Guy with a problem, Kingpin 780ti or Titan black Edition - what would you do ?

Kaapstad · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:10

As in the title this chap bought a normal 780ti Classified but had to RMA it. EVGA gave him a free upgrade to a 780ti Kingpin which was very nice of them. Now someone has offered him a straight swap for a Titan Black Edition.

My question what would you do ?

http://forum.overclock3d.net/showthread.php?t=65701

Ayahuasca · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:11

The titan black is worth more and he may be able to cash in and buy a kingpin again as it's the faster card. Might all be too much hassle though for the sake of a few quid.

JeffyB · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:15

I'd take the black, the kingpin edition is pointless unless you're benching on ln2.

jh30uk · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:15

Does he know so far he will not be able to mess with voltage on the Titan Black (it does have voltage control though), so may not hit a high Core.

scotsdragon · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:16

Id ask Kaapstad to advice me on this before doing anything lol

Gerard · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:18

Kingpin is really just a benching card isn't it? Should snag the titan. The evga site says there's a limit of 2 kingpins per household :confused:

http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=03G-P4-3888-KR

Kaapstad · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:19

scotsdragon said:
Id ask Kaapstad to advice me on this before doing anything lol

Take the Titan BE.

Sell it.

Buy two 290Ps and waterblocks.

Sorted.

AlamoX · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:19

depands i guess, TitanB seem a good deal, but you have to consider the extra cost if you are planning on SLI.

Gregster · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:19

Toughie but I would take the Titan Black purely for longevity.

Kaapstad · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:28

Gregster said:
Toughie but I would take the Titan Black purely for longevity.

+1

On a serious note it is a bit of a non contest for high resolution, even using 4 Kingpins would be totally useless for 4K. The number of times I have run out of VRAM @4K using 4gb cards is bad, let alone using 3gb ones.

tayto_0 · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:29

If i wasn't going 4K any time soon i'd go with the Kingpin..slap a water block on it and have a bit of fun.

pgi947 · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:29

Unless benching I'd take the titan black then sell it on for a pair of 780 6gb/290p's with blocks.

Gregster · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:32

pgi947 said:
Unless benching I'd take the titan black then sell it on for a pair of 780 6gb/290p's with blocks.

Good shout.

scotsdragon · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:33

Kaapstad said:
Take the Titan BE.

Sell it.

Buy two 290Ps and waterblocks.

Sorted.

And that's why id ask Kap lol

uksoldierboy · 10 Jul 2014 at 19:37

Kaapstad said:
Take the Titan BE.

Sell it.

Buy two 290Ps and waterblocks.

Sorted.

This.. all day long.

Silent_Scone · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:07

If he's not benching it then Black all day long. They still overclock quite well. My best one does 1350 core in FS and over 2100 memory (yes that's not a typo, two of them do 2100 on Hynix).

Queue the AMD 'benchers' reading that thinking Hrhr but that's only 400gb/s (not aimed at anyone who posts regularly or isn't banned

)

The Kingpin is an awesome card but it's a waste of potential unless you plan on really pushing it on at least warm water.

uksoldierboy · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:15

MjFrosty said:
over 2100 memory (yes that's not a typo, two of them do 2100 on Hynix).

Queue the AMD 'benchers' reading that thinking Hrhr but that's only 400gb/s

Pfftt....

JK, awesome clocks bud.

LtMatt · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:17

Kaapstad said:
Take the Titan BE.

Sell it.

Buy two 290Ps and waterblocks.

Sorted.

MjFrosty said:
If he's not benching it then Black all day long. They still overclock quite well. My best one does 1350 core in FS and over 2100 memory (yes that's not a typo, two of them do 2100 on Hynix).

Queue the AMD 'benchers' reading that thinking Hrhr but that's only 400gb/s (not aimed at anyone who posts regularly or isn't banned )

The Kingpin is an awesome card but it's a waste of potential unless you plan on really pushing it on at least warm water.

Nice, but my cheapo 290P's with crappy Elpida top out at 416GB's.

uksoldierboy · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:18

Matt, reference the Bf4 thread, could i ask what you use to record Mantle footage with please bud?

Silent_Scone · 10 Jul 2014 at 20:19

uksoldierboy said:
Pfftt....

JK, awesome clocks bud.

Two guesses who I was talking about

LtMatt said:
Nice, but my cheapo 290P's with crappy Elpida top out at 416GB's.

I don't want to hear about theoretical bandwidth limits especially when talking about Elpida

.

I'm able to see what's going on when I'm running those clocks as well which is an added bonus

lol @ gif