That's how it goes Kaap. One always seems enough to those who've not tasted two, then two always seems enough to those who have tasted three...and so on.
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Just ordered 2 x GTX780Ti. Am I mad?
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mad ? hardly, you just bought the best cards around, rich ? probably
Not rich my friend. A lazy but sporadic decent earner who is very selective about what I **** money on.
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That's how it goes Kaap. One always seems enough to those who've not tasted two, then two always seems enough to those who have tasted three...and so on
Not always the case. I bought a couple of 690's around the time they 1st came out, and within a couple of weeks the novelty wore off. One got used in my main machine and the other got designated to a net browser.
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But you've still got 2 780 classys now, right?
Ok so the 3 GPU rule doesn't apply, but 2 definitely lol.
Ok so the 3 GPU rule doesn't apply, but 2 definitely
lol.
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Damn straight...
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That game is definitely designed to make people buy more and more GPUs, 2 780s still can't handle it at 1440p maxed out. But I will not be drawn into the temptation of buying another one...
But I hope that there will be a Crysis 4 anyway
Went SLI recently, kind of regret it kind of don't. The extra heat generated and overclocking isn't really a problem nor is the noise I just pray you don't run into the GPU usage issue like me (Given you have an i7 i guess you'll be fine)
For the record 750w is plenty! the 670's + clocked cpu and the rest still only hit around 560w at the wall so you will be fine
For the record 750w is plenty! the 670's + clocked cpu and the rest still only hit around 560w at the wall so you will be fine
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A grand for skyrim...wowsers. I play it heavily modded too. Perhaps a 4 gig 290x would have been better value for money with the option to upgrade again later on with xfire 290x. Still. If you have a grand to spend on graphics then why not....wish I had a grand to spend
(got to love that free DPD next day delivery from ocuk!)
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No you are not mad, wish it was me, enjoy those cards.
Same. Got my MSI Gaming 290X earlier this week. Long term plan is probably to add another and have another go at watercooling. It's been a while.
GTX780Ti aint anywhere near enough above 1920x1200 in recent games so you made the right choice.
Those extra pixels become much harder to render/manipulate so PCI-E bandwidth gets hit much harder IME you need the fastest cards & CPU you can afford above 1920x1200 as games are not optimised for it so it takes a lot more power to give a smooth experience with max gfx details.
Those extra pixels become much harder to render/manipulate so PCI-E bandwidth gets hit much harder IME you need the fastest cards & CPU you can afford above 1920x1200 as games are not optimised for it so it takes a lot more power to give a smooth experience with max gfx details.
Well, I've just done my first round of testing and I'd have to agree 100% with you there.
Ran a few benchies and some game runs with my 670 SLI set up, and did the same again just using the one 780Ti at stock. Performed about 10% less across the board roughly, which tallies whith what I was expecting and reviews I've read.
Thoroughly underwhelming and pointless to move from SLI 670s to one 780Ti, as expected, and I won't be doing that.
BUUUUT, onto the SLI tests now, which is kind of the whole point
Have to say I'm a bit nervous with my PSU and all. What symptoms do I look out for if there are power supply limits, anything specific (apart from it going bang, which won't be funny).