.

game4it70

Well said Solitaire.

bladesofglory

Solitaire wrote: »

BloodBath was attacking your posts. You are directly attacking him, not the content of his posts, and that is unacceptable - as is your penchant for starting a fight in almost every thread you post in. I've been very lenient to you over the last few weeks but your behaviour is not improving, so in future you can be expecting Infractions rather than just warnings when you step out of line. Please, if you disagree with something someone says then attack what they're saying and do it preferably with actual proof backing your own view up. Don't try to win an argument by lobbing insults at people, that is just pure childishness.

Leaving your post up unedited as a good example of how to earn a shiny yellow card around these parts, as few folk actually manage to do so.

Listen, if you haven't read i suggest you do so the posts he commented back. He also was insulting me.

He has his views I have mine, its called a debate.

TerrorFirmer

Except your views are unfounded, ill informed, and regularly descend into petty childishness and fairly archetypical of the phrase 'throwing his toys out of the pram'. It's really become apparent across this forum as of late and I'm not one to usually point out stuff like this but its getting tiresome and irritating when it gets to the point that your advice is both counter productive and false, most particularly in the latest thread where you advocated that overclocking a Q6600 was pointless.

As for the upgrade, I personally would choose a 1440p monitor and a card for that budget, no point splashing money now on an expensive card that would essentially be going to waste and loosing the best part of its value given your needs.

I guarantee if that was me, sense would fly out the window and I'd go GTX295 Sli for the hell of it. I've seen them go for 80-100 euro lately which is just plain tempting!

bladesofglory

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Except your views are unfounded, ill informed, and regularly descend into petty childishness and fairly archetypical of the phrase 'throwing his toys out of the pram'. It's really become apparent across this forum as of late and I'm not one to usually point out stuff like this but its getting tiresome and irritating when it gets to the point that your advice is both counter productive and false, most particularly in the latest thread where you advocated that overclocking a Q6600 was pointless.

As for the upgrade, I personally would choose a 1440p monitor and a card for that budget, no point splashing money now on an expensive card that would essentially be going to waste and loosing the best part of its value given your needs.

I guarantee if that was me, sense would fly out the window and I'd go GTX295 Sli for the hell of it. I've seen them go for 80-100 euro lately which is just plain tempting!

Over-clocking the cpu was pointless for everyday use, wont be seen or experienced. For use with gpu can increase fps but like anything depends on other components.

Im not here for a row but I dont mind getting into a debate as I do work in this field.

bladesofglory

Baked.noodle wrote: »

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haha, Very good:)

lukepaddy2

What field do you work in?
Building computers? In a lab creating the cards? Adding a graphics card to a PC in a office?

bladesofglory

lukepaddy2 wrote: »

What field do you work in?
Building computers? In a lab creating the cards? Adding a graphics card to a PC in a office?

Work in a lab, Research & D work

Serephucus

bladesofglory wrote: »

Im not here for a row but I dont mind getting into a debate as I do work in this field.

Really? Because you wouldn't know it. Most of what you've been posting recently is flat-out wrong. When you're told this, and given evidence to back it up, you dismiss it, offering no proof of your own. (I'm rehashing at this point; this has been said many times before).

As far as the upgrade, dual 760s would give you more power right now, certainly, but your upgrade path would be a bit limited in comparison to the 780, though they would last longer, so if you're going to keep this upgrade for a while, SLI might be the better option.

bladesofglory

Serephucus wrote: »

Really? Because you wouldn't know it. Most of what you've been posting recently is flat-out wrong. When you're told this, and given evidence to back it up, you dismiss it, offering no proof of your own. (I'm rehashing at this point; this has been said many times before).

As far as the upgrade, dual 760s would give you more power right now, certainly, but your upgrade path would be a bit limited in comparison to the 780, though they would last longer, so if you're going to keep this upgrade for a while, SLI might be the better option.

Yes I do work In a lab and have for few years at this stage. I have admitted I get things wrong, we are human after all. I do totally agree with you

lukepaddy2

bladesofglory wrote: »

Yes I do work In a lab and have for few years at this stage. I have admitted I get things wrong, we are human after all. I do totally agree with you

And half your posts are wrong, Do you where white suits in this lab and gas masks

bladesofglory

lukepaddy2 wrote: »

And half your posts are wrong, Do you where white suits in this lab and gas masks

Clean rooms

lukepaddy2

bladesofglory wrote: »

Clean rooms

No chips are manufactured in Ireland and you don't need a clean room to test chips you dope

Serephucus

Actually I think Intel in Maynooth does do some of that? Could be wrong.

bladesofglory

lukepaddy2 wrote: »

No chips are manufactured in Ireland and you don't need a clean room to test chips you dope

ha, God you really do know Feck all, So what do you think they manufacture in the plant in liexslip? Tables?

bladesofglory

Serephucus wrote: »

Actually I think Intel in Maynooth does do some of that? Could be wrong.

Dead right lad:)

lukepaddy2

bladesofglory wrote: »

ha, God you really do know Feck all, So what do you think they manufacture in the plant in liexslip? Tables?

Was just testing you cause I work there, what section are you in?

viperirl

Analog Devices in Limerick did some chips until recently I think although its mostly R&D these days.
Only Intel is the big one left. The rest are long gone.

