AMD are releasing 9970 and 9950 later this year so I would see what they bring and see if nvidia drops there price on the 780.
Don't see this happening
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AMD are releasing 9970 and 9950 later this year so I would see what they bring and see if nvidia drops there price on the 780.
Don't see this happening
Are you saying new consoles will have 8gb of vram? I hope you meant 8gb of ram.
yeh there is that article out there about 'future proofing your PC for next gen consoles'.
the new consoles have 8gb of ram shared between CPU and GPU, which I think is kinda cool.
It will probably be months years but they speculated that when we see better ports from the consoles over to PC (they should be better this time...) we will need as much V-ram as we can get our hands on.
I don't think its entirely unreasonable therefore to get a 4gb card, depending on when your next upgrade cycle is.
ah found it, an interesting read:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-future-proofing-your-pc-for-next-gen
I do have one question regarding SLI though - does the second card have to be identical?
It should be the same chip and have the same amount or vram. So if your getting a 660ti 2gb it would be best for it to be the same gpu with 2gb
If I had the option, I'd go 770. Not been overly impressed with SLI in the games I play. Apart from bench improvements, the downsides I cannot accept are the noise/heat (unless watercooled) and increased power draw. Sure it won't give as much fps in benches, but it won't be miles behind in games.
My 770 lightnings in SLI are super quiet. No noise in my case. Maybe other brands , but not mine. I couldn't be happier
If I had the option, I'd go 770. Not been overly impressed with SLI in the games I play. Apart from bench improvements, the downsides I cannot accept are the noise/heat (unless watercooled) and increased power draw. Sure it won't give as much fps in benches, but it won't be miles behind in games.