Thinking of changing from gtx 690 to 780 ti

olliej82 · 27 Jan 2014 at 23:12

as per thread title I'm thinking of selling my 690 and buying a 780 ti, I love my 3d vision so def staying with nvidia. Would this upgrade be a good one? I'm looking for better 3d vision performance more than anything as the 690 sometimes struggles a bit with everything maxed and 3dmode on. Also if I do switch to a 780 ti which version is the best?
Thanks

Boomstick777 · 27 Jan 2014 at 23:17

Go for it, the Ti is a monster. The ref cards are all the same and run cool and quiet. Maybe just go for the best priced one you can find?

olliej82 · 27 Jan 2014 at 23:20

Thanks, I prefer the look of the reference cards not sure why they are more expensive than non reference though?!

Boomstick777 · 27 Jan 2014 at 23:24

olliej82 said:
Thanks, I prefer the look of the reference cards not sure why they are more expensive than non reference though?!

Some good prices on ref cards if you look around. I prefer the look of the ref design as well, surprisingly it really does run cool and quiet as well.

Kaapstad · 28 Jan 2014 at 01:12

Going from a GTX 690 to a GTX 780ti is a small downgrade. The GTX 690 is still NVidia's fastest card. If you want to upgrade with a noticable difference, the minimum you should consider is GTX 780s in SLI.

triss · 28 Jan 2014 at 01:17

wait a little longer see if a gtx 790 does appear would be your logical upgrade imo

Captain · 28 Jan 2014 at 01:18

Kaapstad said:
Going from a GTX 690 to a GTX 780ti is a small downgrade. The GTX 690 is still NVidia's fastest card. If you want to upgrade with a noticable difference, the minimum you should consider is GTX 780s in SLI.

Is a 690 faster than a titan? stock for stock?

Kaapstad · 28 Jan 2014 at 01:21

Clov!s said:
Is a 690 faster than a titan? stock for stock?

Yes about 20%

Stas823 · 28 Jan 2014 at 01:42

whats the rest of your spec and what game are we talking about here?

Kaapstad · 28 Jan 2014 at 03:43

Stas823 said:
whats the rest of your spec and what game are we talking about here?

My system specs is not an easy one to answer.

I use both Titans and GTX 690s and on average at stock the GTX 690s are about 20% faster than stock Titans. This is in benchmarks and games.

When it comes to overclocking both the Titans and GTX 690s have about the same potential so the difference remains at about 20%

Yaayuh! · 28 Jan 2014 at 08:51

Wait for GTX790 or get 2x GTX780.

olliej82 · 28 Jan 2014 at 09:35

Thanks guys,I think I'll wait then its just because I recently tried Tomb raider on ultra which runs great until I turn 3d vision on, then it gets all choppy and I have to turn settings down to make it playable. Shame as its really good in 3d

Captain · 28 Jan 2014 at 12:31

Kaapstad said:
Yes about 20%

I thought the titan havinv 6gb of memory against the 4gb would help a little, although the 690 is a dual gpu card isn't it?

Kaapstad · 28 Jan 2014 at 14:16

Clov!s said:
I thought the titan havinv 6gb of memory against the 4gb would help a little, although the 690 is a dual gpu card isn't it?

Above 1600p the extra memory on the Titan helps.

Yaayuh! · 28 Jan 2014 at 14:26

Also, if you need to use so much VRAM then you'll need 2 titans to give useful frame rates anyway.

bignev72 · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:02

Kaapstad said:
Going from a GTX 690 to a GTX 780ti is a small downgrade. The GTX 690 is still NVidia's fastest card. If you want to upgrade with a noticable difference, the minimum you should consider is GTX 780s in SLI.

I've had a 780ti and a 690 in my machine recently. The 690 is definitely the faster card.

Captain · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:11

Ah, only reason I ask is because I have a 780 atm, and my new 2560x1440 ips monitor arrived and I want to have smooth game play, thought a 690 or titan would be better. Can get a straight swap for a 690 for my 780.

whyscotty · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:38

Kaapstad said:
Above 1600p the extra memory on the Titan helps.

Rossi~ said:
Also, if you need to use so much VRAM then you'll need 2 titans to give useful frame rates anyway.

^^^
This

bakes0310 · 28 Jan 2014 at 16:45

When are we expecting the 790?

Yaayuh! · 28 Jan 2014 at 17:19

bakes0310 said:
When are we expecting the 790?

Next couple of months, though nothing official yet, just speculation.