If I was you, system refresh (i.e. 5930k) and a single Titan. Second when Boom sells his on the MM about 4 weeks after release and buys a 7970 to get 60 FPS at 1440p.
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nVidia announce the Titan X at GDC 2015
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If I was you, system refresh (i.e. 5930k) and a single Titan. Second when Boom sells his on the MM about 4 weeks after release and buys a 7970 to get 60 FPS at 1440p.
Wait for the new 6930k or whatever it will be called later this year Greg.
There's little to no difference in games between a 3930k and a 5960x.
Actually looks like the Broadwell-E CPUs have been delayed till Q1 2016. Plenty of time to save up or get a 3rd Titan X
There's little to no difference in games between a 3930k and a 5960x.
Actually looks like the Broadwell-E CPUs have been delayed till Q1 2016. Plenty of time to save up or get a 3rd Titan X
$1k in UK usually ends up £1k anyway. lol
If it is £800 or below then it ain't too bad I suppose, but I get the feeling it will be £1k+ and people who would have got it at £800 would get it all the same.
Please remember, I go by price for performance and make my judgements usually based on that. Though as I said, if money is not an issue, of course it is a great card! I really like it aesthetically
Disappointing or not, I will be getting 2 and I will be happy
And that is all that matters in the end doesn't it. What others think is not very relevant
My only question to you gregster is, how come only 2, not 3? Would 2 titan X not be about the same performance of 3 vanilla titans you had anyway? Only thing I see you gaining is 6gb of RAMbo. Maybe I am missing something here. Is there a difference from 2 way to 3 way SLI?
When this contract ends that I'm working (possibly right in time for summer) I think I'll probably take 6 months out and build a proper PC again.
I'm running a pretty rubbish one at the mo just so I have a PC. It's probably going to end up Titan X SLI as money won't be a limiter when I do go for it.
Undecided about WCing it all though...
I'm running a pretty rubbish one at the mo just so I have a PC. It's probably going to end up Titan X SLI as money won't be a limiter when I do go for it.
Undecided about WCing it all though...
Some good advice guys and something to think on.
@TNA - 3 cards for me was disappointing. I always have ShadowPlay running and with 2 cards, it didn't hamper performance at all but when bringing the third card into the equation, it would kill all the performance of the third card and pretty much rendered me running 3 as pointless, so I might as well have saved some leccy and just ran 2 cards (if that makes sense).
Now there was absolutely no need for me to upgrade from the Titans, even if there were 2 in my case but why do we swap cars when our previous car was running perfect? Why do we buy things when our old things are still doing the job? I have no idea but some of us do.
@TNA - 3 cards for me was disappointing. I always have ShadowPlay running and with 2 cards, it didn't hamper performance at all but when bringing the third card into the equation, it would kill all the performance of the third card and pretty much rendered me running 3 as pointless, so I might as well have saved some leccy and just ran 2 cards (if that makes sense).
Now there was absolutely no need for me to upgrade from the Titans, even if there were 2 in my case but why do we swap cars when our previous car was running perfect? Why do we buy things when our old things are still doing the job? I have no idea but some of us do.
Same dilemma here, it's fine if it all goes smoothly and you don't change parts out for a while. Seems a pain in the anus otherwise.
Yeah, I forgot to add at the end of my post, is it mainly because you fancy something new and shiny. That is also a valid reason too
At least you did get good use out of your Titan's and should not need to go much out of pocket upgrading
Yeah, I forgot to add at the end of my post, is it mainly because you fancy something new and shiny. That is also a valid reason too
At least you did get good use out of your Titan's and should not need to go much out of pocket upgrading
Yep, I put all my OT money in a separate account for the last couple of months and it soon adds up. I had 2 of my Titans for 2 years and they lasted me well (maybe because the die shrink didn't come). The guy who bought them puts them into Macs, so you can imagine the mark up that Apple charge and nVidia get stick for what they charge
I am even thinking of just getting one for now and seeing how it goes.... Meh, I go clothes shopping and pick the first things I come to and I am done but Hardware is a nightmare... Surely it isn't just me who has these dilemma's?
I miss getting OT
. The day rate makes up for it though That must be difficult
forget 3 cards............get 2 cards and spend the remaining 1000 quid on that latest CPU/MOBO..............but that will need loads of research.
Yep, I put all my OT money in a separate account for the last couple of months and it soon adds up. I had 2 of my Titans for 2 years and they lasted me well (maybe because the die shrink didn't come). The guy who bought them puts them into Macs, so you can imagine the mark up that Apple charge and nVidia get stick for what they charge
I am even thinking of just getting one for now and seeing how it goes.... Meh, I go clothes shopping and pick the first things I come to and I am done but Hardware is a nightmare... Surely it isn't just me who has these dilemma's?
Me too. Lol. I have been waiting on a die shink for years... I seem to hate the idea of the card I get depreciating much. I was close to picking up up a 290 like 5-6 months ago. I remember working it out that after I sold the bundled games it would come to £160. But I did not as I thought surely new cards would be here in Q1. Now it looks like it will be right at the end of Q2. Lol.
This time I don't care, going to get a 390 and enjoy hbm. But truth is I want 16nm cards to come out. That is where true performance should come like it has done in the past.
The waiting game is nasty... Too often we wait and then something comes along but there is already rumours of something else coming, so we end up in catch 22. I would rather do what I have done this time/doing and get something and possibly skip the next gen.
A die shrink will bring good performance improvements for sure but I still feel people look back to the 8800 and expect that kind of jump every time and i can't see that happening.
Wish I knew what to do - currently have a 980sc, so do I add another, and go sli or do I go 2x kinpin editions or do I go for titan x1 for now and maybe add later. Have a 4K monitor so hoping to game at 4K with at least reasonable/playable fps.
Which route should I go - or maybe not bother and wait it out??????
Mark
Which route should I go - or maybe not bother and wait it out??????
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Do what i did sell on the 3930k, Mobo and Ram I got £600 for it with the water blocks Greg
Update to X99 and get a titanX then you should be close to a 2nd card.
Update to X99 and get a titanX then you should be close to a 2nd card.
Do it greg, 2 titan x's on an x99 (what I'll be doing) will be awesome.
As you are going 4K, that should make the decision easier. Get the TX or get the 8GB 290X or wait it out and hope AMD do have 8GB on the 390X. I wouldn't want to use 4GB for 4K personally but I am a graphics whore and want the bells and whistles.
Tough one. Me personally if it were right now I would sell the 980 and buy two 290s. £400 all in for 4k ready.
Main reason? they're awesome for 4k and it would work out cheaper than buying another 980. Plus you get the memory bandwidth...
The other option? go SLI Titan X if you can afford it. Obviously with them being newer gen cards they'll be far faster than the old ones.
Not worth it. Yes they have the VRAM but they're not new gen and the cores are slow. What I mean is yeah, they have the VRAM but the cores are just about good enough for 4k now. All that VRAM won't be of help going into the future.
So I'll stick with my above for now. Do 4k as cheaply as you can because there are new cards coming. High priced old gen cards will never return their outlay.
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