Im just speccing up a new GPU for my system. I have narrowed it down to about 4 units im interested in. And I would value some of your input in my selections.
They are all within a similar price range, the Gigabyte being the cheapest by about £30 and the new Radeon the most expensive by about £40.
290x is goodfor 4k resolution cause of the extra ram
gigabyte 780ti is faster, by a little bit, but not when it runs out of memory, but the gigabyte one specifically for its cooler and wicked awesome backplate
personally, i'd go for the 780ti, even with the extra ram on the 290x, 4k isn't very doable with the 290x or the 780ti in any really graphically intense games without the game looking much better at a lower resolution kinda defeating the whole point of running at high res...
in reality, they make gaming cards with 8gb of memory because ram is pretty inexpensive people look at one card, see a 3, and another card and see an 8, and think well this one is 8 so it must be better... if they scaled the gpu speeds correctly with the amount of memory they put on cards it'd be a different story...
and holy crow videocards are expensive where you live...
I have always gone Nvidia, the reason I am looking at the Radeon card is purley for the extra GDDR5 on it, will it make a difference with the rift?. Out of the GTX cards the HoF seems to have the fastest out of the box OC but is is worth the extra £30 over the Gigabyte? And HoF cards are renowned for there OC abilities, these are the questions im asking myself?
If I was going for looks alone there all sexy but im leaning towards the Hall Of Fame card, that beast is just sexy looking. But it does take a whopping 3 slots of space up with its cooler! So if im going to SLI in future would that be a problem I wonder!! 🙂
i5 Haswell @ 4.4Ghz
Twin Frozr 780Ti
RoG Maximus Vii
Avexir Blitz C9 2133MHz
Oh its worth mentioning that i'm a VFX artist withing post production films, so I heavily use Maya and Mari, Photoshop etc inside of and outside of work. So the cards will not only be used for gaming but graphic intense programs for my home projects!
i5 Haswell @ 4.4Ghz
Twin Frozr 780Ti
RoG Maximus Vii
Avexir Blitz C9 2133MHz
None of the above. If I had to buy a new card now I would personally would go for a 290x with 4GB Vram. I see them are going for £300
If I had money to burn I'd go for a 780ti, the MSI twin frozer gaming edition most likely as it's "only" £500.
I personally don't think a 780ti is "worth" £200 over a 290x for the slightly increased performance. Just my opinion though but we'll no doubt get people crowing about shadowplay and G-sync :roll: .
If money is no object then go for the 780ti. If you could use the money better elsewhere then go for a cheaper 290x.
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I absolutely love my EVGA GTX780 Ti. For the price, it can't be touched IMHO. The Sapphire Radeon is a great card but from the benchmark tests I've seen needs overclocking to match the 780Ti. The ACX cooler works really well (never reaches more than ~60°C), but it's worth noting that the fans blow air outward from the card-- meaning into your case, unless you have an open top vent as my prodigy M case does. Plus, the price is around $520.
IMO for this moment the best solution for it's price/perfomance is GeForce GTX 770. And than, second half of 2014 GeForce and AMD will introduce new wave of GPUs: Full 4K support, DX12 and ofcorse more FLOPS. P.s. 780Ti is a good card, but has very high price...
Did you mean the Gtx 780 ti was $520 or something else? Btw I would go with 8gig vram but that's my personal opinion mainly the reason being the price difference isn't that great between other graphic cards.
I absolutely love my EVGA GTX780 Ti. For the price, it can't be touched IMHO. The Sapphire Radeon is a great card but from the benchmark tests I've seen needs overclocking to match the 780Ti. The ACX cooler works really well (never reaches more than ~60°C), but it's worth noting that the fans blow air outward from the card-- meaning into your case, unless you have an open top vent as my prodigy M case does. Plus, the price is around $520.
Which 780 Ti is $520 and where? Cheapest at Newegg is $699.
Anyway, to OP: if money doesn't matter, get a 780 Ti with a good aftermarket cooler, it's a little bit faster than 290x (with a good cooler) but the price is a lot higher.
I guess what Im getting from the conversation is hold off until the new GPUs are announced. My main reason I suppose for upgrading is to run the DK2 at a decent framerate. Im currently using a GTX 670 thats overclocked, and it seems to struggle on the more demanding demos that utalize the new Unreal engine.
I threw that 8gig Radeon card in the lineup because its not far off the Overclocked 780Ti's I was looking at pricewise, and the 8gigs would come in handy on my multi screen settup when working with 3D applications.
Still my cards due and upgrade so how long do you think it will be before the new GPU's are announced? Its hard to resist temptation and spend some money! 🙂
i5 Haswell @ 4.4Ghz
Twin Frozr 780Ti
RoG Maximus Vii
Avexir Blitz C9 2133MHz
