Triple SLI GTX780....is it worth it?

Orangey · 30 Jul 2013 at 16:39

If money isn't a problem then try some surround gaming with multi monitors. And/or 3D Vision. You might find yourself enjoying it more than you would've thought.

BaDBoY_uK · 30 Jul 2013 at 16:46

In response to the OP; No it is not worth it but I'd kill you and your girlfriend - and all the cylons - to have them.

OptimaLnrg · 30 Jul 2013 at 17:12

Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
So, the master card is sending data while the slave card is or is only using a proportion of the buffer etc if it is split framing the image.

What you're suggesting is that the data required to render frames is being exchanged via the pci-e interface before the frame is drawn and after it is finished

That would introduce massive latency compared to keeping the data all within the vram, which is why all cards in sli/crossfire mirror eachothers vram.

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 30 Jul 2013 at 22:27

OptimaLnrg said:
What you're suggesting is that the data required to render frames is being exchanged via the pci-e interface before the frame is drawn and after it is finished

That would introduce massive latency compared to keeping the data all within the vram, which is why all cards in sli/crossfire mirror eachothers vram.

I don't know what I'm suggesting. There's a lot of conflicting information out there, as per usual, but the overriding theme here is what I shall go with. It's been nearly 10 years since I was properly into hardware and knew what everything was and how everything worked so I'm on a learning curve again.

I'm guessing its quicker as data that's been processed by the other processor is skipped? So the first processor can crack on with the next bit of data?

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 30 Jul 2013 at 22:28

BaDBoY_uK said:
In response to the OP; No it is not worth it but I'd kill you and your girlfriend - and all the cylons - to have them.

Alkalinepro5 · 30 Jul 2013 at 22:55

You really need to upgrade your CPU with 3x780GTX!

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 30 Jul 2013 at 23:01

Alkalinepro5 said:
You really need to upgrade your CPU with 3x780GTX!

It'll be two GTX780. The EVGA is being sold, I can't fit everything on my board anyway as I like my Phoebus soundboard and three is unnecessary.

So, what CPU is recommended? I'd like to keep it AMD for now, I fully intend to get an intel board and memory to do testing and reviews on, little side project I'm helping with. Currently, I have an FX8150 at 4.75Ghz from 1.475v. Nice and stable and cool. All 8 cores running.

Kaapstad · 30 Jul 2013 at 23:04

Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
It'll be two GTX780. The EVGA is being sold, I can't fit everything on my board anyway as I like my Phoebus soundboard and three is unnecessary.

So, what CPU is recommended? I'd like to keep it AMD for now, I fully intend to get an intel board and memory to do testing and reviews on, little side project I'm helping with. Currently, I have an FX8150 at 4.75Ghz from 1.475v. Nice and stable and cool. All 8 cores running.

Forget AMD

Rampage IV Extreme and 3930k and overclock the nuts off it.

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 30 Jul 2013 at 23:19

Kaapstad said:
Forget AMD

Rampage IV Extreme and 3930k and overclock the nuts off it.

So Sandybridge and not Haswell? I thought Haswell was all the rage these days? It's going to cost me near enough £1,000 to buy your suggested setup once RAM is taken into consideration, as my 1600mhz stuff would definitely need upgrading.

BaDBoY_uK · 31 Jul 2013 at 12:47

Kaapstad said:
Forget AMD

Rampage IV Extreme and 3930k and overclock the nuts off it.

+1

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 31 Jul 2013 at 15:07

Right, I'll build an intel system before Christmas as I'll be spending £1500 at least no doubt and I can't warrant another £1500 expenditure so soon after just spend £2000+ on my system.

There likely to be anything new coming out in around 6 months? Hang on for better hardware if there is?

Kaapstad · 31 Jul 2013 at 15:09

Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
Right, I'll build an intel system before Christmas as I'll be spending £1500 at least no doubt and I can't warrant another £1500 expenditure so soon after just spend £2000+ on my system.

There likely to be anything new coming out in around 6 months? Hang on for better hardware if there is?

The IB-E CPUs will be with us in the next couple of months.

Drangueos · 10 Aug 2013 at 12:33

Sooooo

did you receive the cards?

oldestgregg · 10 Aug 2013 at 13:14

Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
And if I'm using mult monitor?

And the extra ram is used anyway in SLI. One card processes either one frame or half a frame wile the other one process the next frame or the other half, then its all sent to the card with the link to the monitor and is displayed so I really don't understand why people are thinking that having two cards doesn't give you more memory and processing power.

It gives you faster processing by about 80% however you will still only have 3gb of vram as it dosnt add up it stacks. We all know what we are talking about because most of us have had crossfire or sli before

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 10 Aug 2013 at 17:40

oldestgregg said:
It gives you faster processing by about 80% however you will still only have 3gb of vram as it dosnt add up it stacks. We all know what we are talking about because most of us have had crossfire or sli before

Yup, cool cool. I've read up on it some more. Got things back correct in my mind. I've had sli for 5 years about.

The EVGA hasn't arrived. Claim in with PayPal. The guys done it to 5 or 6 other people in the same week. Just not sending them.

The 2 Asus cards are still en route, transit company has had computer problems or some bollucks. If they're not here Monday, I'll be giving up on them and getting my cash back. It'll have been two weeks waiting.

I bought a 4gb Gugabyte GTX680 on Thursday that had fans not working. It's a problem with the board, not the fans, so grabbed a Raystorm GPU cooler and some VRAM heat sinks. Just bleeding my loop now and see how it goes.

Ryan-3 · 10 Aug 2013 at 17:51

As a few have already said here, to answer the original question, no.

MeatLoaf · 10 Aug 2013 at 18:28

Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
And if I'm using mult monitor?

And the extra ram is used anyway in SLI. One card processes either one frame or half a frame wile the other one process the next frame or the other half, then its all sent to the card with the link to the monitor and is displayed so I really don't understand why people are thinking that having two cards doesn't give you more memory and processing power.

You still only get 3Gb of useable RAM tho

Th3M8dH8tt3r · 10 Aug 2013 at 21:25

Well, I just got my system back together with the 4gb GTX680 in watercooled, only got world of tanks installed but, on my 9800GX2, I'd get 15-20 FPS, fan at 100% and temps of 80 odd degrees if not more.

GTX680, 60 FPS, no noise and max temps of 40 degrees. All for £295 which I think is a bargain, saved £200 over buying new.

Don't think any of the GTX780 are going to materialise so going to get the £1300 back, put it in the bank and be very happy with my now silent and very juicy system I have, and I have 4GB of RAM.

MofoKilla · 10 Aug 2013 at 21:55

how to waste money like a boss

Puppetmaster · 10 Aug 2013 at 21:55

Th3M8dH8tt3r said:
Well, I just got my system back together with the 4gb GTX680 in watercooled, only got world of tanks installed but, on my 9800GX2, I'd get 15-20 FPS, fan at 100% and temps of 80 odd degrees if not more.

GTX680, 60 FPS, no noise and max temps of 40 degrees. All for £295 which I think is a bargain, saved £200 over buying new.

Don't think any of the GTX780 are going to materialise so going to get the £1300 back, put it in the bank and be very happy with my now silent and very juicy system I have, and I have 4GB of RAM.

Whats the point of 4GB ram if you don't have the GPU grunt to use it? Are you planning on buying a 2nd GTX680?