I've 15+years experience in chip design. Most chips are not functionally tested in clean rooms. Their in-built test or BIST as its called, is done outside of the clean room once the package goes on around the die and initially the testing is just for manufacturing defects using ATPG etc.
What exactly do you do in this lab BladesofGlory?

NTMK

Serephucus wrote: »

Actually I think Intel in Maynooth does do some of that? Could be wrong.

Intel lexlip do alot of the the older processors and Server grade stuff (90/65nm) but i dont think they do much research as most of their R&D is done by the US and Tel Aviv and Fab 14 isnt up and running yet is it? i certainly have no contact with Intel Ireland and i work fairly closely with Intel R&D

bladesofglory

NTMK wrote: »

Intel lexlip do alot of the the older processors and Server grade stuff (90/65nm) but i dont think they do much research as most of their R&D is done by the US and Tel Aviv and Fab 14 isnt up and running yet is it? i certainly have no contact with Intel Ireland and i work fairly closely with Intel R&D

So much Research goes on in Intel Ireland, they have thousands of researchers.

bladesofglory

viperirl wrote: »

Analog Devices in Limerick did some chips until recently I think although its mostly R&D these days.
Only Intel is the big one left. The rest are long gone.

I've 15+years experience in chip design. Most chips are not functionally tested in clean rooms. Their in-built test or BIST as its called, is done outside of the clean room once the package goes on around the die and initially the testing is just for manufacturing defects using ATPG etc.
What exactly do you do in this lab BladesofGlory?

Most of all my work know is based around research projects (Semiconductor manufacturing along with wafer testing) I was brought as a contract employee for a fixed period. Up til that point I work in Microsoft

bladesofglory

lukepaddy2 wrote: »

And half your posts are wrong, Do you where white suits in this lab and gas masks

you based in Collinstown lad also?

viperirl

bladesofglory wrote: »

Most of all my work know is based around research projects (Semiconductor manufacturing along with wafer testing) I was brought as a contract employee for a fixed period. Up til that point I work in Microsoft

Interesting. You mentioned earlier that you also use these cards (Titans/780's I presume) everyday at work. How does that fit in with semiconductor manufacturing or wafer testing?

bladesofglory

viperirl wrote: »

Interesting. You mentioned earlier that you also use these cards (Titans/780's I presume) everyday at work. How does that fit in with semiconductor manufacturing or wafer testing?

I worked in Microsoft for a extensive time doing 3d modeling and rendering, So there was no expense spared on GpU power when ordering components, So i was lucky to be able to test all most great cards they also gave me budget to build my own machines at the time, so it was great fun. As Im only do contract work I'm still allowed to do consultancy work thats how I get to play with Al these cards, I also get big discount buying through the company

Nedved85

All this talk of 1440p monitors got me looking around but dear God they are expensive at present so i wont be moving to one of those for a bit id say!

An aside - Do ye reckon the price of the 780 will come down in price much more before BF4 comes out?

NTMK

Nedved85 wrote: »

All this talk of 1440p monitors got me looking around but dear God they are expensive at present so i wont be moving to one of those for a bit id say!

An aside - Do ye reckon the price of the 780 will come down in price much more before BF4 comes out?

Depends on what AMD bring to the table with the 8/9 series/whatever they're now calling it which is rumoured to come out in october

Nvidia wont drop prices until they feel threatened

You can get a Korean 1440p for ~€300 after customs is added btw

Nedved85

NTMK wrote: »

Depends on what AMD bring to the table with the 8/9 series/whatever they're now calling it which is rumoured to come out in october

Nvidia wont drop prices until they feel threatened

You can get a Korean 1440p for ~€300 after customs is added btw

Ya i think my friend bought one of those korean ones last year - looked a decent job but i will hold out a while longer yet - gfx card 1st

NTMK

Nedved85 wrote: »

Ya i think my friend bought one of those korean ones last year - looked a decent job but i will hold out a while longer yet - gfx card 1st

honestly if i were you id go with a 7950 while you're on 1080 and then if you decide you want to move to 1440/multi screen gaming then you could add a second one and a big monitor later

By the time you will need to upgrade from that the Titan and 780 will be old news and their performance equivalents on the 8/9 series gtx cards will be a lot cheaper

People will say that the upgrade path of a CF setup is expensive. but honestly when a card costs £500 its not that much cheaper to upgrade to sli

Nedved85

NTMK wrote: »

honestly if i were you id go with a 7950 while you're on 1080 and then if you decide you want to move to 1440/multi screen gaming then you could add a second one and a big monitor later

By the time you will need to upgrade from that the Titan and 780 will be old news and their performance equivalents on the 8/9 series gtx cards will be a lot cheaper

People will say that the upgrade path of a CF setup is expensive. but honestly when a card costs £500 its not that much cheaper to upgrade to sli

Ok so ye guys have got me thinking - Seen as i was even looking at the Titan in the first place - The 780 + a higher res screen might be a possibility - What do ye guys use? The Dell ultra sharps look nice.

Ye seem to mention 2560 x 1440. Not many 2560 x 1600s out there?

*just noticed this thread:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056587214

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BloodBath

The Qnix one at the end of that thread is the one most are going for lately. It's supposed to overclock to 120hz as well and can be got for around €280 including delivery and customs charges.

I would definitely go for a pair of 7950's over a single 780 for that though. Ati have pretty much sorted crossfire issues in the latest driver and are working on improving it even more with future updates.